5772-8203 - IBM Power6 E4A 10 Gigabit Ethernet-LR PCI Express Ad
The 10GbE Fiber Optic Server Adapter, is 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Fiber NIC for PCI Express (PCIe) capable systems. The adapter is a high-performance, highly integrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN adapters with PCIe host interface and fiber LAN connectors on the optical modules.
Feature 5772 conforms to the 802.3ae 10GBASE-LR specification for Ethernet transmissions over 1310nm single-mode fiber optic cable for distances up to 10 kilometers.
Highlights
10GBASE-LR fiber optic LAN connections
Eight (8) lane PCIe Host Connector
PCIe Low-Profile add-in card dimensions (68.9mm x 167.65mm)
Uses Intel 82598EB MAC
PCI Express bus interface v1.1 and v.2.0 (Gen 1 only)
PCIe Hot Plug/Active PCI
Controller EEPROM and FLASH ROM
Status LED (Link/Activity)
Low power PCIe Gen 1 MAC
MSI for multi-CPU and multi-core systems
Dynamic interrupt moderation for lower latency
Supports 10Gb, full duplex
Supports EtherChannel with the existing software
Supports IEEE 802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
IEEE 802.3x
IEEE 802.1p
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Checksum Offloading
Internet Protocol ver 4 (IPv4) Checksum Offloading
Transmit Checksum Offloading with TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)/ Large Send Offload
Attributes provided: One 10 Gigabit Ethernet port
Attributes required: One x8 lane or x16 PCI Express slot
For 8203-E4A: The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5772)
Minimum required: 0
Maximum allowed: 16 (Initial order maximum: 16)
OS level required:
AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level
AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level
AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 4
AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 5
IBM i 6.1, or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 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: CEC maximum of 3 under AIX, IBM i, or Linux. System maximum of 16 under AIX, IBM i, or Linux."