PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities for the 8286-41A or 8286-42A

Find information about the placement rules and slot priorities for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express (PCIe) adapters that are supported for the 8286-41A or 8286-42A system.

PCIe slot descriptions for the 8286-41A and 8286-42A

The 8286-41A and 8286-42A system provides PCIe generation 3 slots. Table 1 provides information about the PCIe slots in the 8286-41A system that has a single POWER8® processor module and the 8286-42A system which offers both a single POWER8 processor module or two POWER8 processor modules. 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 in
8286-41A or 8286-42A
(1 processor)
8286-42A
(2 processors)
PCIe3 x16 Full-height, full-length 2 slots (P1-C6 and P1-C7) 4 slots (P1-C3, P1-C5, P1-C6, and P1-C7)
PCIe3 x8 Full-height, half-length or short (low-profile) 5 slots (P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, P1-C11, and P1-C12) 7 slots (P1-C2, P1-C4, P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, P1-C11, and P1-C12)
Two PCIe generation 3 (PCIe3) switches in the system backplane provide PCIe3 busses from the system processor modules that provide connectivity to the following features:
  • PCIe slots
  • Embedded PCIe local area network (LAN) controller
  • PCIe3 internal SAS controller
  • PCIe3 USB controller
The two PCIe3 switches follow:
  • PCIe3 Switch 1 that provides PCIe buses from Processor Module 1, Chip-0.
  • PCIe3 Switch 2 that provides PCIe buses from Processor Module 1, Chip-1.
Table 2 lists the features provided by the PCIe3 switches.
Table 2. PCIe generation 3 switches in the system
Features provided PCIe3 Switch 1 PCIe3 Switch 2
Lanes and ports 32-lane, 8-ports PCIe Gen3 48-lane, 12-ports PCIe Gen3
With integrated 8.0 gigatransfers per second (GTps) Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) speed negotiation, for each port
Lane and polarity reversal Supported Supported
All ports support concurrent maintenance through I2C bus Yes Yes
End-to-end cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and Poison bit error checking Supported Supported
Data path parity Supported Supported
Memory error correction Supported Supported
Advanced error reporting Supported Supported
Aggregate full duplex bandwidth 512 GT/s 768 GT/s
Designate any port as the Upstream port Yes Yes
27x27 mm, 676-pin FCBGA package Yes Yes
Power consumption
  • Nominal: 6 watts
  • Maximum: 12 watts
  • Nominal: 8 watts
  • Maximum: 12 watts

Figure 1 and Figure 2 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 8286-41A and 8286-42A system.

Figure 1. Rear view of a rack-mounted 8286-41A and 8286-42A system with PCIe slots location codes
Rear view of a rack-mounted 8286-41A and 8286-42A system with PCIe slots location codes.
Figure 2. Rear view of a stand-alone 8286-41A system with PCIe slots location codes
Rear view of a stand-alone 8286-41A system with PCIe slots location codes.
Table 3. PCIe slot locations and descriptions for the 8286-41A or 8286-42A system
Slot Location
code
Description PHB Adapter
size
Slot capabilities Slot availability in
CAPI SR-IOV Dynamic direct memory access (DMA) window I/O adapter enlarged capacity assign order3 8286-41A or 8286-42A
(1 processor)
8286-42A
(2 processors)
Slot 1 P1-C21, 6 PCIe3, x8 Processor Module 2, Chip-1, PHB1 Full-height, half-length or Short (low-profile) No Yes Yes 5 No Yes
Slot 2 P1-C31 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 2, Chip-1, PHB0 Full-height, full-length Yes Yes Yes 9 No Yes
Slot 3 P1-C41, 6 PCIe3 x8 Processor Module 2, Chip-0, PHB1 Full-height, half-length or Short (low-profile) No Yes Yes 6 No Yes
Slot 4 P1-C51 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 2, Chip-0, PHB0 Full-height, full-length Yes Yes Yes 11 No Yes
Slot 5 P1-C61 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 1, Chip-1, PHB0 Full-height, full-length Yes Yes Yes Default Yes Yes
Slot 6 P1-C71 PCIe3 x16 Processor Module 1, Chip-0, PHB0 Full-height, full-length Yes Yes Yes Default Yes Yes
Slot 7 P1-C82 PCIe3 x8 PCIe3 Switch 2, S2P16 Full-height, half-length or Short (low-profile) No No Yes 5, 104 Yes Yes
Slot 8 P1-C92 PCIe3 x8 PCIe3 Switch 2, S2P17 Full-height, half-length or Short (low-profile) No No Yes 6, 85 Yes Yes
Slot 9 P1-C102, 6 PCIe3 x8 PCIe3 Switch 2, S1P9 Full-height, half-length or Short (low-profile) No Yes Yes Default Dedicated slot for the LAN adapter
Slot 10 P1-C112 PCIe3 x8 PCIe3 Switch 1, S0P1 Full-height, half-length or Short (low-profile) No No Yes 7 Yes Yes
Slot 11 P1-C122, 6 PCIe3 x8 PCIe3 Switch 1, S1P9 Full-height, half-length or Short (low-profile) No Yes Yes Default 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 switches.

