IBM 00N6881 – IBM FAStT500 Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter

IBM Netfinity FastT Host Adapter. Host interface: PCI. Data transfer rate: 100 Mbit/s, Connectivity technology: Wired, Form factor: InternalGeneral InformationHigh-speed, highly scalable Netfinity Fibre Array Storage Technology (FAStT) solutions are ready to handle a wide range of Storage Area Network (SAN) applications for your mission-critical enterprise network. These high-availability products support both dual-loop hosts, and dual-loop drive storage configurations with fibre-to-fibre technology.Key components include: 66 MHz(1), 64/32-bit PCI host adapter Supports FC to SCSI and IP protocols Supports FC to arbitrated loop public loop profile Netfinity FAStT Solutions bring fibre-to-fibre, advanced-technology SAN solutions to your enterprise network.Key features include: Flexible data storage configurations through multiple hosts and drive buses Supports mirroring, redundant loops, and pooling of disks and tape drives High availability technology throughout provides redundancy, hot-swap components, and customer replaceable units (CRUs) High performance – allows up to 100 MB/sec data transfers Highly scalable – supports up to 220 FCAL HDDs with redundant loops Standard Netfinity FAStT Storage Manager – manages up to eight storage partitions Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 3, and 5 Data storage up to 10 Km (6.2 miles) away – provides additional protection from catastrophic occurrences Support for long and short-wave Fibre Channel environments with GBIC’s and optical cabling