5899 - IBM PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter

(#5899) - PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter

This short PCIe Gen2 adapter provides four 1Gb Ethernet ports that can be configured to run at 1000, 100 or 10 Mbps. 4-pair CAT-5 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables up to 100 meters in length are attached to the copper RJ45 connectors. Each port is independent of one another and supports full-duplex or half-duplex. 1000 Mbps speed is not supported in Half Duplex (HDX) mode.

Feature #5260 and #5899 are electronically identical and have the same CCIN of 576F. #5260 indicates a low profile tail stock while #5899 indicates a full high tail stock.

Attributes provided: Four-port 1 Gb Ethernet

Attributes required: 1 Full High Profile PCIe slot (Gen1 or Gen2)

The 5899 feature is supported on the following IBM iSeries & Power Systems:  8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B, 8205-E6C, 8205-E6D, 8231-E2C, 8231-E2D, 8233-E8B, 8236-E8C, 8286-41A, 8286-42A, 8408-E8D, 9109-RMD, 9117-MMB, 9117-MMC, 9117-MMD, 9119-FHB, 9179-MHB, 9179-MHC, 9179-MHD

OS level required: 

iSeries OS400 7.1, or later 

iSeries OS400 6.1 with 6.1.1 machine code, or later

AIX Version 7.1 with the 7100-01 Technology level and Service pack 4 or later

AIX Version 7.1 with the 7100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 6 or later (planned availability 6/29/2012)

AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 4 or later

AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-06 Technology Level and service Pack 8 or later (planned availability 6/29/2012)

AIX Version 5.3 with the 5300-12 Technology Level and Service Pack 6 or later (planned availability 6/29/2012) Note: AIX 5.3 service extension is required

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 for POWER with all available service updates, or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 for POWER, or later

Novel SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2, or later