HP FC1242SR User Manual

QuickSpecs

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus AdaptersHP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

Overview

The HP 4Gb PCI-Express Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) support customers using HP ProLiant servers with PCIe I/O slots running a broad range of operating systems. These Fibre Channel HBAs are second generation products that support this new higher speed I/O bus architecture and provide customers the ability to use it to connect to their HP arrays.

For supported Fibre Channel SAN Switches, please consult the SAN Design Reference Guide at the following URL:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html

Models

ModelsModels

Brocade

BrocadeBrocade

HP 41B 4Gb PCIe FC

HP 41B 4Gb PCIe FCHP 41B 4Gb PCIe FC HBA

HBA

HBAHBA

HP 42B

HP 42BHP 42B 4Gb Dual-Port PCIe FC

4Gb Dual-Port PCIe FC

4Gb Dual-Port PCIe FC4Gb Dual-Port PCIe FC HBA

HBA

HBAHBA

Emulex

EmulexEmulex HP FC2142SR

HP FC2142SR

HP FC2142SRHP FC2142SR 4Gb PCIe HBA

4Gb PCIe HBA

4Gb PCIe HBA4Gb PCIe HBA

HP FC2242SR Dual

HP FC2242SR DualHP FC2242SR Dual Channel 4Gb PCIe HBA

Channel 4Gb PCIe HBA

Channel 4Gb PCIe HBAChannel 4Gb PCIe HBA

QLogic

QLogicQLogic HP FC1142SR

HP FC1142SR

HP FC1142SRHP FC1142SR 4Gb PCIe HBA

4Gb PCIe HBA

4Gb PCIe HBA4Gb PCIe HBA

HP FC1242SR

HP FC1242SRHP FC1242SR Dual Channel 4Gb PCIe

Dual Channel 4Gb PCIe

Dual Channel 4Gb PCIeDual Channel 4Gb PCIe HBA

HBA

HBAHBA

Description

DescriptionDescription HP Single Channel 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

HP Dual Channel 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

HP Single Channel 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

HP Dual Channel 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

HP Single Channel 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

HP Dual Channel 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

Part Number

Part NumberPart Number

AP767A

AP768A

A8002A

A8003A

AE311A

AE312A

What's New

What's NewWhat's New

Updated support for the 4Gb FC HBAs

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HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus AdaptersHP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

Overview

At A Glance

At A GlanceAt A Glance

Industry leading PCI-Express based solutions for Fibre Channel

Agility: Adds 4Gb PCI Express single and dual channel I/O connectivity to HP storage arrays. Throughput: 4 Gbps FC increases aggregate throughput rate to 800 MBps per channel in full-duplex mode. Performance: PCI-Express host bus interface for high throughput applications. High Transfer Rate: Minimum 150,000 IOPS per channel delivers high I/O transfer rates for storage applications. Management: Enterprise wide management capabilities.

Warranty

WarrantyWarranty

3-0-0 Three-year parts exchange warranty. Additional warranty protection can be purchased. HP Global Services provides a three-year, limited warranty, fully supported by a worldwide network of resellers and service providers toll-free 7 x 24 hardware technical phone support for the duration of the warranty. In addition, available service offerings include a full range of HP Care Pack packaged hardware and software services.

NOTE:

Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the HP Customer Support Center for details.

NOTE:NOTE:

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HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus AdaptersHP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information

HP Care Pack Services. Scalable, Flexible, Dependable. Like your storage.

HP Care Pack Services. Scalable, Flexible, Dependable. Like your storage.HP Care Pack Services. Scalable, Flexible, Dependable. Like your storage. Your storage is evolving. Get scalable support that evolves with it. HP Care Pack Services is an easy-to-buy, easy-to-use portfolio of packaged services covering your lifecycle needs. You can rely on our highly skilled, HP certified professionals to offer a breadth of expertise across leading storage technologies, and work side by side with you for optimal results. Partner with HP Technology Services to boost availability and avoid costly downtime by mitigating technology-related business risks. To help take the worry out of deploying, supporting and managing your storage technologies, we've designed a portfolio of service options that are as flexible, scalable and affordable as our storage.

