5708-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter

IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5708) - 10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter

10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5708) is a high-performance, 10 Gb, dual port, PCIe Converged Network Adapter (CNA) utilizing SR optics. Each port can provide NIC (Network Interface Card) traffic and Fibre Channel functions simultaneously. CCIN is 2B3B

Highlights

PCIe 2.0 adapter with x8 Gen 1

Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) supported

SR optical transceiver with LC connection provides up to 300m cable length

Non-volatile error log on the adapter

Supported on AIX and Linux and VIOS for FC and Ethernet.

IBM i with VIOS support Ethernet

SAN and Network boot support for AIX, Linux

Requires FCoCEE capable switches for full FC+Ethernet capability. Ethernet only functionality if attached to ordinary Ethernet switch.

Utilizes existing cabling that supports 10 Gb SR

Based on QLogic?s Converged Network Adapter (CNA)

Configuration maximum when used for NIC traffic (not Fibre Channel usage)

Recommended performance Max assuming high utilization, One adapter per four active processors cores.

Recommended connectivity Max assuming high utilization, two adapters per one physical processor core.

Attributes provided: 10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter

Attributes required: Open PCIe slot

For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5708)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 41 (Initial order maximum: 41)

OS level required:

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-11 Technology Level, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-04 Technology Level, or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 or later

IBM i - not supported directly (use VIOS)

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note:

VIOS attachment requires VIOS 2.1.2.0 or later

IBM i 6.1.1 or later with VIOS attachment requires VIOS 2.1.2.0 or later support virtual Ethernet (NIC) function.

Minimum firmware level 3.5.0 or later