Agilent HHBA-5101
64-bit Tachyon TL PCI-to-Fibre
Channel Adapter
Product Overview
Description
The HHBA-5101 is a 64-bit
PCI-to-Fibre Channel Adapter for
mass storage applications that
require FC-AL or Fabric, Class 3
and SCSI upper layer protocol
handling.
At the heart of these is the
HPFC-5100 Tachyon TL Fibre
Channel Interface Controller IC.
The 1Gb/s Fibre Channel Adapters
are powered by Agilent Tachyon
controllers, based on a Finite State
Machine (FSM) architecture. The
FSM allows performance to scale
seamlessly with increased server
CPU power. By contrast, proces-
sor-based adapters are limited by
the maximum performance of the
processor itself.
Features
Fibre Channel data transfer rates:
up to 100 MB/s (Half duplex)
up to 200 MB/s (Full duplex)
Physical interface style
GBIC (optical or copper) for
applications requiring reliability
and flexibility
Supports Fibre Channel Arbitrated
Loop (FC-AL) including Public Loop
and Fabric (F- and FL-port login)
One or less PCI bus interrupt per
SCSI I/O operation
64-bit Universal PCI interface
(2.1 compliant)
Workstation and Server Applications
Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Data warehousing
Clustering
Remote back-up
Near on-line storage
Video editing & CAD
Software Driver Support
Agilent offers a Tachyon Software
Developer's Kit (TSDK) for
Windows NT 4.0, Linux environ-
ments and VXWorks.
Product Offering
The HHBA-5101 is
available in
four configurations. The
HHBA-5121x and HHBA-5121xP
are single and bulk packaged
adapters, respectively.
In
addition, there are two bulk
package options which include
an industry standard GBIC:
HHBA-5121xP1 with an 850 nm
optical GBIC or HHBA-5121xP2
with an HSSDC Copper GBIC.
Specifications
Fibre Channel Operation
Fibre Channel Data Rate
1 Gbit/sec, 100 MBytes/sec (half duplex), 200 Mbytes/sec (full duplex)
Topology
Arbitrated Loop Public and private, Fabric support (F- and FL-login)
Class
3
Upper Layer Protocol
SCSI FCP - On-chip automation of complete SCSI I/O
Loop Initialization
Completely hardware-based for high availability
Arbitrated Loop Capabilities
Loop map, Loop directed reset, Loop broadcast
Link Diagnostics
Link Status indicators, internal/external loopback
Compliance
FC-PH, FC-AL, FC-PLDA, FCP-SCSI
PCI
Compliance
PCI Local Bus specification v2.1
Rate & Width
33 MHz, 64/32-bit PCI
Burst Transfer Rate
264 Mbytes/sec, guaranteed for length of frame, inbound & outbound at 64-bit, 33 MHz
Dual Address Cycle Support
Yes (64-bit PCI addressing)
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 TL Architectural Features
Complete Hardware-based Design
Numerous independent functional blocks concurrently processing inbound data, outbound data,
control and commands in hardware
Automation of complete I/O on-chip in hardware
Results in lowest latency & I/O overhead and highest levels of parallelism
Physical and Environmental
PCB Size
Universal PCI short card
PCB Power
5W max, at 5V
5%
Supply Voltage
5V
5%
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 NT 4.0
(TSDK)
Linux Environments
VXWorks
Certifications
FCC Class B
US/FDA/CDRH Laser AEL Class I (21CFR)
CE
TV Rheinland Laser AEL Class 1 (EN60825-1+A11)
VCCI ITE Class
Yes
C-TICK (AZ/NZS 3548)
Yes
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For product information and a complete list of
distributors, please go to our web site.
For technical assistance call:
Americas/Canada: +1 (800) 235-0312 or
(408) 654-8675
Europe: +49 (0) 6441 92460
China: 10800 650 0017
Hong Kong: (+65) 6271 2451
India, Australia, New Zealand: (+65) 6271 2394
Japan: (+81 3) 3335-8152(Domestic/International), or
0120-61-1280(Domestic Only)
Korea: (+65) 6271 2194
Malaysia, Singapore: (+65) 6271 2054
Taiwan: (+65) 6271 2654
Data subject to change.
Copyright 2002 Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Obsoletes 5988-6274EN
July 25, 2002
5988-7408EN
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