4 Gb Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter (FC 1905, 5758, 5760, 5761; CCIN 1910, 280D, 280E)

The 4 Gigabit Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter is a 64 bit address/data, short form factor Peripheral Component Interconnect-X (PCI-X) adapter with an LC type external fiber connector that provides single initiator capability over an optical fiber link or loop. With the use of appropriate optical fiber cabling, this adapter provides the capability for a network of high-speed local and remote located storage. The 4 Gigabit Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X Adapter auto-negotiates for the highest data rate between adapter and an attaching device at 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps or 4 Gbps of which the device or switch is capable. Distances of up to 500 meters running at 1 Gbps data rate, up to 300 meters running at 2 Gbps data rate, and 4 Gbps data rate up to 150 meters are supported between the adapter and an attaching device or switch. When used with IBM® Fibre Channel storage switches supporting long-wave optics, distances of up to 10 kilometers are capable running at either 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, or 4 Gbps data rates.

The 4 Gigabit Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X Adapter can be used to attach devices either directly, or with Fibre Channel switches. If attaching a device or switch with an SC type fiber connector, use of an LC-SC 50 micron fiber converter cable (#2456) or an LC-SC 62.5 micron fiber converter cable (#2459) is required.

Adapter specifications

Item

Description

Adapter FRU number

For FCs 1905, 5758, or 5761, the FRU number is 046K6838 or 003N5014(Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.)

For FC 5760, the FRU number is 046K6840 or 003N5016 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.)

Wrap plug FRU number

012R9314

I/O bus architecture

PCI-X 2.0a, PCI 3.0, PCI-X Mode 2 - 266 MHz, PCI-X Mode 1 - 133 MHz, PCI - 66 MHz

Slot requirement

One available 3.3 volt PCI or PCI-X slot

FC compatibility

1, 2, 4 Gigabit

Cables

50/125 micron fiber (500 MHz*km bandwidth cable)

• 1.0625 Gbps 2 – 500 m
• 2.125 Gbps 2 – 300 m
• 4.25 Gbps 2 – 150 m

62.5/125 micron fiber (200 MHz*km bandwidth cable)

• 1.0625 Gbps 2 – 300 m
• 2.125 Gbps 2 – 150 m
• 4.25 Gbps 2 – 70 m

Maximum number

For system-specific adapter placement information, see the PCI adapter placement for machine types 82xx and 91xx or the PCI adapter placement for machine type 94xx topic collections.

Operating system or partition requirements

AIX 5L™ Version 5.2 with the 5200-08 Technology Level, or later

AIX 5L Version 5.3 with the 5300-04 Technology Level, or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 U2, or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, or later

IBM i V5R3M0 with PTFs, V5R3M5 with PTFs

IBM i V5R4M0, or later

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