5283-8205 - IBM i Series E4B, PCIe2 LP 2-Port 4X IB QDR Adapter

IBM i Series 8205-E6B (#5283) - PCIe2 LP 2-Port 4X IB QDR Adapter 40Gb

The PCIe Gen-2 low profile 2-port 4X Infiniband QDR adapter provides high speed connectivity with other servers or IB switches. Each port maximum of 40Gb assumes no other system or switch bottlenecks are present.

Note: A PCIe Gen2 slot does not have the bandwidth to support two 40Gb ports. The benefit of the second 40Gb port is additional attachment redundancy, not performance.

Also note: AIX supports multiple types of adapter usages across different applications and adapter performance should generally meet or exceed client needs. But when using TCP/IP, some AIX clients may observe less than full unidirectional link bandwidth and less than linear scaling for duplex bandwidth with the #5283.

Attributes provided: PCIe2 LP 2-Port 4X IB QDR Adapter 40Gb

Attributes required: PCIe Gen2 low profile slot

For 8202-E4B: (#5283)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 4 (Initial order maximum: 4)

OS level required:

AIX Version 7.1 with Service Pack 3, or later

AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-06 Technology Level, and Service Pack 5 or later

AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-05 Technology Level, and Service Pack 6 or later (planned availability: June 3, 2011)

IBM i - not supported

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, Service Pack 3 or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, Service Pack 1 or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.6 or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6 or later

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: Requires an available slot in #5685 PCIe Riser Card (Gen2)