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Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x
IBM System x at-a-glance guide
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is a member of IBM's comprehensive
networking portfolio of 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapters and delivers industry-leading performance and
scalability per watt, reducing requirements for power and cooling. Protocol offloads enable the efficient
use of computing resources and the support of more virtual machines per CPU, and reduce the number of
servers required to support data center demands. Furthermore, the capability to use fiber-optic or twin-ax
copper cabling allows you to deploy the fabric of your choice.
Figure 1. Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x (with optional SFP+ transceivers
installed)
Did you know
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adaper for IBM System x is based on the Emulex OneConnect Universal
Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) platform and will include support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) as a future feature entitlement upgrade.
By using a common infrastructure for Ethernet and SANs, you can reduce capital expense for adapters,
switches, and cables; and operational expense for power, cooling, and IT administration.
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Part number information
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
Description Part number Feature code
Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x 49Y4250 5749
Note: This adapter is referred to in the product documentation as the Emulex OneConnect OCe10102
multi-protocol PCI Express Converged Network Adapter.
The part number includes the following items:
One Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter with a 3U bracket attached
2U bracket
Quick Install Guide
Documentation CD
Important Notices flyer
The adapter has two empty SFP+ cages that support either SFP+ SR transceivers or twin-ax
direct-attached copper cables as listed in Table 2.
Table 2. Supported transceivers and direct-attach cables
Description Part number Feature code
IBM 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver (BN-CKM-SP-SR) 44W4408 4942
IBM/BNT 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 46C3447 Not available
IBM/Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver (IB-000180) 45W2411 2117
IBM/Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 49Y4216 0069
IBM/QLogic 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver (SFP10-SR50-IBMX-BK) 49Y4218 0064
IBM Twinax Direct Attach Cable (DAC) - 1m 45W2398 2711
IBM Twinax Direct Attach Cable (DAC) - 3m 45W2408 2731
IBM Twinax Direct Attach Cable (DAC) - 5m 45W3039 2751
Features
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter has the following features:
Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller
Near line-rate 10 Gbps performance
2 SFP+ empty cages to support either SFP+ SR or twin-ax copper connections
SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR optical module with LC connectors
SFP+ twin-ax copper link is with SFP+ direct attached copper module/cable
TCIP/IP stateless offloads
TCP chimney offload
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Based on Emulex OneConnect technology and includes FCoE support as a future feature entitlement
upgrade
Hardware parity, CRC, ECC, and other advanced error checking
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
Low-profile form-factor design
IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload
VLAN insertion and extraction
Support for jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes
Preboot eXecutive Environment (PXE) 2.0 network boot support
Interrupt coalescing
Load balancing and failover support
Deploy and manage this and other Emulex OneConnect-based adapters with OneCommand
Manager
Standards supported
The following IEEE standards are supported:
IEEE 802.3ae (10Gb/s Ethernet XAUI)
IEEE 802.1q (VLAN)
IEEE 802.1Qbb (Priority flow control)
IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS and Congestion Management)
IEEE 802.1p (QoS/CoS)
IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)
Physical specifications
The adapter has the following physical specifications:
Height: 167 mm (6.60 in)
Width: 69 mm (2.71 in)
Depth: 17.3 mm (0.69 in)
Operating environment
This adapter is supported in the following environment:
Temperature:
Operating: 0° to 55° C (32° to 131° F)
Non-operating: -40° to 70° C (-40° to 158° F)
Humidity: 5 to 95%, non-condensing
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Warranty
One-year limited warranty. When installed in a System x server, these cards assume your system’s base
warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade.
Supported servers
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is supported in the IBM System x and
iDataPlex servers listed in Table 3.
Table 3. Supported servers
Adapter
Emulex 10Gb
Virtual Fabric
Adapter
Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the System x servers that support this adapter:
http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
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Popular configurations
This section illustrates how the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter can be used in configurations.
Figure 2 shows Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters installed in a supported x3650 M2 server. The
servers are connected to a 10Gb Ethernet network using a pair of 10Gb Ethernet switches.
Figure 2. Popular configuration
The parts used are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Components used with the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Figure 2)
Diagram
reference
Part
number/machine
type
Varies x3650 M2 or other supported server (See Table 3) 2
49Y4250 Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter 2
Varies Supported 10Gb SFP+ Transceivers or direct-attach cables (See
Varies 10Gb Ethernet Switch 2
Description Quantity
Table 2)
4
Note: If SFP+ transceivers are used, this configuration also requires fiber optic cabling between the
servers and the switches.
Supported operating systems
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x supports the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition with Xen
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for x86
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
VMware ESX 4.0
VMware ESXi 4.0
See IBM ServerProven at http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for the latest
information about the specific versions and service packs supported.
Related publications
For more information refer to these documents:
Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x Installation and User's Guide
http://www.ibm.com/support
10Gb CNAs for IBM System x product page
http://ibm.com/systems/storage/product/systemx/cna
IBM US Announcement Letter
http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS
IBM System x Configuration and Options Guide
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1SCOD-3ZVQ5W
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