PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities for the 8408-44E or 8408-E8E

Find information about the placement rules and slot priorities for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express (PCIe) adapters that are supported for the 8408-44E or 8408-E8E.

PCIe slot descriptions for the 8408-44E and 8408-E8E

The 8408-44E and 8408-E8E systems provide PCIe generation 3 slots. Table 1 provides information about the PCIe slots in the 8408-44E and 8408-E8E system. The PCIe slots are enabled to support the PCIe3 cable adapter (FC EJ08) that is used to attach the EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer.

Table 1. PCIe generation 3 slots in the system
Slot Adapter size Slot availability
8408-44E and 8408-E8E
(2 processors)		 8408-44E and 8408-E8E
(3 processors)		 8408-44E and 8408-E8E
(4 processors)
PCIe3 x16 Full-height, half-length 4 slots (P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, and P1-C12) 6 slots (P1-C3, P1-C4, P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, and P1-C12) 8 slots (P1-C1, P1-C2, P1-C3, P1-C4, P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, and P1-C12)
PCIe3 x8 Full-height, half-length 3 slots (P1-C6, P1-C7, and P1-C11) 3 slots (P1-C6, P1-C7, and P1-C11) 3 slots (P1-C6, P1-C7, and P1-C11)

One PCIe generation 3 (PCIe3) switch in the system backplane provides PCIe3 busses for internal PCIe slots and the embedded PCIe USB host controller.

Table 2 lists the features provided by the PCIe3 switch.
Table 2. PCIe generation 3 switch in the system
Features provided PCIe3 Switch
Lanes and ports 32-lane, 8-ports PCIe Gen3
Lane and polarity reversal Supported
All ports support concurrent maintenance through I2C bus Yes
End-to-end cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and Poison bit error checking Supported
Data path parity Supported
Memory error correction Supported
Advanced error reporting Supported
Aggregate full duplex bandwidth 512 GT/s
Designate any port as the Upstream port Yes
27x27 mm, 676-pin FCBGA package Yes
Power consumption
  • Nominal: 6 watts
  • Maximum: 12 watts

Figure 1 shows the rear view of the system with the location codes for the PCIe adapter slots.

Table 3 lists the PCIe adapter slot locations and details for the 8408-44E and 8408-E8E systems.

Figure 1. Rear view of an 8408-44E or 8408-E8E system with PCIe slots location codes
Rear view of an 8408-44E or 8408-E8E system with PCIe slots location codes.
Table 3. PCIe slot locations and descriptions for the 8408-44E or 8408-E8E system
Slot Location code Description PHB Adapter size Slot capabilities Slot availability
CAPI SR-IOV Dynamic direct memory access (DMA) window I/O adapter enlarged capacity assign order4 8408-44E and 8408-E8E
(2 processors)		 8408-44E and 8408-E8E
(3 processors)		 8408-44E and 8408-E8E
(4 processors)
Slot 1 P1-C11 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 4, Chip-0, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes 5 No No Yes
Slot 2 P1-C21,3 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 4, Chip-1, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes Default No No Yes
Slot 3 P1-C31 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 3, Chip-0, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes 6 No Yes Yes
Slot 4 P1-C41,3 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 3, Chip-1, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes Default No Yes Yes
Slot 5 P1-C62, 5 PCIe3 x8 PEX8732 Switch, S0P1 Full-height, half-length No Yes Yes 10 Yes Yes Yes
Slot 6 P1-C72, 5 PCIe3 x8 PEX8732 Switch, S1P8 Full-height, half-length No Yes Yes 11 Yes Yes Yes
Slot 7 P1-C81,3 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 2, Chip-0, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes 7 Yes Yes Yes
Slot 8 P1-C91 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 2, Chip-1, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes Default Yes Yes Yes
Slot 9 P1-C101,3 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 1, Chip-0, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes 8 Yes Yes Yes
Slot 10 P1-C111, 5 PCIe3 x8 Processor Module 1, Chip-1, PHB1 Full-height, half-length No Yes Yes 9 Dedicated slot for the LAN adapter
Slot 11 P1-C121 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 1, Chip-1, PHB0 Full-height, half-length Yes Yes Yes Default Yes Yes Yes

1Slot is a direct slot from the Processor Module and is a high-performance slot. The connectors in these slots are differently colored than the slots from the PCIe3 switch.

2Slot connected by the PCIe3 switch.

3Slot supports up to 75W adapters.

