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4.10.3 Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter

As described in 4.3, “Models” on page 124, certain models include the Emulex 10Gb Ethernet

Adapter as standard. The card is installed in PCIe slot 5. Slot 5 is a nonstandard x8 slot,

which is slightly longer than normal. It accepts both standard PCIe adapters and the Emulex

10Gb Ethernet Adapter.

The Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter in the x3690 X5 has been customized with a special type

of connector called an

extended edge connector. The card is colored blue instead of green to

indicate that it is nonstandard and that it cannot be installed in a standard x8 PCIe slot.

At the time of writing, only the x3850 X5 and the x3690 X5 have slots that are compatible with

the custom-built Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter that is shown in Figure 4-46 on page 166.

Figure 4-46 The Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter has a blue circuit board and a longer connector

The Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter is a customer-replaceable unit (CRU). To replace the

adapter (for example, under warranty), order the CRU number, as shown in Table 4-33. The

table also shows the regular Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (VFA) for IBM System x

option, which differs only in the connector type (standard x8) and the color of the circuit board

(green).

Tip: The Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter that is standard with specific models is a custom

version of the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x, 49Y4250. However,

the features and functions of the two adapters are identical.

Redundancy: The standard version of the Emulex VFA and the eX5 extended edge

custom version can be used together as a redundant pair. This pair is a supported

combination.

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Table 4-33 Emulex adapter part numbers

General details about this card are in Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x,

TIPS0762, which is available at the following website:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0762.html

The Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter for x3690 X5 includes the following features:

򐂰 Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller

򐂰 Near line-rate 10 Gbps performance

򐂰 Two SFP+ empty cages to support either of the following items:

– SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR Module with LC connectors

– SFP+ twinaxial copper link is with SFP+ direct attached copper module/cable

򐂰 TCP/IP stateless off-loads

򐂰 TCP chimney offload

򐂰 Based on Emulex OneConnect technology

򐂰 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, User Datagram Protocol (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

򐂰 Deployment and management of this adapter and other Emulex OneConnect-based

adapters with OneCommand Manager

򐂰 Interoperable with BNT 10Gb Top of Rack (ToR) switch for FCoE functions

򐂰 Interoperable with Cisco Nexus 5000, Brocade 10Gb Ethernet switches for NIC/FCoE

Option description Part number Feature code CRU number

Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter for x3690 X5 None 1648 49Y4202

Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x 49Y4250 5749 Not applicable

Important: Although these cards are functionally identical, the availability of iSCSI and

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) upgrades for one card does not automatically mean

availability for both cards. At the time of writing, the target availability of these features is

the second quarter of 2011. Check availability of iSCSI and FCoE feature upgrades with

your local IBM representative.

Note: Servers that include the Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter do not include

transceivers. You must order transceivers separately if needed, as listed in Table 4-34.