PCIe3 x4 Intel x550 10GBase-T Converged Network Adapter with Dual RJ45 Ports (FC EKA0)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for feature code (FC) EKA0 adapters.
Overview
The PCIe3 x4 Intel x550 10GBase-T Converged Network Adapter with Dual RJ45 Ports is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 2.1 (Gen2) x8 adapter. The adapter can be used in either a x8 or x16 PCIe slot in the system. The adapter has an auto-negotiation feature between 1 GbE and 10 GbE that offers compatibility with earlier versions for a smooth transition to 10 GbE.
Figure 1. PCIe3 x4 Intel x550 10GBase-T Converged
Network Adapter with Dual RJ45 Ports
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 00E4954 (AOC-STGS-I2T) (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe2.1 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.
- Supported Systems
- POWER8® processor-based systems
- 8001-12C and 8001-22C
- Voltage
- 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.
- Attributes provided
- Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses
- TCP/UDP Segmentation Offload
- Support for Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq and Next-generation VMDq)
- Preboot eXecuation Environment (PXE) support
- Cables
- RJ-45 Category-6 up to 55 M
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.
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little-endian, for Power, or later
- Ubuntu 16.04.1, or later
- Ubuntu 14.04.5, 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.
- The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities may be downloaded from Fix Central.