5772-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 10 Gigabit Ethernet-LR PCI Express A

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

Support either MSI or MSI-X depending on system/OS support 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

Supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 for POWER Systems, or later and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 5.4, or later.

Attributes provided: One 10 Gigabit Ethernet port

Attributes required: One x8 lane or x16 PCI Express slot

For 8203-E4A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5772)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 32 (Initial order maximum: 32)

Maximum allowed: 3 (Initial order maximum: 3)

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 32 under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.