IBM Z Connectivity Handbook

Open Systems Adapter-Express

This chapter describes the IBM Open Systems Adapter-Express features. These features provide connectivity to other servers and clients in 1000BASE-T Ethernet (10, 100, and 1000 Mbps), Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 10-Gigabit Ethernet, and 25-Gigabit Ethernet environments.

 

Terminology: If not stated otherwise, the term OSA applies to all OSA-Express features throughout this book. The following OSA features are described in this chapter: •OSA-Express7S •OSA-Express6S •OSA-Express5S •OSA-Express4S •OSA-Express3 Unless otherwise ...