5722-8203 - IBM Power6 E4A 10 Gb Ethernet-LR PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapt

The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5722) 10 Gb Ethernet-LR PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter

(Available in Refurbished Condition Only as of November 28, 2008)

The adapter supports a maximum of 10 kilometers of 1310nm 9um single-mode fiber optic cable. The adapter conforms to the IEEE 802.3ae standard. The adapter requires 9um single-mode fiber optic cables and uses a SC connector to facilitate connecting into network infrastructure components like 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch/router with SC connectors.

Attributes provided: 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections

Attributes required: PCI-X slot or for improved bandwidth plug in PCI-X 2.0 DDR slot.

For 8203-E4A: The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5722)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 16 (Initial order maximum: 16)

OS level required: AIX 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level or later. AIX 6.1 or later. IBM i V5R4 with V5R4M5 machine code, or later. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for POWER Systems, or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 4.5, or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 5.1, or later.

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: Maximum of two allowed in CEC under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.

System maximum of 16 under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.

System firmware level required is SF235_195 or later. The adapter will operate in Single Data Rate (SDR) mode.

System firmware can be downloaded from:

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload2/ download.html