2Slot connected by the PCIe3 switches.

3Assigned 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 on a two processor system, five slots (P1-C6, P1-C7, P1-C10, P1-C12, and P1-C2) are enabled with the I/O enlarged capacity. If the option was enabled with a value of 6 on a two processor system, then six slots (P1-C6, P1-C7, P1-C10, P1-C12, P1-C2, and P1-C4) are enabled with the I/O enlarged capacity, and so on.
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.

4The I/O Adapter Enlarged Capacity assignment order value is 5 for one processor or 10 for two processors.

5The I/O Adapter Enlarged Capacity assignment order value is 6 for one processor or 8 for two processors.

6For platforms with less than 64GB of total system memory, SR-IOV should not be configured in these slots as performance may be severely impacted.

  • All slots are PCIe generation 3 slots.
  • 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.
  • Regular full-height adapters can be installed only in the full-height, full-length slots 2, 4, 5, and 6.
  • The full-height, half-length or short (low-profile) adapters can be installed in slots 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, and 11.
  • All slots support enhanced error handling (EEH).
  • All PCIe slots are hot swappable and support concurrent maintenance.

PCIe adapters placement rules

Use this information while selecting slots for installing PCIe adapters in the 8286-41A or 8286-42A 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. IBM Manufacturing requires the slot P1-C10 to hold a local area network adapter (LAN) adapter to install and test the server. One LAN feature code (5899, EN0H, EN0K, EN0M, EN0S, EN0U, EN0W, EN15, or EN17 for systems running AIX® or Linux; 5899, EN15, or EN17 for systems running IBM® i) should be selected for this purpose. IBM will ship the LAN adapter in the P1-C10 slot. The client can move this LAN adapter to a different slot and can use P1-C10 for different adapters if appropriate. The following tables assume the LAN adapter remains in the P1-C10 slot.
  2. The PCIe3 cable adapter (FC EJ08) is supported in slots P1-C3 (Slot 2), P1-C6 (Slot 5), P1-C5 (Slot 4), and P1-C7 (Slot 6).
  3. Slots P1-C3, P1-C5, P1-C6, and P1-C7 are x16 slots with busses direct from the Processor Modules and can be used to install high-performance PCIe adapters. The adapter priority for these slots is for the FC EJ12 (FPGA Accelerator), then for the high-performance adapters, followed by any other adapter.
  4. CAPI accelerator adapters are supported in slots P1-C6, P1-C7, P1-C3, and P1-C5.
  5. Slots P1-C2 and P1-C4 are x8 slots with busses direct from the Processor Modules and can be used to install high-performance PCIe adapters. The adapter priority for these slots is for the high-performance adapters followed by any other adapter.
  6. Slots P1-C2, P1-C3, P1-C4, P1-C5, P1-C6, and P1-C7 are slots with busses direct from the Processor Modules and can be used to install high-performance PCIe adapters that support the Single Root IO Virtualization (SRIOV) function.
  7. FCs 5287 and 5901 are not supported in the slots P1-C8, P1-C9, P1-C10, P1-C11, and P1-C12.
  8. PCIe internal slots P1-C14 and P1-C15 are used to install the SAS RAID adapter FC EJ0S and the high-performance internal SAS RAID adapter (CCIN 57D8).
  9. When the internal SAS RAID adapter (CCIN 57D8) is installed in an expanded function system and if the FC EJ0Z is installed in the PCIe slot P1-C11, slot P1-C11 is not available for installing any other PCIe adapter.

