5272-8205 - IBM i Series E4B, PCIe LP 10GbE CX4 1-port Adapter
IBM i Series 8205-E6B (#5272) - PCIe LP 10GbE CX4 1-port Adapter
This feature is the Low Profile (LP) equivalent of feature number 5732. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-CX4 PCI Express Adapter is a low profile high performance adapter that transfers data over 4-lanes in each direction over copper cabling supporting a distance up to 15m.The product conforms to the IEEE, 802.3ae 10GBASE-CX4 specification for Ethernet transmission.
Highlights:
Implements iWARP RDMA/RDDP (Remote Direct Data Placement) which adheres to IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) standards. (Linux Only)
RDMA-enabled NIC (RNIC) specifically optimized for cluster computing (Linux Only)
Full iSCSI software and hardware initiator support. (Linux Only)
Hardware PDU Offload (Linux Only)
iSCSI Header & Data Digest (CRC) generation & checking ( Linux Only)
Attributes provided:
PCIe-V1.1 x8
MSI-X, MSI and support of legacy pin interrupts
10GBASE-CX short-reach copper
IEEE 802.3ae (10 GbE)
IEEE 802.1p priority and 802.1Q VLAN tagging
IEEE 802.3x flow control
Link aggregation, 802.3ad 802.3 compliance
IEEE 802.3ad load-balancing and failover
Ether II and 802.3 encapsulated frames
Multiple MAC addresses per interface
Jumbo frames up to 9.6 Kbytes
TCP checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
TCP segmentation Offload (TSO) for IPv4 and IPv6
UDP checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
Receive side scaling and packet steering
Line rate packet filtering and attack protection
IETF RDDP and RDMAC iWARP compliance (Linux Only)
APIs: RNIC-PI, kDAPL and Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution(OFED) 1.4 (Linux Only)
Attributes provided: PCI-e-V1.1 x8 Ethernet
Attributes required: 1 Low Profile (LP) slot
For 8202-E4B: (#5272)
Minimum required: 0
Maximum allowed: 4 (Initial order maximum: 4)
OS level required:
AIX Version 5.3 supported
AIX Version 6.1 supported
AIX Version 7.1 supported
SUSE Linux supported
Red Hat Linux supported
Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported
Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both
CSU: Yes
Return parts MES: No
Note:
Maximum of 4 supported in the CEC