Agilent HHBA-5418, HHBA-5420
Low Profile, 2 Gb/s, Dual Port PCI-X
to Fibre Channel Adapters
Product Overview
Product Description
The HHBA-5418/20 are Agilent's
low profile, 2 Gb/s, dual-port PCI-X
to Fibre Channel Adapters for high
performance storage area net-
works and clustering environ-
ments. These products feature two
independent fibre channel ports
and a PCI-X interface for increased
connectivity and higher band-
width. The low profile host adapt-
ers are specifically designed for
use in 1U and 2U servers.
Performance and Scalability
Based on Agilent's Tachyon DX2
single-chip Fibre Channel
controller, the HHBA-5418/20
eliminate performance bottlenecks
and inter-operability issues
associated with dual-port adapters
using multi-chip controllers and
PCI-to-PCI bridge implementa-
tions. Agilent's proven Finite State
Machine (FSM) architecture allows
performance to scale seamlessly
with increased server CPU power.
By contrast, processor-based
adapters are limited by the
maximum performance of the
processor itself.
The combination of Agilent's 2 Gb
Fibre Channel technology and
133 MHz PCI-X delivers unparal-
leled performance, scalability and
connectivity. The HHBA-5418 and
HHBA-5420 products accommodate
1 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s fibre channel
devices without hardware modifi-
cation, preserving investments in
legacy systems as well as allowing
seamless migration toward new
2 Gb/s SAN installations.
Compatible with SAN environments
The
HHBA-5418/20 ensures full
backward compatibility with
33/66 MHz PCI while providing a
smooth upgrade path to the next
generation, 133 MHz PCI-X.
Features
Low profile, MD2 short card
Two independent 2 Gb/s Fibre
Channel ports for a combined
bandwidth of 800 MB/s
64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X
Up to 1 GB/s PCI-X bus transfer
speed
Backward compatible with
33/66 MHz PCI
3.3V PCI/PCI-X
Auto speed negotiation at 1 or
2 Gb/s
LED speed link indicator
Loop and fabric support
FC class 3
Supports fibre channel arbitrated
loop (FC-AL) including public loop
and fabric (F- and FL-port login)
Optical and copper media
interfaces
HHBA-5418/20: Small Form
Factor Pluggable (SFP) for either
optical transceiver or copper
connector
Applications
Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Clustering
Back-up
Near on-line storage
Video editing and CAD
Data mining
Data warehousing
OLTP
RAID and JBOD
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
TV Rheinland Laser AEL Class 1 (EN60825-1+A11)
VCC ITE Class
C-TICK (AZ/NZS 3548)
Product Offering
Description
Low Profile Products
HHBA-5418x
Single Adapter card with SFP cage
HHBA-5418xP
Bulk packaging includes Adapter card with SFP cage
HHBA-5418xP1
Bulk packaging includes Adapter card with SFP LC optical transceiver
Standard Products
HHBA-5420x
Single Adapter card with SFP cage
HHBA-5420xP
Bulk packaging includes Adapter card with SFP cage
HHBA-5420xP1
Bulk packaging includes Adapter card with SFP LC optical transceiver
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distributors, please go to our web site.
For technical assistance call:
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(916) 788-6763
Europe: +49 (0) 6441 92460
China: 10800 650 0017
Hong Kong: (65) 6756 2394
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Data subject to change.
Copyright 2004 Agilent Technologies, Inc.
May 4, 2004
5988-9444EN
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