Overview - Netfinity FastT Host Adapter

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General Information
High-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

• 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

• PCI adapter
• Installation instructions and warranty

• Marketing part number: 00N6881

• Announce Date: 14 Mar 2000
• Planned Availability Date: 28 Apr 2000
• Withdrawal Date: Not Applicable
• Effective Withdrawal Date: Not Applicable

• Not Applicable

• FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules for a Class A digital device
• CE Mark (EN55022 Class A)
• C-Tick Mark (AS/NZS 3548 Class A)
• Canada (ICES/NMB)
• VCCI Class A
• UL 1950
• CSA C22.2 Number 950
• TUV/GS
• NEMKO
• Russia GOST-R
• NOM
• Taiwan (BSMI Certification/CNS13438)

• Novell NetWare 4.2
• NetWare 5.0
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server

• IBM SAN Fibre Channel Switch 8-Port (2109S08)
• IBM SAN Fibre Channel Switch 16-Port (2109S16)

• Microsoft Cluster Service
• Novell High Availability Server

1. The symbol * is used to denote that the information is currently unavailable for this product.
2. All dates are represented in the US English format of mm/dd/yyyy (where mm=month, dd=day, yyyy=year).
3. FRU stands for Field Replacement Unit. It is the part number used for ordering service/replacement parts.
4. Effective Withdrawal means that on the given date IBM will have withdrawn the products from marketing. After that date, the product can not be obtained directly from IBM.