Agilent HHBA-5220, HHBA-5221
2 Gb/s Host Adapters for High Performance
Fibre Channel Applications
Product Brief
Product Description
Agilent’s HHBA-5220 and
HHBA-5221 are 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI
to 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel host bus
adapters (HBAs) for enterprise
Storage Area Network (SAN)
applications. Supporting both one
and two Gigabit link speeds, the
new HBAs provide auto-negotiation
for seamless integration in the one
and two Gigabit environments. The
versatility of the new HBAs is
based on Agilent’s market-leading
Tachyon Fibre Channel (FC)
controllers, offering unmatched
performance and flexibility.
Flexible Connection Options
Agilent’s 2 Gb/s HBAs are available
with both fiber-optic and copper
cable connections. For high-end
applications where performance
and reliability are critical, the
HHBA-5221 has a Small Form
Factor (SFF) pin through-hole LC
optical transceiver for use with
multimode optical cable.
For cost-sensitive applications, the
HHBA-5220 offers a High Speed
Serial Data Connector (HSSDC)
interface for copper cabling, and
also includes a cage (receptacle)
for a Small Form Factor Pluggable
(SFP) LC transceiver. The SFP
option allows customers to up-
grade the HHBA-5220 to optical
media, as their applications change
and require higher reliability and
longer distances.
Scalable Performance Matches
Demanding SAN Requirements
The 2 Gb/s HBAs are powered by
Agilent Tachyon controllers, which
employ a Finite State Machine
(FSM) architecture. The FSM allows
performance to scale seamlessly
with increased server CPU power
as opposed to processor-based
adapters, which are limited by the
maximum performance of the
processor itself.
Widest Range of Software Support
To support the 2 Gb/s HBAs,
Agilent offers drivers for
Microsoft® Windows® 2000,
Windows NT®, and Linux. Agilent’s
drivers also support the Storage
Networking Industry Association
(SNIA) application program
interfaces (APIs) for storage
management applications. Addi-
tionally, Agilent is developing
drivers for upcoming 64-bit
servers. Agilent drivers for Win-
dows® 2002, 64-bit Linux, and AIX
5L will be available to support
production versions of the new
operating systems.
Features
•Fibre channel data transfer rates:
– up to 200 MB/s (half duplex)
– up to 400 MB/s (full duplex)
•Two physical interface styles
– HHBA-5221: Small Form Factor
(SFF) LC optical transceiver
– HHBA-5220: standard HSSDC
copper connector and Small Form
Factor Pluggable (SFP) LC optical
transceiver
•Bootable BIOS, EFI support
•Auto-negotiation 1 or 2 Gb/s
•2 Gb/s LED link speed indicator
•Supports fibre channel arbitrated
loop (FC-AL) including public loop
and fabric (F- and FL-port login)
•FC class 2 and 3
•64-bit, 66 MHz universal PCI
interface (2.2 compliant)
Applications
•Storage Area Networks (SANs)
•Data warehousing
•Clustering
•Remote back-up
•Near on-line storage
•Video editing & CAD