PCIe3 LP 4-port (10Gb FCoE and 1GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter (FC EL3C; CCIN 2CC1)

Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EL3C adapters.

Overview

The PCIe3 LP 4-port (10Gb FCoE and 1GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 2, low-profile 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 the FCoE and network interface controller (NIC) functions are available for all the four 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.

The four-port adapter provides two 10 Gb FCoE Copper Twin-axial ports and two 1 Gb RJ45 Ethernet ports. The two 10 Gb FCoE ports are connected by little connector-type (LC) connectors. Each FCoE port provides Ethernet connectivity with a nominal data rate of 10 Gbps (gigabits per second). Each of the 1 Gb ports provides Ethernet connectivity at a data rate of 1 Gbps and is connected with Ethernet cables. A 10 Mb data rate is not supported. Figure 1 shows the FC EL3C adapter.

Restriction: The 1 Gb Ethernet ports do not support data rates of 10 Mbps (megabits per second).

The adapter is SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) capable. The adapter can function as a boot adapter. The adapter supports all Fibre Channel and Ethernet topologies.

Figure 1. FC EL3C adapter

Specifications

Item: Description
Adapter FRU number: 00E8140 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
Wrap plug FRU number: 74Y7010; 10N7405
Note: These wrap plugs are not included with the card. 12R9314 (FC ECW0)IBM®.
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+ Copper Twinax and Cat5 Ethernet cables
Voltage: 3.3 V, 12 V
Form factor: Short, 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.

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.

This adapter is supported for the following versions of the Linux operating system, depending on the system you are using:

Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7, or later, with current maintenance updates available from Red Hat.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1, little endian, or later, with current maintenance updates available from Red Hat.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.5, or later, with current maintenance updates available from Red Hat.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Service Pack 3, or later, with current maintenance updates available from SUSE.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12, or later
- Linux Ubuntu 14.04.3, or later
- Linux Ubuntu 16.04, or later

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.

Last updated: Thu, June 27, 2019