IBM Emulex At-a-glance Manual

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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.

Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x 1

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:

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One Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter with a 3U bracket attached

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2U bracket

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Quick Install Guide

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Documentation CD

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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:

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Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller

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Near line-rate 10 Gbps performance

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2 SFP+ empty cages to support either SFP+ SR or twin-ax copper connections

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SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR optical module with LC connectors

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SFP+ twin-ax copper link is with SFP+ direct attached copper module/cable

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TCIP/IP stateless offloads

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TCP chimney offload

Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x 2

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Based on Emulex OneConnect technology and includes FCoE support as a future feature entitlement
upgrade

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Hardware parity, CRC, ECC, and other advanced error checking

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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface

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Low-profile form-factor design

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IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload

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VLAN insertion and extraction

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Support for jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes

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Preboot eXecutive Environment (PXE) 2.0 network boot support

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Interrupt coalescing

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Load balancing and failover support

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Deploy and manage this and other Emulex OneConnect-based adapters with OneCommand
Manager

Standards supported

The following IEEE standards are supported:

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IEEE 802.3ae (10Gb/s Ethernet XAUI)

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IEEE 802.1q (VLAN)

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IEEE 802.1Qbb (Priority flow control)

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IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS and Congestion Management)

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IEEE 802.1p (QoS/CoS)

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IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)

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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:

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Temperature:

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Operating: 0° to 55° C (32° to 131° F)

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Non-operating: -40° to 70° C (-40° to 158° F)

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Humidity: 5 to 95%, non-condensing

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