4Assigned PCIe slot order when the I/O Adapter Enlarged Capacity option is enabled. For example, if the option was enabled with a value of 5, five slots (P1-C2, P1-C4, P1-C9, P1-C12, and P1-C1) are enabled with the I/O enlarged capacity. If the option was enabled with a value of 6, then six slots (P1-C2, P1-C4, P1-C9, P1-C12, P1-C1, and P1-C3) are enabled with the I/O enlarged capacity, and so on.

5For platforms with less than 64GB of total system memory, SR-IOV should not be configured in these slots as performance may be severely impacted.
Note: Enabling the I/O Adapter Enlarged Capacity option will only affect Linux partitions. If your system does not have Linux partitions, the I/O Adapter Enlarged Capacity setting should be disabled.
  • All slots are PCIe generation 3 slots.
  • All slots have a 2 GB default direct memory access (DMA) window.
  • The peak bandwidths supported by the x16 slots are 16 gigabytes per second (GBps) in simplex mode and 32 GBps in duplex mode.
  • The peak bandwidths supported by the x8 slots are 8 GBps in simplex mode and 16 GBps in duplex mode.
  • All PCIe slots are full-height, half-length.
  • All PCIe slots support enhanced error handling (EEH).
  • All PCIe slots are hot swappable and support concurrent maintenance.
  • All PCIe slots support the single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) function.

PCIe adapters placement rules

Use this information while selecting slots for installing PCIe adapters in the 8408-44E or 8408-E8E system. Use Table 4 to identify slot placement priorities in the system and the maximum number of adapters that can be installed in the system.
  1. FCs 5899, EN0W, EN0S, EN0U, EN0H, EN0K, EN0M, EN15, and EN17 are the only adapters that can be installed in slot P1-C11 by IBM® Manufacturing in order to ensure proper system manufacture and testing.
  2. Slots P1-C1, P1-C2, P1-C3, P1-C4, P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, and P1-C12 are x16 slots with busses direct from the Processor Modules and can be used to install high-performance PCIe adapters.
  3. All PCIe x16 slots can be used for the PCIe3 Optical Cable Adapter (FC EJ08).
  4. Slots P1-C1, P1-C2, P1-C3, P1-C4, P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, and P1-C12 are Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) capable.
  5. Slots P1-C6 and P1-C7 are x8 slots behind the PCIe3 Switch that can be used to install lower-performance PCIe adapters.
  6. All slots support SR-IOV capable adapters.

Verify whether the adapter is supported for your system. For details about the supported adapters, see PCI adapter information by feature type for the 8408-44E and 8408-E8E.

The 8408-44E and 8408-E8E systems can have two, three, or four system processor modules.

