5740-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Ada

IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5740) - 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter

The 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base -TX PCI-X adapter is a full height PCI-X 1.0a Ethernet adapter which supports four Gigabit ports on a single adapter, delivers increased bandwidth for slot-constrained servers, and is designed to provide high connectivity and reliability using two integrated, dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controllers.

Four RJ-45 ports

3.3 volts, 64-bit 133 MHz with 64-bit Bus Mastering on the PCI-X bus

IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T compliant

IEEE 802.3u 100Base-T compliant

IEEE 802.3 10Base-T compliant

802.1q VLAN tagging

Interrupt Moderation

TCP Segmentation offload and encapsulation in hardware

Checksum offloading of IP, TCP, and UDP frame

Increased connectivity while significantly reducing CPU utilization

Two LED adapter status indicators per port for link activity and speed

NIM is supported on all 4 ports

RoHS compliant

Limit

Full bandwidth performance may not be achieved with more than one adapter per PCI Host Bridge (PHB) or more than one CPU.

Attributes provided: Four 10/100/1000 RJ-45 ports

Attributes required: One available PCI-X card slot

For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5740)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 32 (Initial order maximum: 32)

OS level required:

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 9, or later

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level and Service Pack 7, or later

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-10 Technology Level, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 9, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level and Service Pack 5, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-02 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-03 Technology Level, or later

AIX Version 7.1 supported

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for POWER Systems, or later.

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for POWER Systems, or later.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, Version 4.7 or later.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, Version 5.2 or later.

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note:

Maximum of 2 allowed in CEC under AIX or Linux. System maximum of 32 under AIX or Linux. Not supported under IBM i.

Assignment to the VIOS requires VIOS 2.1.1.0 or later