Protect your business beyond the warranty

Protect your business beyond the warrantyProtect your business beyond the warranty Standard warranty protects against product defects and some causes of downtime. HP Care Pack Services helps you proactively guard against unplanned downtime which can reduce your productivity and profitability. By using a standard approach to warranty uplifts, such as HP Care Pack Services, customers can be certain of consistency of operations for both mission-critical and standard business computing.

Extending warranties with HP Care Pack Services

Extending warranties with HP Care Pack ServicesExtending warranties with HP Care Pack Services The key to normalizing the warranty of combined solutions-is making service uplift simple: HP Care Pack Services. This portfolio of predefined packages, extending across the entire IT lifecycle, offering consulting, education, technical support, optimization, risk assessment, and more. It's entirely flexible allowing customers to extend the cover to the precise level of support required. Customer's standard hardware warranty, for example, can be upgraded to next-business-day response, to same-day coverage, or even to a committed six-hour call-to-repair service available 24 hours every day of the week.

Provide consistent, predictable levels of support across your entire department or business

Provide consistent, predictable levels of support across your entire department or businessProvide consistent, predictable levels of support across your entire department or business Give you direct access to proven technical and problem-solving expertise Offer a choice of response-time and repair-time commitments Are available whenever and wherever you do business

For many products, post-warranty HP Care Pack Services are available when your original warranty has expired. Choose the support levels that meet your business requirements, from basic to mission-critical. In the new world of business technology, when your technology has to work for your business to work, who can you trust to make your technology work? HP Technology Services, the trusted business technology experts who manage your technology in action, because when technology works, business works.

http://www.hp.com/hps/storage

NOTE:

Care Pack Services availability may vary by product and country.

NOTE:NOTE:

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HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus AdaptersHP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information

Recommended Services

Recommended ServicesRecommended Services

HP Care Pack Services recommended for optimal satisfaction of all deployments of your product.

HP Care Pack Services recommended for optimal satisfaction of all deployments of your product.HP Care Pack Services recommended for optimal satisfaction of all deployments of your product. 3-Year HP Support Plus 24

for HP Host Bus Adapters (HBA)

HP Install Storage HBAs SVC

Product Number

Product NumberProduct Number

NOTE:

HP Host Bus Adapters (HBA) take on the support level of the HP server in which it is installed. For

NOTE:NOTE: support of an HP HBA in a non-HP Server, the following services are recommended:

AP767A

AP768A

AE311A

AE312A

A8002A

A8003A

NOTE:

Installation is included with Server install if purchased together. If HBA is ordered as an add-on

NOTE:NOTE: to existing HP Server or for installation into a non-HP Server, the following service is recommended:

HP Host Bus Adapters (HBA) take on the support level of the HP server in which it is installed.

For HBA's installed outside of an HP environment: 3-Year HP Support Plus 24 For a higher return on your storage investment, HP Support Plus 24 provides integrated hardware and software support services designed specifically for your technology. Available 24x7, this 3-year combined reactive support option delivers onsite hardware support and over-the-phone software support around-the-clock. Leverage the full strength of HP Technology Services customers can trust the services professionals at HP to work collaboratively with them, putting our strategic and technical know-how to work across their entire infrastructure.

For customers purchasing HBA as an add-on to existing HP Server or for installation into a non-HP server, HP Hardware Installation provides initial hardware installation of your product into your technology environment (System configuration is not included)

Product Name

Product NameProduct Name

HP 41B PCIe 4Gb

FC Single Port

HBA

HP 42B PCIe 4Gb

FC Dual Port HBA

HP FC1142 4Gb

PCIe HBA

HP FC1242 Dual

Channel 4Gb

PCIe HBA

HP FC2142 4Gb

PCIe HBA

HP FC2242 Dual

Channel 4Gb

PCIEe HBA

Service Name

Service NameService Name

3-Year HP

Support Plus 24

3-Year HP

Support Plus 24

3-Year HP

Support Plus 24

3-Year HP

Support Plus 24

3-Year HP

Support Plus 24

3-Year HP

Support Plus 24

HP Install Storage

HBAs SVC

Care Pack

Care PackCare Pack

Services

ServicesServices

Product #

Product #Product #

HA110A3-8D4

HA113A1-527

Alternate Care

Alternate CareAlternate Care

Pack Services

Pack ServicesPack Services

Product #

Product #Product #

U6305E

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HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus AdaptersHP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information

eSupport

eSupporteSupport

Customer Technical

Customer TechnicalCustomer Technical Training

Training

TrainingTraining

HP eSupport is a portfolio of technology-based services that assist you with managing your business environment - from the desktop to the data center.

