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򐂰 Onboard DMA: DMA controller for each port: Transmit and receive

򐂰 Frame buffer first in, first out (FIFO): Integrated transmit and receive frame buffer for each

data channel

Figure 5-67 shows the IBM Flex System FC3052 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter.

Figure 5-67 IBM Flex System FC3052 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter

For more information, see the IBM Redbooks Product Guide for the IBM Flex System FC3052

2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter, at:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0869.html?Open

5.6.11 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter

The network architecture on the IBM Flex System platform is designed to address network

challenges. It gives you a scalable way to integrate, optimize, and automate your data center.

The IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter enables high-speed access to

external SANs. This adapter is based on Brocade architecture, and offers end-to-end 16 Gb

connectivity to SAN. It can auto-negotiate, and also work at 8 Gb and 4 Gb speeds. It has

enhanced features like N-port trunking, and increased encryption for security.

Table 5-82 lists the ordering part number and feature code.

Table 5-82 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter ordering information

System x

part

number

System x

feature

code

Power

feature

code

Description

88Y6370 A1BP None IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter

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The adapter is supported in compute nodes as listed in Table 5-83.

Table 5-83 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter supported servers

The adapter supports the switches listed in Table 5-84.

Table 5-84 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter supported switches

The IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter has the following features:

򐂰 16 Gbps Fibre Channel

– Use 16 Gbps bandwidth to eliminate internal oversubscription

– Investment protection with the latest Fibre Channel technologies

– Reduce the number of ISL external switch ports, optics, cables, and power

򐂰 Over 500,000 IOPS per port, which maximizes transaction performance and density of

VMs per compute node

򐂰 Achieves performance of 315,000 IOPS for Email Exchange and 205,000 IOPS for SQL

Database

򐂰 Boot from SAN allows the automation SAN Boot LUN discovery to simplify boot from SAN

and reduce image management complexity

򐂰 Brocade Server Application Optimization (SAO) provides quality of service (QoS) levels

assignable to VM applications

򐂰 Direct I/O enables native (direct) I/O performance by allowing VMs to bypass the

hypervisor and communicate directly with the adapter

򐂰 Brocade Network Advisor simplifies and unifies the management of Brocade adapter,

SAN, and LAN resources through a single pane-of-glass

򐂰 LUN Masking, an Initiator-based LUN masking for storage traffic isolation

򐂰 NPIV allows multiple host initiator N_Ports to share a single physical N_Port, dramatically

reducing SAN hardware requirements

򐂰 Target Rate Limiting (TRL) throttles data traffic when accessing slower speed storage

targets to avoid back pressure problems

򐂰 RoHS-6 compliant

System x

part

number

Power

feature

code I/O adapters

Supported servers

x240 p260 p460

95Y2375 None IBM Flex System FC3052 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter

Ye s N o N o

Restriction: This I/O adapter is not supported on the p260 and p460. Use the IBM Flex

System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter instead.

System x

part

number

Power

FC I/O adapters

FC5022 16Gb

SAN Scalable

Switch,

FC5022 16 Gb

ESB Switch,

90Y9356

FC3171 8 Gb

SAN Switch,

69Y1930

FC3171 8 Gb

SAN Pass-thru,

69Y1934

88Y6370 None FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter Ye s Ye s N o N o