Table 4. PCIe adapter slot priorities and maximum adapters supported in the 8408-44E and 8408-E8E systems
Feature code Description 8408-E8E
(2 processors)		 8408-E8E
(3 processors)		 8408-E8E
(4 processors)		 8408-44E
(2 processors)		 8408-44E
(3 processors)		 8408-44E
(4 processors)
Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported
5285
PCIe2 2-port 4X InfiniBand QDR Adapter (FC 5285; CCIN 58E2); Adapter FRU number: 74Y2987
  • PCIe2
  • Full-height adapter
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX® and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
5287
PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE SR Adapter (FC 5287; CCIN 5287); Adapter FRU number: 74Y3457
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Full-height
  • Two 10 Gb Ethernet ports
  • 10 GBASE- Direct attach SFP+ twinax cable
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
5708
PCIe 10 Gb FCoE 2-port Adapter (FC 5708; CCIN 2B3B)
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Full-height
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • Convergence enhanced Ethernet (CEE) supported
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
5717
4-port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI Express Adapter (FC 5717; CCIN 5217); Adapter FRU number: 46Y3512
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 6 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 8 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
5729
PCIe2 FH 4-port 8 Gb74Y3467 Fibre Channel Adapter (FC 5729; CCIN 5729); Adapter FRU number: 74Y3467
  • PCIe 2.1, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
5735
8 Gb PCI Express Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter (FC 5735; CCIN 577D); Adapter FRU number: 10N9824
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth: If only one port is planned to be active in normal operation, the adapter is counted as an extra-high bandwidth adapter. If both ports are planned to be active, the adapter must be treated as two extra-high bandwidth adapters.
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 6 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 8 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 10 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 6 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 8 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 10
5744
PCIe2 2x10 GbE SR 2x1 GbE UTP Adapter (FC 5744; CCIN 2B44); Adapter FRU number: 74Y1987
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • PCIe generation 2
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
5748
POWER® GXT145 PCI Express Graphics Accelerator (FC 5748; CCIN 5748); Adapter FRU number: 10N7756
  • PCIe, x1
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Not hot-pluggable
  • OS support: AIX and Linux operating systems
 5, 9, 7, 11, 8 5 5, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 7 5, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 9 5, 8, 11, 7, 9 5 5, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 7 5, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 9
5767
2-port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI Express Adapter (FC 5767; CCIN 5767); Adapter FRU number: 46K6601
  • PCIe x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 6 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 8 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 10 Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
5769
10 Gb Ethernet-SR PCI Express Adapter (FC 5769; CCIN 5769); Adapter FRU number: 46K7897
  • PCIe x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
5785
4-port Async EIA-232 PCIe Adapter (FC 5785; CCIN 57D2); Adapter FRU number: 46K6734
  • PCIe x1
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • OS support: AIX and Linux operating systems
 5, 9, 7, 11, 8 5 5, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 7 5, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 9 5, 8, 11, 7, 9 5 5, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 7 5, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 9
5899
PCIe2 4-port 1 GbE Adapter (FC 5899; CCIN 576F); Adapter FRU number: 74Y4064
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with full-height bracket
  • High bandwidth
  • Four-port 1 Gb Ethernet
OS support:
  • AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 10, 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 7 10, 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 9 10, 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 11 11, 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 7 11, 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 9 11, 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 11
5901
PCIe Dual - x4 SAS Adapter (FC 5901; CCIN 57B3); Adapter FRU number: 44V4852
  • PCIe x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 6 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 8 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 10 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 6 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 8 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 10
EC2N
PCIe3 2-port 10 GbE NIC and RoCE SR adapter (FC EC2N; CCIN 57BE); Adapter FRU number: 00RX875
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • Supports network interface controller (NIC) and RoCE services
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EC30
PCIe2 FH 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SR adapter (FC EC30; CCIN EC29); Adapter FRU number: 00E1601
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported; NIC capability only
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EC38
PCIe3 2-port 10 GbE NIC and RoCE SFP+ Copper Adapter (FC EC38; CCIN 57BC); Adapter FRU number: 00RX859
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • 10 Gb SFP+ ports can function in the NIC
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EC3B
PCIe3 2-Port 40 GbE NIC RoCE QSFP+ Adapter (FC EC3B; CCIN 57BD); Adapter FRU number: 00FW105
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 40 Gb Ethernet
  • Supports NIC and RoCE services
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported; NIC capability only
  • Supported on Firmware level 8.1
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EC3F
PCIe3 2-port 100 Gb EDR IB Adapter x16 (FC EC3E and EC3F; CCIN 2CEA); Adapter FRU number: 00WT075
  • PCIe3 x16
  • Short, low-profile (FC EC3E)
  • Short, with full-height tailstock (FC EC3F)
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 9, 7, 11, 8 4 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 6 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 8 8, 11, 7, 9 3 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 3 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 3
