The 2 Gb/s Ready FibreStar FCE-6460 is the 2nd generation 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel host bus adapter from JNI Corporation. It offers the same reliability as the industry’s first 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA, the FCE-6420D. The 2 Gb/s Ready FCE-6460 features “on-demand” 1 or 2 Gb/s auto rate negotiation. This enables the 2 Gb/s Ready HBA to operate in 1 Gb/s or 2 Gb/s storage networks, or networks with a mix of 1 and 2 Gb/s devices. Automatic topology detection simplifies configuration for switched fabric, arbitrated loop or point-to-point environments.

The 2 Gb/s Ready FCE-6460 has a peak performance throughput of 400 MB/s (full-duplex), and has a half-duplex throughput of ~200 MB/s. In addition, the FCE-6460 features hardware-assisted context switching which maximizes SAN data throughput and minimizes host CPU utilization, increasing overall SAN performance.

The FCE-6460 offers several new features, including packet-by-packet support for concurrent IP/SCSI and FC-Tape protocols. IP protocols enable management utilities to utilize inband IP over the Fibre Channel SAN, while FC-Tape enables direct connection to Fibre Channel-based tape backup systems.

The 2 Gb/s Ready FCE-6460 runs on a variety of operating systems through two JNI products bundled with the HBA, the Unix DriverSuite and the PC DriverSuite. The Unix DriverSuite runs on most versions of Sun Microsystems Solaris, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX and Red Hat Linux. The PC DriverSuite runs on most versions of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT, Novell NetWare and Red Hat Linux.

• 2nd Generation 2 Gb/s technology from the 2 Gb/s pioneer
• Automatic rate negotiation from 1 to 2 Gb/s seamlessly, on-demand
• Up to 400 MB/s full-duplex, ~200 MB/s half-duplex
• Supports most major operating systems
• Bundled with Java-based EZ Fibre management software
• Enterprise-level quality