Support Portal The HP support portal provides one-stop access to the information, tools and services you need to manage the daily operations of your IT environment.

Features include:

Access to self-solve tools (including search technical knowledge base) Efficient logging and tracking of support cases Collaboration with other business and IT professionals Download of patches and drivers Access to diagnostic tools Proactive notification of relevant information

Access to certain features of the support portal requires an HP service agreement. To access the support portal, visit:

Consider education as an integral part of your strategy to get the best return on investment for your HP storage solution. HP offers a variety of training courses on storage software, networking, archiving and disk storage systems. Our classes are available in many delivery modalities from traditional instructor-led courses at one of our 80 training centers worldwide to on-site training customized to your needs or online.

http://www.hp.com/support

www.hp.com/learn/storage

HP Services Awards

HP Services AwardsHP Services Awards

Additional Services

Additional ServicesAdditional Services Information

Information

InformationInformation

HP Services continues to be recognized for service and support excellence by customers, partners, industry organizations and publications around the world. Recent honors and award reflect our services team's dedications, technical expertise, professionalism and uncompromising commitment to customer satisfaction. For a list of all our awards, please visit:

http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/433028-0-0-225-121.html

For more information about HP Care Pack Services for Storage, please visit:

http://www.hp.com/hps/storage

If you have specific questions, contact your local HP representative. Contact information for a representative in your area can be found at "Contact HP"

http://www.hp.com

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Technical Specifications

Number of channels

Number of channelsNumber of channels Port Speed

Port Speed

Port SpeedPort Speed Slot type supported

Slot type supported

Slot type supportedSlot type supported

OS Supported

OS SupportedOS Supported

NOTE:

Always refer to the HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products at:

NOTE:NOTE: specific product support information.

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

VMware 3.5 VMware 4.0 VMware 4.1

RHEL 4

RHEL 5 SLES 10 SLES 11

Solaris 10 x86

Servers Supported

Servers SupportedServers Supported

Array Platforms

Array PlatformsArray Platforms Supported

Supported

SupportedSupported

41B/AP767A 42B/AP768A

Single

4 Gbps 4 Gbps 4 Gbps 4 Gbps 4 Gbps 4 Gbps

PCI Express to Fibre Channel

x86, x64, R2 x86, x64, R2

U4/U5 U4/U5 U4/U5 U4/U5 U4/U5 U4/U5

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

N/A N/A x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64

N/A N/A

Always refer to the HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products at:

EVA

EVAEVA

EVA4x00

EVA4400s

EVA6x00 EVA8x00

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus AdaptersHP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

Family Comparison Table

Family Comparison TableFamily Comparison Table

FC2142SR /

A8002A

Dual

PCI Express to Fibre Channel

www.hp.com/storage/spock

Select HP ProLiant G7, G6, and G5/G5p servers

NOTE:

Refer to server QuickSpecs for details regarding supported options.

NOTE:NOTE:

:

EVA

:

EVAEVA

EVA4x00

EVA4400s

EVA6x00 EVA8x00

Single

PCI Express to Fibre Channel

x86, x64, IA64,R2x86, x64, IA64,R2x86, x64, R2

x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64

x86 x86 x86 x86

for specific product support information.