Verify whether the adapter is supported for your system. For details about the supported adapters, see PCI adapter information by feature type for the 8247-42L, 8286-41A, or 8286-42A.

The 8286-42A system can have one or two system processor modules. The PCIe slot configuration in the 8286-42A system with a single processor module is the same as in the 8286-41A system.

Table 4. PCIe adapter slot priorities and maximum adapters supported in the 8286-41A or 8286-42A system
Feature code Description 8286-41A
or
8286-42A
(1 processor)
8286-42A1
(2 processors)
Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported Slot priorities Maximum number of adapters supported
2893 and 2894
PCI Express 2-Line WAN with Modem (FC 2893 and FC 2894; CCIN 576C); Adapter FRU number: 44V5323
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • FC 2893 is the non-CIM version
  • FC 2894 is the CIM version

OS support: IBM i and Linux operating systems

102, 8, 5, 6 4 102, 8, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6 8
48075
PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor (FC 4807; CCIN 4765); Adapter FRU number: 45D7948
  • PCIe x4
  • Full-height, half-length

OS support: AIX and IBM i operating systems

11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
52873
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
5, 6 2 5, 2, 6, 4 4
5289
PCIe 2-port Async EIA-232 PCIe 1X LPC Adapter (FC 5289; CCIN 57D4); Adapter FRU number: 74Y4084
  • 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
6, 5, 7, 8, 101, 11 6 6, 5, 7, 8, 101, 11 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
102, 8, 5, 6 4 102, 8, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6 8
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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
5768
2-port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Express Adapter (FC 5768; CCIN 5768); Adapter FRU number: 10N6846
  • PCIe x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
5772
10 Gb Ethernet-LR PCI Express Adapter (FC 5772; CCIN 576E); Adapter FRU number: 10N9034
  • PCIe x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
5774
4 Gb PCI Express Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter (FC 5774; CCIN 5774); Adapter FRU number: 10N7255
  • PCIe x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 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
102, 8, 5, 6 4 102, 8, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6 8
5805
PCIe 380 MB Cache Dual - x4 3 Gb SAS RAID Adapter (FC 5805; CCIN 574E); Adapter FRU number: 46K4735
  • PCIe x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • SAS RAID adapter
  • Installed in pairs
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
6, 5 2 6, 2, 5, 4 4
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
9, 11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 7 9, 2, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 10
59013
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
6, 5 2 6, 2, 5, 4 4
5913
PCIe2 1.8 GB Cache RAID SAS Tri-port 6 Gb Adapter (FC 5913; CCIN 57B5); Adapter FRU number: 00J0596
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Write cache backup of 1.8 GB
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
EC28
PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SFP+ adapter (FC EC28; CCIN EC27); Adapter FRU number: 000E1491
  • 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
EC2J
PCIe 2-Port 10 GbE SFN6122F Adapter (FC EC2J; CCIN EC2G); Adapter FRU number: 00E8224
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • Supports Solarflare OpenOnload
  • OS support: Linux operating system
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
EC33
PCIe3 2-port 56 Gb FDR IB Adapter x16 (FC EC33; CCIN 2CE7); Adapter FRU number: 00RX852
  • PCIe3 x16
  • Short, low-profile
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 56 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Linux Ubuntu operating system
5, 6 2 5, 2, 6, 4 4
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
5, 6 2 5, 2, 6, 4 4
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
5, 6 2 5, 2, 6, 4 4
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
5, 6 2 5, 2, 6, 4 4
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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
EC55
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
5, 6, 7, 102, 8, 11 6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 8
EC57
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
5, 6, 7, 102, 8, 11 6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 8
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
5, 6 2 5, 2, 6, 4 4
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
EJ0Z
SAS ports and cabling for dual IOA backplane
  • Two SAS ports and internal SAS cables
  • Requires slot P1-C11
10 1 10 1
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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
EJ124
PCIe3 FPGA Compression Accelerator Adapter (FC EJ12; CCIN 59AB); Adapter FRU number: 000NK006
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) accelerator adapter
  • One PCIe x8 or x16 slot per adapter
  • OS support: AIX and Linux operating systems
5, 6 2 1, 3, 5, 2, 6, 4 4
EJ144
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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
EJ174
PCIe3 CAPI FlashSystem Accelerator Adapter (FC EJ17); Adapter FRU number: 00NK025
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) adapter for Fibre Channel-attached Flash offload
  • One PCIe x16 slot per adapter
  • OS support: AIX operating system
5, 6 2 5, 2, 6, 4 2
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
6, 5 2 6, 2, 5, 4 4
EJ275
PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor (FC EJ27; CCIN 4765); Adapter FRU number: 45D7948
  • PCIe x4
  • Full-height, half-length
  • OS support: AIX and IBM i operating systems
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 11, 8, 102, 7, 3, 1, 4, 6, 2, 5 10
EL4L
PCIe2 4-port 1 GbE Adapter (FC EL4L and EL4M; CCIN 576F); Adapter FRU number: 74Y4064
  • PCIe1 or PCIe2 x4
  • Short, low-profile (FC EL4L)
  • Short, with full-height tail stock (FC EL4M)
  • High bandwidth
  • Four-port 1 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux operating system
9, 11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 7 9, 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 10
EL58
8 Gb PCI Express Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter (FC EL58; 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: Linux operating system
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
EL5B
PCIe3 16 Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter (FC EL5B; CCIN 577F); Adapter FRU number: 00E3496
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
5, 6, 8, 102, 11, 7 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 1, 8, 102, 11, 3, 7 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
9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 7 9, 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 7 9, 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 7 9, 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 7 9, 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 7 9, 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10
EN13 and EN14
PCIe Binary Synchronous Adapter (FC EN13 and FC EN14; CCIN 576C)
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • EN13 is the non-CIM (Complex Impendance Matching) version offered in all countries and regions except Australia and New Zealand
  • EN14 is the CIM version offered only in Australia and New Zealand

