Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices.
To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website (www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf).
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
v AIX
– AIX 7.1, or later
– AIX 6.1, or later
v Linux
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
– For support details, see the Linux Alert website (www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.htm)
v IBM i
– IBM i 7.1, or later
– IBM i 6.1, or later
Related tasks:
Installing PCI adapters
Related reference:
IBM Prerequisite website
Parts information
PCI adapter placement
“Backplane daughter cards and RAID enablement cards” on page 2
Find links to topics that cover Backplane daughter cards and RAID enablement cards.
PCIe2 LP 4-port (10 Gb FCoE and 1 GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter
(FC EN0L; CCIN 2CC1)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EN0L
adapters.
Overview
The PCIe2 LP 4-port (10 Gb FCoE and 1 GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe)
generation 2, low-profile adapter. The adapter has four-ports and is a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
converged network adapter (CNA). This adapter provides a PCIe 2.0 host bus interface. The adapter is a
high-performance adapter that consolidates traffic for networking and Fibre Channel storage. The adapter
is optimized for cloud computing, virtualization, storage, and other data center applications. Both the
FCoE and network interface controller (NIC) functions are available for all the four ports. Use of the
FCoE requires that you use convergence enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switches. The link aggregation and
failover features of the adapter make it suitable for critical network applications that require redundancy
and high availability.
The four-port adapter provides two 10 Gb FCoE Copper Twin-axial ports and two 1 Gb RJ45 Ethernet
ports. The two 10 Gb FCoE ports are connected by little connector-type (LC) connectors. Each FCoE port
provides Ethernet connectivity with a nominal data rate of 10 Gbps (gigabits per second). Each of the 1
Gb ports provides Ethernet connectivity at a data rate of 1 Gbps and is connected with Ethernet cables. A
10 Mb data rate is not supported. Figure 51 on page 155 shows the FC EN0L adapter.
154 Power Systems: Managing PCI adapters for the IBM Power 710 Express or the IBM Power 730 Express
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