EVA

:

EVAEVA

EVA4x00,

EVA4400s

EVA6x00,

EVA8x00

FC2242SR /

A8003A

Dual

PCI Express to Fibre Channel

EVA

:

EVAEVA

EVA4x00,

EVA4400s

EVA6x00,

EVA8x00

FC1142SR /

AE311A

Single

PCI Express to Fibre Channel

www.hp.com/storage/spock

x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64

EVA

:

EVAEVA

EVA4x00,

EVA4400s

EVA6x00,

EVA8x00

FC1242SR /

AE312A

Dual

PCI Express to Fibre Channel

x86, x64, IA64,

R2

x86, x64, IA64,

R2

x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64 x86, x64, IA64

EVA

EVAEVA

EVA4x00,

EVA4400s

EVA6x00,

EVA8x00

for

:

XP

:

XPXP

XP10000/12000 XP20000/24000

P9500

MSA

:

MSAMSA

MSA2000fc

P2000 G3

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XP

:

XPXP

XP10000/12000 XP20000/24000

P9500

MSA

:

MSAMSA

MSA2000fc

P2000 G3

XP

:

XPXP

XP128/1024 XP10000/12000 XP20000/24000

P9500

MSA

:

MSAMSA

MSA1000 MSA1500

MSA2000fc

P2000 G3

XP

:

XPXP

XP128/1024 XP10000/12000 XP20000/24000

P9500

MSA

:

MSAMSA

MSA1000 MSA1500

MSA2000fc

P2000 G3

XP

:

XPXP

XP128/1024 XP10000/12000 XP20000/24000

P9500

MSA

:

MSAMSA

MSA1000 MSA1500

MSA2000fc

P2000 G3

XP

:

XPXP

XP128/1024 XP10000/12000 XP20000/24000

P9500

MSA

:

MSAMSA

MSA1000 MSA1500

MSA2000fc

P2000 G3

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Technical Specifications

Environmental -

Environmental -Environmental Operating Temperature

Operating Temperature

Operating TemperatureOperating Temperature

Environmental -

Environmental -Environmental Storage Temperature

Storage Temperature

Storage TemperatureStorage Temperature

Environmental -

Environmental -Environmental Relative Humidity -

Relative Humidity -

Relative Humidity -Relative Humidity Operating

Operating

OperatingOperating Product Dimensions

Product Dimensions

Product DimensionsProduct Dimensions (HxW)

Media

MediaMedia

Connector

ConnectorConnector

Brackets

BracketsBrackets

32º to 122º F

(0º to 50º C)

(dry bulb)

-40º F to 163º F (-43º to 73º C)

(dry bulb)

5% to 93%

(relative, non-

condensing)

1.63 x 6.5 in (43 x 165 mm)

Multi-mode

Optic

Short wave laser

with LC type

connector

Shipped with

both ½ height

and full-height

brackets

32º to 122º F

(0º to 50º C)

(dry bulb)

-40º F to 163º F (-43º to 73º C)

(dry bulb)

5% to 93%

(relative, non-

condensing)

1.63 x 6.5 in (43 x 165 mm)

Multi-mode

Optic

Short wave laser

with LC type

connector

Shipped with

both ½ height

and full-height

brackets

32° to 113° F

(0° to 45° C)

-4 ° to 158° F

(-20° to 70° C)

5% to 95% non-

6.60 x 2.54 in (167.64mm x

Short wave laser

Shipped with

both ½ height

and full-height

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

HP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus AdaptersHP 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

condensing

64.4 mm)

Multi-mode

Optic

with LC type

connector

brackets

32° to 113° F

(0° to 45° C)

-4 ° to 158° F

(-20° to 70° C)

5% to 95% non-

condensing

6.60 x 2.54 in (167.64mm x

64.4 mm)

Multi-mode

Optic

Short wave laser

with LC type

connector

Shipped with

both ½ height

and full-height

brackets

32° to 131° F

(0° to 55° C)

-20° to 158° F (-4° to 70° C)

5% to 95% non-

condensing

6.60 x 2.54 in

(167.64 x 64.4

mm)

Multi-mode

Optic

Short wave laser

with LC type

connector

Shipped with

both ½ height

and full-height

brackets

32° to 131° F

(0° to 55° C)

-20° to 158° F (-4° to 70° C)

10% to 90%

non-condensing

6.60 x 2.54 in

(167.64 x 64.4

Multi-mode

Short wave laser

with LC type

Shipped with

both ½ height

and full-height

mm)

Optic

connector

brackets

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

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HP FC1242SR User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Overview

Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information

Technical Specifications