EC3M
PCIe3 2-port 100 GbE (NIC and RoCE) QSFP28 Adapter (FC EC3L and EC3M; CCIN 2CEC); Adapter FRU number: 00WT078
  • PCIe3 x16
  • Short, low-profile (FC EC3L)
  • Short, with full-height tailstock (FC EC3M)
  • NIC and IBTA RoCE standards
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
 9, 7, 11, 8 4 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 6 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 8 8, 11, 7, 9 3 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 3 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 3
EC3U
PCIe3 1-port 100 Gb EDR Infiniband Adapter x16 (FC EC3U; CCIN 2CEB) Adapter FRU number: 00WT013
  • PCIe3 x16
  • Short, with full-height tail stock
  • OS support:Linux operating systems
 9, 7, 11, 8 4 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 6 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 8 8, 11, 7, 9 3 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 3 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 3
EC42
PCIe2 3D Graphics Adapter x1 (FC EC42); Adapter FRU number: 00E3980
  • PCIe2.1 x1
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Not hot-pluggable
  • Passive cooling
  • Supports two DVI-I displays with a required breakout cable
  • OS support: Linux operating system
  • Supported on Firmware level 7.8, or later
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 6 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 8 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 10 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 6 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 8 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 10
EC46
PCIe2 4-port USB 3.0 Adapter (FC EC46; CCIN 58F9); Adapter FRU number: 00E2932
  • PCIe2.2 x1
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Provides four downstream, external, high-speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 ports
  • OS support: AIX and Linux operating systems
  • Supported on Firmware level 8.1, or later
 Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
EC551
PCIe3 1.6 TB NVMe Flash Adapter (FC EC54 and EC55; CCIN 58CB); Adapter FRU number: 00MH991
  • PCIe3 x4
  • Short, low-profile (FC EC54)
  • Short, with full-height tailstock (FC EC55)
  • 1.6 TB of low latency flash memory
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EC571
PCIe3 3.2 TB NVMe Flash Adapter (FC EC56 and EC57; CCIN 58CC); Adapter FRU number: 00MH993
  • PCIe3 x4
  • Short, low-profile (FC EC56)
  • Short, with full-height tailstock (FC EC57)
  • 3.2 TB of low latency flash memory
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EJ08
PCIe3 cable adapter that is used to connect your system to the EMX0 PCIe3 expansion drawer (FC EJ08; CCIN 2CE2); Adapter FRU number: 041T9901
  • PCIe3 x16
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Provides two CXP ports for the attachment of two expansion drawer cables
  • An expansion drawer cable pair attaches to one IO module (FC EMXF) in the EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • Two adapters are required to attach the EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
 9, 7, 11, 8 4 9, 7, 3, 11, 8, 4 6 9, 7, 3, 1, 11, 8, 4, 2 8 8, 11, 7, 9 4 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 6 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 8
EJ0J
PCIe3 RAID SAS quad-port 6 Gb Adapter (FC EJ0J; CCIN 57B4); Adapter FRU number: 000FX846
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • No write cache
  • Adapters can be installed singly or in pairs
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 8, 5, 6 5 9, 7, 4, 8, 3, 5, 6 7 9, 7, 4, 2, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 9 9, 8, 10, 6, 7 5 9, 3, 8, 4, 10, 6, 7 7 9, 3, 1, 8, 4, 2, 10, 6, 7 9
EJ0L
PCIe3 12 GB Cache RAID SAS quad-port 6 Gb Adapter (FC EJ0L; CCIN 57CE); Adapter FRU number: 00FX840
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • 12 GB write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7 2 9, 7, 4 3 9, 7, 4, 2 4 8, 11 2 8, 3, 11 3 8, 3, 1, 11 4
EJ10
PCIe3 4 x8 SAS Port Adapter (FC EJ10; CCIN 57B4); Adapter FRU number: 00RR793 for 8408-44E or 8408-E8E and 00MH959 for all other machine type models
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Supports DVD and tape drives
  • No write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 8, 5, 6 5 9, 7, 4, 8, 3, 5, 6 7 9, 7, 4, 2, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 9 9, 8, 10, 6, 7 5 9, 3, 8, 4, 10, 6, 7 7 9, 3, 1, 8, 4, 2, 10, 6, 7 9
EJ14
PCIe3 12 GB Cache RAID PLUS SAS Adapter Quad-port 6 Gb x8 (FC EJ14; CCIN 57B1); Adapter FRU number 01DH742
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • 12 GB write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7 2 9, 7, 4 3 9, 7, 4, 2 4 8, 11 2 8, 3, 11 3 8, 3, 1, 11 4
EJ1P
PCIe1 SAS Tape/DVD Dual-port 3 Gb x8 Adapter (FC EJ1P and EJ1N; CCIN 57B3); Adapter FRU:44V4852
  • PCIe1 x8
  • Short, low-profile (FC EJ1N)
  • Short, with full-height tailstock (FC EJ1P)
  • Removable media device supported
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 5 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 7 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 9 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 6 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 8 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 8
EJ27, EJ28, and EJ29
PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor (FC EJ27, FC EJ28, and FC EJ29; CCIN 476A); Adapter FRU number: 45D7948
  • PCIe x4
  • Full-height, half-length
  • Generation 3 blind-swap cassette
  • OS support: AIX and IBM i operating systems
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 6 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 8 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 10 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 6 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 8 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 10
EJ32
4767-001 Cryptographic Coprocessor (FC EJ32 and EJ33; CCIN 4767)
  • PCIe1 x4
  • Half-length, with full-height tailstock (Dual Card)
  • Error Checking and Correction (ECC) Protection on DDR3 Memory
  • Over 300 Cryptographic algorithms and modes
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
 5, 6, 9, 7, 11, 8 6 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3 8 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1 10 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 9 6 5, 6, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9 8 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9 10
