PCIe3 LP 2x10Gb FCoE 2x1GbE SFP+ Adapter (FC EL38; CCIN 2B93)

Overview

The PCIe3 LP 2x10Gb FCoE 2x1GbE SFP+ Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3, low-profile capable adapter. The adapter has four-ports and is a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA). This adapter provides a PCIe 3.0 host bus interface. The adapter is a high-performance adapter that consolidates traffic for networking and Fibre Channel storage. The adapter is optimized for cloud computing, virtualization, storage, and other data center applications. Both FCoE and network interface controller (NIC) functions are available for both FCoE ports. Use of the FCoE requires that you use convergence enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switches. The link aggregation and failover features of the adapter make it suitable for critical network applications that require redundancy and high availability.

Figure 1. FC EL38 adapter

Specifications

Item

Description

Adapter FRU number

000E9284 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)

Wrap plug FRU number

12R9314 (for Fibre LC connector)

10N7405 (for RJ45 connector)

I/O bus architecture

PCIe3 x8

Slot requirement

For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.

Cables

SR SFP+ optical fiber cables and Cat5 Ethernet cables

Voltage

3.3 V, 12 V

Form factor

Short, regular sized bracket, low-profile capable

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.

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.