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2 Gbit serial link
鈥?Auto-negotiation for legacy connect
鈥?Custom ARM RISC processor
鈥?High-performance context
management
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LSIFC929 FIBRE CHANNEL PROTOCOL CONTROLLER
To keep pace with the considerable performance demands in today鈥檚
Fibre Channel arena, LSI Logic offers an unprecedented dual-channel PCI-to-
Fibre Channel controller-the LSIFC929. Featuring 2 Gbit data rates per
channel, the highly integrated LSIFC929 controller enables system designers
to double I/O performance while greatly enhancing host utilization and
connectivity. The LSIFC929 provides designers optimal flexibility by supporting
all Fibre Channel topologies with full duplex communications on both channels.
An extremely cost-effective, power-efficient Fibre Channel solution, the
LSIFC929 controller enables OEMs and system integrators the full advantages
of today鈥檚 dual-channel drive storage devices. The LSIFC929 controller frees
up valuable PCI board slots, and additionally eliminates the need for a PCI
bridge, a second single-channel Fibre Channel controller and the associated
memory and support devices of current dual-channel designs. The result is
marked savings in circuit board real estate, system reliability and power
consumption, making the LSIFC929 controller the Fibre Channel solution for
workstations, servers and storage area networks.
The LSIFC929 controller is the first true multifunctional device supporting
Fibre Channel protocol (FCP) and Internet protocol (IP) intermixed and
simultaneous on both channels. Providing designers the greatest flexibility in
system configuration, IP traffic can be fully intermixed with SCSI traffic or
routed separately to an individual channel. Also, IP and SCSI traffic can
coexist in NT systems without the need for a full port driver.
鈥?Synchronous SRAM external
memory interface
鈥?Full simultaneous target and
initiator operations
鈥?PC99 compliant
鈥?JTAG debug interface
鈥?329 BGA
F I B R E C H A N N E L F E AT U R E S
鈥?Class 2 and 3 support
鈥?BB credit of 3, alternate login of 1
鈥?FC-PH, FC-AL2 r7.0, FC-FCP,
FC-PLDA, FC-FLA, FCA-IP,
IETF-IPFC, and PCI 2.2 compliant
鈥?N_Port supporting:
鈥?N_Port (Point-to-Point)
鈥?F_Port (Fabric Attach)
鈥?NL_Port supporting:
鈥?NL_Port (Private Loop)
鈥?FL_Port (Public Loop)
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