IBM Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x At-a-glance Manual

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Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM
System x

IBM System x at-a-glance guide

The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM® System x® and Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual
Fabric Adapter II for System x are members of the IBM comprehensive networking portfolio of 10 Gb
Ethernet (10GbE) converged network adapters (CNAs). They deliver industry-leading performance and
scalability per watt, reducing requirements for power and cooling. Storage 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. The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric
Adapter II is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II (with optional SFP+ transceivers installed)

Did you know

The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II are
based on the Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) platform and include
support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) as a feature entitlement upgrade. iSCSI support is
planned to be available in 1Q 2012.

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 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x 1

Part number information

Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code

Description Part number Feature code

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x 49Y7950 A18Z

Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x None* A148

Emulex VFA II FCoE License for IBM System x 49Y4274 5715

* This adapter comes standard with the selected models or can be ordered with the special bid or CTO models of IBM
System x3850 X5/x3950 X5 (7143) and x3690 X5 (7147). It cannot be ordered separately.

Note: These adapters are referred to in the product documentation as the Emulex OneConnect
OCe11102 multiprotocol PCI Express Converged Network Adapter.

The part number 49Y7950 includes the following items:

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

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2U bracket

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Quick Install Guide

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Warranty information

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Documentation CD

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Important Notices flyer

The Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II has the same functional characteristics as the
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II. The only difference is the integrated VFA is designed to be used
with IBM eX5 systems as a factory built-in virtual fabric adapter. The Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual
Fabric Adapter II is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II (without optional SFP+ transceivers)

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x 2

Supported transceivers and direct -attach cables

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 and Table 3 respectively.

Table 2. Supported transceivers

Description Part number

Optical Transceivers

IBM 10 GbE SW SFP+ Transceiver 49Y8578

Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 49Y4216

QLogic 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 49Y4218

IBM 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 44W4408

IBM/Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 44W2411

IBM/BNT® 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver

Cisco SFP-10G-SR* SFP-10G-SR

Avago AFBR-703SDZ-ELX* AFBR-703SDZ-ELX

Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL-EM* FTLX8571D3BCL-EM

* These SFP+ SR transceivers are non-IBM parts that have been validated by Emulex for use with this adapter

46C3447

Table 3. Supported direct-attach cables

Description Part number

Passive DAC/Twinax cables

1 m IBMPassive DAC-SFP+ Cable 90Y9427

3 m IBM Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable 90Y9430

5 m IBM Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable 90Y9433

8.5 m IBM Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable 90Y9436

Features

The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II have
the following features and benefits:

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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

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

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