5721-8203 - IBM Power6 E4A 10 Gb Ethernet-SR PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapt

The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5721) 10 Gb Ethernet-SR PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter

The adapter supports distances of up to 33m using 62.5 um multimode fiber or 300m using 50 um multimode fiber with 2000 MHz*km minimum model bandwidth at 850 nm wavelength. The fiber cable connects to the adapter with LC type connector. The adapter conforms to the IEEE 802.3ae standard.

Attributes provided: Provides high-end bandwidth for networking

Attributes required: PCI-X slot or for improved bandwidth plug into PCI-X 2.0 DDR slot.

For 8203-E4A: The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5721)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 16 (Initial order maximum: 16)

OS level required: AIX 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level or later. AIX 6.1 or later. IBM i V5R4 with V5R4M5 machine code, or later. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for POWER Systems, or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 4.5, or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 5.1, or later.

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: Maximum of two allowed in CEC under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.

System maximum of 16 under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.

System firmware level required is SF235_195 or later. The adapter will operate in Single Data Rate (SDR) mode.

System firmware can be downloaded from

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload2/ download