10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter (FC 5708; CCIN 2B3B)

Overview

The 10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter is a high-performance, converged network adapter (CNA). The adapter supports data networking and storage networking traffic on a single I/O adapter using Enhanced Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Both FCoE and network interface controller (NIC) functions are available for both ports simultaneously. Using FCoE requires Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switches.

The following figure shows the adapter LEDs and connectors.

Figure 1. 10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter

The LEDs on the adapter provide information about the operation status of the adapter.

Specifications

Item

Description

FRU number

46K8088 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.)

Wrap plug FRU number

12R9314 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.)

I/O bus architecture

PCI Express x8 Gen 1 and x4 Gen 2

PCI Express (PCIe) Base and CEM 2.0

Maximum number

For system-specific adapter placement information, see the PCI adapter placement for machine types 82xx and 91xx topic collection.

Connectors

LC multimode fiber optic

SFP+ (small form-factor pluggable) with SR optics

Voltage

3.3 V and 12 V

Form factor

Short, low-profile with standard size bracket

Cables

Cables are the responsibility of the customer. Use multimode fibre optic cables with short-wave lasers that adhere to the following specifications:

• OM1
  • Multimode 62.5/125 micron fibre
  • 200 MHz*km bandwidth
  • Maximum cable distance 1 is 33m
• OM2
  • Multimode 50/125 micron fibre
  • 500 MHz*km bandwidth
  • Maximum cable distance is 82 m
• OM3
  • Multimode 50/125 micron fibre
  • 2000 MHz*km bandwidth
  • Maximum cable distance is 300 m

Operating system or partition requirements

The adapter is supported on the following versions of the AIX® and Linux operating systems:

• AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-04 Technology Level, or later
• AIX 5L™ Version 5.3 with the 5300-11 Technology Level, or later
• Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 2.1.2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 Update 4, or later
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3, or later

Note: If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software required to support the new feature and that you determine if there are any existing prerequisites. To do this, use the IBM® Prerequisite Web site at http://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf.

Replacing FCoE adapters using hot swap

When hot swapping FCoE adapters, be aware that device-related software for the storage devices might have additional devices that need to be removed. Refer to specific storage device documentation for information about how to remove these additional devices. The new adapter has a unique worldwide port name (WWPN). When using the Fibre Channel function, check the zoning and LUN assignments to ensure that the Fibre Channel function is functioning as expected.