Subscribe to this information10 Gigabit Ethernet-CX4 PCI Express Adapter (FC 5732; CCIN 5732)
Learn about the features, operating system requirements, and installation procedures for the feature code (FC) 5732 adapter.
Overview
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-CX4 PCI Express (PCIe) Adapter is a low-profile, high performance CX4 copper network interface controller (NIC). The product conforms to the IEEE, 802.3ae 10GBASE-CX specification for Ethernet transmission. 10GBase-CX4 uses the XAUI (10 Gigabit attachment unit interface) specified in 802.3ae, and the 4X connector that is used for InfiniBand technology. The adapter is used to connect servers or switches over short distances of up to 15 meters.
The LED on the adapter provides information about the operation status of the adapter.
| LED | Light | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Activity/Link | Green | Good link, no activity |
| Flashing | Transmit activity | |
| Off | No link* | |
| Board status (visible through ACT/LNK) | Red | Not Initialized** |
| Off | Initialized | |
| *The absence of a link can be the result of a defective cable, a defective connector, or a configuration mismatch. | ||
** The adapter has
not been initialized by the OS. During such time:
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For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- FRU number
- 46K7899 (designed to comply with RoHS requirement.)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe-V1.1 x8
- Busmaster
- Yes
- Maximum number
- For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.
- Adapter size
- PCIe x8, short form
- Connector information
- 10G Ethernet CX4 cable
- Cables
- Customers supply the cables. The CX4 adapter supports copper CX4 cables. Cables can be ordered through a cable supplier.
- Attributes
- The adapter provide the following features:
- PCIe 1.1 x8
- MSI-X, MSI and support of traditional pin interrupts
- 10GBASE-CX
- 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
- Ethernet II and 802.3 encapsulated frames
- Multiple MAC addresses per interface
- Jumbo frames up to 9.6 KB
- TCP checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
- TCP segmentation offfload (TSO) for IPv4 and IPv6
- User datagram protocol (UDP) checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
- Receive side scaling and packet steering
- Line rate packet filtering and attack protection
- IETF RDDP and RDMAC iWARP compliance (Linux only)
- APIs: RNIC-PI, kDAPL and Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.4 (Linux only)
- Full iSCSI software and hardware initiator support (Linux only)
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 there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website .
- AIX®
- AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-03 Technology Level, or later
- AIX Version 5.3 with the 5300-10 Technology Level, or later
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 Update 3, or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, or later
- devices.ethernet.ct3
- devices.ethernet.ct3.rte //HBA
- devices.ethernet.ct3.cdli //ENT
- devices.pciex.251430001410a303 (CX4 adapter)
- devices.pciex.2514310025140100 (BladeCenter hardware)
- devices.pciex.251430001410a303 (CX4 adapter)
- devices.pciex.2514310025140100 (BladeCenter hardware)
Preparing for installation
If you are installing your operating system at this time, install your adapter before you install the operating system. If you are installing only the device driver for this adapter, install your device driver software before you install the adapter. Ensure that your operating system supports this adapter before you install it. See Operating system or partition requirements.
Installing the AIX device driver software
To install device driver software, follow the steps in Installing the AIX device driver software.
Installing the adapter
For general instructions on how to install a PCI adapter, see the Installing PCI adapters topic. Return here to verify the adapter installation.
Verifying the adapter installation
To verify that your system recognizes the PCI adapter, do the following steps:
- If necessary, log in as root user.
- At the command line, type: lsdev -Cs pci
- Press Enter.
A list of PCI devices is displayed. If the adapter is installed correctly, the status of available for each port indicates that the adapter is installed and ready to use. If a message indicates that any of the ports are defined instead of available, shut down your server and verify that the adapter was installed correctly.