EN0A
PCIe3 16 Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter (FC EN0A; CCIN 577F); Adapter FRU number: 00E3496
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EN0G
PCIe2 8Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter (FC EN0F and EN0G; CCIN 578D); Adapter FRU number: 00WT111
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with low-profile tailstock (FC EN0F)
  • Short, plus (SFF+) Host Bus Adapter (HBA), with full-height tailstock (FC EN0G)
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • VIOS supported
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 11, 3, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 8 1, 11, 3, 9, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EN0H
PCIe3 4-port (2x10 Gb FCoE, 2x1 GbE) SFP+ Adapter (FC EN0H; CCIN 2B93); Adapter FRU number: 00E3498
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 10, 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 7 10, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 9 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 11 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EN0K
PCIe3 4-port (10 Gb FCoE and 1 GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter (FC EN0K; CCIN 2CC1); Adapter FRU number: 00E8140
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA)
  • Provides network interface controller (NIC)
  • Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) capable
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 10, 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 7 10, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 9 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 11 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EN0M
PCIe3 4-port (10 Gb FCoE and 1 GbE) LR and RJ45 Adapter (FC EN0M; CCIN 2CC0); Adapter FRU number: 00E8144
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA)
  • Provides network interface controller (NIC) function
  • Provides two Long Range (LR) optical ports with SFP+ optical transceivers
  • Functions in both dedicated and Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) modes
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 6 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 8 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EN0S
PCIe2 4-port (10 Gb + 1 GbE) SR+RJ45 Adapter (FC EN0S; CCIN 2CC3); Adapter FRU number: 00E2715; Part number (Full-height tailstock): 00E2863; Part number (Low-profile tailstock): 00E2720
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • two 10 Gb SR optical ports and two 1 Gb RJ45 ports
  • NIC network convergence adapter
  • Local are network (LAN) adapter
 10, 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 7 10, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 9 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 11 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EN0U
PCIe2 4-port (10 Gb + 1 GbE) Copper SFP+RJ45 Adapter (FC EN0U; CCIN 2CC3); Adapter FRU number: 00E2715; low-profile tailstock: 00E2720
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Two 10 Gb copper twinax small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) ports
  • Two 1 Gb RJ45 ports
  • Ethernet network interface controller (NIC) function
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, Linux, and PowerKVM operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 10, 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 7 10, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 9 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 11 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EN0W
PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter (FC EN0W; CCIN 2CC4); Adapter FRU number: 00E2714
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Two 10 Gb RJ45 ports
  • Local area network (LAN) adapter
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, Linux, and PowerKVM operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 10, 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 7 10, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 9 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 11 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EN12
PCIe2 FH 4-port 8 Gb Fibre Channel Adapter (FC EN12; CCIN EN0Y); Adapter FRU number 00WT107
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i only with VIOS, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 11, 3, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 8 1, 11, 3, 9, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 6 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 8 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 10
EN15
PCIe3 4-port 10 GbE SR Adapter (FC EN15; CCIN 2CE3); Adapter FRU number: 00ND466; full-height tailstock: 00ND462
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • Four 10 Gb ports are small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) and include four optical SR transceivers
  • Ethernet network interface controller (NIC) function
  • Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) capable
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
 10, 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 7 10, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 9 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 11 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EN17
PCIe3 4-port 10 GbE SFP+ Copper Adapter (FC EN17, CCIN 2CE4); Adapter FRU number: 00ND463; full-height tailstock part number: 00ND465
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • 10 Gb SFP+ ports can function in the NIC
  • Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) capable
  • Supports Ethernet NIC (Network Interface Card) traffic
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
 10, 9, 7, 11, 8, 5, 6 7 10, 9, 7, 4, 11, 8, 3, 5, 6 9 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6 11 10, 8, 11, 7, 9, 5, 6 7 10, 8, 3, 11, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6 9 11, 8, 3, 1, 11, 7, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6 11
EN27
PCIe 2-port Async EIA-232 Adapter (FC EN27; CCIN 57D4); Adapter FRU number: 000ND487
  • PCIe x1
  • PCIe 1.1
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Two ports through RJ45 by using the DB9 connector
  • EIA-232 Compatible
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
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1FC EC55 and EC57 are currently only supported on 8408-44E.
Parent topic: PCIe adapter placement for the 8408-44E or 8408-E8E
Related reference:
IBM Prerequisite Website
Related information:
Managing PCIe adapters
Installing PCIe adapters


Last updated: Thu, November 05, 2020