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Abstract
Iinformation on NetFinity FASTt 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
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
3 year limited Customer Carry-In Exchange
This product replaces
None
This product was replaced by
Not Applicable
Packaging
One box containing:
- PCI adapter
- Installation instructions and warranty
Part numbers applicable to: World Wide
- Marketing part number: 00N6881
Part number(s) for ordering multiple quantities
None
Product Dates
World Wide
- Announce Date: 14 Mar 2000
- Planned Availability Date: 28 Apr 2000
- Withdrawal Date: Not Applicable
- Effective Withdrawal Date: Not Applicable
Physical, Environmental, and Compatibility Specifications as known at time of announcement
Altitude
- 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)
No . The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.
Hardware Requirements for IBM systems
The Netfinity FAStT Host Adapter is supported in the following servers:
Description | Models |
---|---|
Netfinity 5000 | All |
Netfinity 5100 | All |
Netfinity 5500 | All |
Netfinity 5500 M10 | All |
Netfinity 5500 M20 | All |
Netfinity 5600 | All |
Netfinity 7000 | All |
Netfinity 7000 M10 | All |
Netfinity 7100 | All |
Netfinity 7600 | All |
Netfinity 8500R | All |
IBM eServer xSeries 230 | All |
IBM eServer xSeries 240 | All |
IBM eServer xSeries 330 | All |
Software Requirements
Not Applicable
Supported Operating Systems
- Novell NetWare 4.2
- NetWare 5.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server
The Netfinity FAStT Host Adapter can be connected to the following devices with appropriate optical cable:
- IBM SAN Fibre Channel Switch 8-Port (2109S08)
- IBM SAN Fibre Channel Switch 16-Port (2109S16)
Some configurations may not be supported.
Supported Software
- Microsoft Cluster Service
- Novell High Availability Server
None
Document Note(s):
- The symbol * is used to denote that the information is currently unavailable for this product.
- All dates are represented in the US English format of mm/dd/yyyy (where mm=month, dd=day, yyyy=year).
- FRU stands for Field Replacement Unit. It is the part number used for ordering service/replacement parts.
- 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.
Document Location
Worldwide
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24 January 2019
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