OS support: IBM i operating system

102, 8, 5, 6 4 102, 8, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6 8
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
9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 7 9, 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 7 9, 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 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
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
EN29
PCIe 2-port Async EIA-232 LP Adapter (FC EN29; CCIN 57D4); adapter FRU number 000ND487
  • PCIe, x1
  • PCIe 1.1
  • Short, low-profile
  • Two ports through RJ45 by using the DB9 connector
  • EIA-232 Compatible
  • OS support: IBM i
11, 102, 8, 7, 6, 5 6 1, 11, 3, 102, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4 10
ESA3
PCIe2 1.8 GB Cache RAID SAS Adapter Tri-port 6 Gb (FC ESA3; CCIN 57BB); Adapter FRU number: 74Y7131
  • PCIe2 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Write cache backup of 1.8 GB
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs
  • OS support: AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
  • VIOS supported
5, 6, 7, 8, 102, 11 6 5, 2, 6, 4, 7, 1, 8, 3, 102, 11 10

1The PCIe slot priorities are for the 8286-42A system with two processor modules, while the slot priorities for the 8286-42A system with a single processor module is the same as for the 8286-41A system.

2The slot is not available to install other adapters in the expanded function system with the FC EJ0Z installed in this slot.

3The adapters FC 5901 and 5287 are not supported in slots 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

4 The adapters FC EJ16, EJ17, and EJ18 are not compatible with the adapters FC EJ12 and EJ13. The FC EJ12 and EJ13 adapters are for gzip compression offload, and the FC EJ16, EJ17 and EJ18 are for direct-attach fibre channel flash acceleration.

5The PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor must not have any other adapter installed in a slot that is adjacent to it for thermal and cooling reasons. Installing an adapter adjacent to the PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor invalidates the product warranty.The PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor can be installed in an end slot, which requires a total of two slots that are adjacent. Otherwise, a total of three slots that are adjacent is required.




Last updated: Thu, November 05, 2020