I/O bus architecture
PCIe2 x8
Slot requirement
For the slot priorities, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.
Cables
Supports standard 10-Gb SR optical cabling and up to 300 m (984.25 ft) cable length.
Voltage
3.3 V
Form factor
Short
Maximum number
For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your
system.
Limitations
This adapter cannot be used to boot an LPAR via AIX NIM or Linux Network Install. Systems
that require installation from a network source must be configured with another Ethernet adapter
that supports boot capability.
Operating system or partition requirements
This adapter is supported for the following versions of the operating system:
v AIX:
– AIX Version 7.1, or later
– AIX Version 6.1, or later
v Linux:
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.3 for POWER, or later, with current maintenance updates
available from Red Hat.
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2, or later, with current maintenance updates available
from SuSE.
v Firmware level 7.6, 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.
PCIe LP 2-Port 10 GbE SFN6122F Adapter (FC EC2G; CCIN EC2G)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EC2G
adapters.
Overview
The FC EC2G PCIe LP 2-Port 10 GbE SFN6122F adapter is a low-profile adapter equivalent to the FC
EC2J, which is a regular-height adapter.
The adapter is a PCIe generation-2 (PCIe2), dual-port, 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) adapter with a PCIe 2.0
host bus interface. The adapter delivers high-bandwidth and low-latency 10 GbE connectivity. The
adapter is optimized for high-transaction databases, cloud computing, virtualization, storage, and other
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