1. Determine the PCIe slot in which to place the adapter.
The adapter has an x4 PCIe connector and can be placed in a x4, x8 or x16 slot. See the PCI adapter
placement for information about the PCIe slots on your system unit.
2. Install the adapter using the instructions in the system unit service guide.
Verifying the adapter installation
To verify that the system unit recognizes the adapter, type lsdev -Cs pci at the command line and press
Enter.
A list of PCI devices displays. If the adapter is installed correctly, the status of available for each port
indicates that the adapter is installed and ready to use. If a message indicates that any of the ports are
defined instead of available, shut down the server and verify that the adapter was installed correctly.
Related tasks:
Installing PCI adapters
Related reference:
IBM Prerequisite website
Parts information
PCI adapter placement
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PCIe LP 10GbE CX4 1-port Adapter (FC 5272; CCIN 5732)
Learn about the features, operating system requirements, and installation procedures for the feature code
(FC) 5272 adapter.
Overview
The PCIe LP 10GbE CX4 1-port Adapter is a low-profile, high performance CX4 copper network interface
controller (NIC). The product conforms to the IEEE, 802.3ae 10GBASE-CX specification for Ethernet
transmission. 10GBase-CX4 uses the XAUI (10 Gigabit attachment unit interface) specified in 802.3ae, and
the 4X connector that is used for InfiniBand technology. The adapter is used to connect servers or
switches over short distances of up to 15 meters.
The following figure shows the adapter.
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