Figure 22. PCIe3 2-port 40 GbE NIC RoCE QSFP+ adapter (FC EC3B)
Specications
Item
Description
Adapter FRU number
00FW105 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
I/O bus architecture
PCIe3 x8
Slot requirement
For details about slot priorities, maximums, and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules
and slot priorities (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER9/p9eab/
p9eab_mtm_pciplacement.htm) and select the system you are working on.
Voltage
3.3 V
Form factor
Short
Cables
See “Cables” on page 92 for details.
Cables
This adapter feature requires the use of compatible QSFP+, 40 Gbps, copper, twinaxial, active, Ethernet
cables for cabling over short distances. See Figure 23 on page 93 for different views of the QSFP+
copper cable. For distances over 5 meters, use two optical QSFP+ SR transceivers (FC EB27) that attach
to optical cables FC EB2J or FC EB2K. See Table 26 on page 93 for details about the feature codes.
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