PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SR Adapter (FC EL2P; CCIN 5287)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EL2P adapters.
Overview
The FC EL2P PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SR adapter is the equivalent of the FC 5284.
The FC EL2P is a short, low-profile, high-performance, generation-2 PCIe adapter. This adapter provides two 10-Gb Ethernet ports that can be configured to run at 10 gigabits per second (Gbps). Each of the Ethernet ports can be connected by using a little connector (LC) duplex-type connector over a multi-mode fiber (MMF) 850 nm fiber cable up to 300 meters (984.25 feet) in length. The adapter conforms to the IEEE, 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR specification for Ethernet transmission.
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 74Y3242 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe2.0 x8
- Slot requirement
- One PCIe x8 (low-profile) slot.
- Cables
- MMF 850 nm fiber cable are connected to LC duplex-type connectors.
- Voltage
- 3.3-V
- Form factor
- Low-profile
- Maximum number
- For details about the maximum number of adapters that are supported, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
- Attributes provided
- PCIe x8 Generation 2
- MSI-X and support of legacy pin interrupts
- 10GBASE-SR short-reach optics
- IEEE 802.3ae (10 GbE)
- IEEE 802.1p priority and 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- IEEE 802.3x flow control
- Link aggregation, 802.3ad 802.3 compliance
- IEEE 802.3ad load-balancing and failover
- Ether II and 802.3 encapsulated frames
- Multiple MAC addresses per interface
- Jumbo frames up to 9.6 Kbytes
- TCP checksum offload for IPv4
- TCP segmentation Offload (TSO) for IPv4
- UDP checksum offload for IPv4
- Receive side scaling and packet steering
- Line rate packet filtering and attack protection
The following figure shows the adapter.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7, or later, with current maintenance updates available from Red Hat.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6, or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Service Pack 1, or later, with current maintenance updates available from SUSE.
For support details, see the Linux Alert website.
The latest version of the device driver or iprutils can be downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website.
