2

Specifications

Fibre Channel Operation

Data Rate

2 Gb/s per port: 200 MB/s (half duplex), 400 MB/s (full duplex)

Auto-Speed Negotiation

1 or 2 Gb/s

Topology

Arbitrated Loop – Public and Private, Fabric support (F- and FL-login)

FC Service Class

Class 3

Upper Layer Protocol

SCSI FCP – On-chip automation of complete SCSI I/O

Loop Initialization

Completely hardware-based for high availability

Link Diagnostics

Link Status indicators, internal/external loopback

Link Speed

2 Gb and 1 Gb status indicator

Compliance

FC-PH, FC-AL, FC-AL-2, FC-PLDA, FCP-SCSI

PCI Interface

Compliance

PCI-X Addendum, Rev 1.0a

PCI-X Local Bus Specification 1.0a

PCI Local Bus Specification 2.2

ACPI/Power Management Specification

Hardware Design Guide for Windows NT Server, version 2.0

Width & Rate

64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X

Burst Transfer Rate

1 GB/s

Dual Address Cycle Support

Yes

Hot Plug Support

Yes

Additional PCI Features

Zero wait state multiple cache line bursting capable up to full frame size, 32-byte cache line

Tachyon DX2 Architectural Features

Complete Hardware-based Design

Less than one interrupt per I/O (tunable via software)

Backward compatible with Tachyon XL2 programming interface

Up to 6 split reads (3 per channel)

Message Signaled Interrupt

Programmable max burst length

Physical and Environmental

Form Factor

Low Profile PCI Card, MD2 form factor (length 6.6" x height 2.536")

PCB Power

4W max at 3.3V

± 10%

Supply Voltage

3.3V

± 10%

Operating Temperature Range

0

° to 55° Centigrade (no airflow)

Storage Temperature Range

-40

° to 70° Centigrade

Relative Humidity

up to 90% (non-condensing)

Software Support

Tachyon Software Developer’s Kit

Windows 2000

(TSDK)

Linux Environments

VX Works

Certifications

FCC Class B

US/FDA/CDRH Laser AEL Class 1 (2 CFR)

CE

TÚV Rheinland Laser AEL Class 1 (EN60825-1+A11)

VCC ITE Class

C-TICK (AZ/NZS 3548)