IBM Power7 8202-E4B (#5283) - PCIe2 LP 2-Port 4X IB QDR Adapter 40Gb
The PCIe Gen-2 low profile 2-port 4X Infiniband QDR adapter provides high speed connectivity with other servers or IB switches. Each port maximum of 40Gb assumes no other system or switch bottlenecks are present.
Note: A PCIe Gen2 slot does not have the bandwidth to support two 40Gb ports. The benefit of the second 40Gb port is additional attachment redundancy, not performance.
Also note: AIX supports multiple types of adapter usages across different applications and adapter performance should generally meet or exceed client needs. But when using TCP/IP, some AIX clients may observe less than full unidirectional link bandwidth and less than linear scaling for duplex bandwidth with the #5283.
Attributes provided: PCIe2 LP 2-Port 4X IB QDR Adapter 40Gb
Attributes required: PCIe Gen2 low profile slot
For 8202-E4B: (#5283)
Minimum required: 0
Maximum allowed: 4 (Initial order maximum: 4)
OS level required:
AIX Version 7.1 with Service Pack 3, or later
AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-06 Technology Level, and Service Pack 5 or later
AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-05 Technology Level, and Service Pack 6 or later (planned availability: June 3, 2011)
IBM i - not supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, Service Pack 3 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, Service Pack 1 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.6 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6 or later
Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both
CSU: Yes
Return parts MES: No
Note: Requires an available slot in #5685 PCIe Riser Card (Gen2)
