For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for
your system.
Adapter specifications
Item Description
FRU number
10N9824 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
Wrap plug FRU number
12R9314 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
11P3847 (Not designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
I/O bus architecture
PCI Express (PCIe) Base and Card Electromechanical (CEM) 2.0
x8 PCIe bus interface
Slot requirement
One available PCIe x8 or x16 slot
Voltage
3.3 V
Form factor
Short, low-profile with standard size bracket
FC compatibility
2, 4, 8 Gigabit
Cables
Cables are the responsibility of the customer. Use multimode fibre optic cables with short-wave
lasers that adhere to the following specifications:
v OM3: Multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 2000 MHz x km bandwidth
v OM2: Multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 500 MHz x km bandwidth
v OM1: Multimode 62.5/125 micron fibre, 200 MHz x km bandwidth
Figure 10. 5735 adapter
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