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1 Hardware and Software

Components

This chapter provides details about QLogic Fibre Channel and Converged

Network Adapters in VMware ESX/ESXi, including:

 Hardware Components

 “Software Components” on page 1-3

 “Supported QLogic Adapters” on page 1-4

Hardware Components

A typical QLogic Fibre Channel or Converged Network Adapter includes the

following major components:

 RISC processor

 Static random access memory (SRAM)

 Non-volatile memory (Flash)

 Non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) (On 8Gb Fibre Channel

Adapters, NVRAM is built into the Flash.)

 Transceivers

 LEDs

Figure 1-1 shows the hardware components of a QLogic Fibre Channel or

Converged Network Adapter and Table 1-1 provides additional details of selected

components.

NOTE:

QLE8000 Series Converged Network Adapters might have additional

components not listed in the preceding list. This section is intended only to

provide an overview of the key components on a typical Fibre

Channel/Converged Network Adapter.

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