Table 19. LED indications (continued)
Hardware State Yellow LED (8 Gbps) Green LED (4 Gbps) Amber LED (2 Gbps) Comments
2 Gbps Link UP/ACT Off Off On/Flash On for link up and
flash if I/O activity.
4 Gbps Link UP/ACT Off On/Flash Off
8 Gbps Link UP/ACT On/Flash Off Off
Beacon Flash Off Flash All flashing at the
same time.
Specifications
Item Description
Adapter FRU number
00E1578 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
I/O bus architecture
PCIe2.0 x8
Slot requirement
One PCIe generation-2 x8 slot.
Cables
For information about the cables, see “Cables”
Voltage
3.3 V and 12.0 V
Form factor
Short, low-profile
Maximum number
For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your
system.
Attributes provided
v NPIV capability is supported through VIOS.
v Requires a PCI Express generation-2 x8 slot for all four ports to operate at full speed.
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for
your system.
Cables
Use multimode fiber optic cables with shortwave lasers that adhere to the following specifications:
v OM3 - multimode 50/125 micron fiber, 2000 MHz x km bandwidth
v OM2 - multimode 50/125 micron fiber, 500 MHz x km bandwidth
v OM1 - multimode 62.5/125 micron fiber, 200 MHz x km bandwidth
The following table shows the supported distances for the three different cable types at the three different
link speeds.
Table 20. Supported distances for cables
Cable Type and Distance
Rate OM1 OM2 OM3
2.125 Gbps 0.5 meters to 150 meters
(1.64 feet to 492.12 feet)
0.5 meters to 300 meters
(1.64 feet to 984.25 feet)
0.5 meters to 500 meters
(1.64 feet to 1640.41 feet)
4.25 Gbps 0.5 meters to 70 meters
(1.64 feet to 229.65 feet)
0.5 meters to 150 meters
(1.64 feet to 492.12 feet)
0.5 meters to 380 meters
(1.64 feet to 1246.71 feet)
8.5 Gbps 0.5 meters to 21 meters
(1.64 feet to 68.89 feet)
0.5 meters to 50 meters
(1.64 feet to 164.04 feet)
0.5 meters to 150 meters
(1.64 feet to 492.12 feet)
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