IBM Flex System FC5022 - I;O Virtualization Features; Adapter Specifications

8 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter User’s Guide
Features and specifications
1
I/O virtualization features
The IBM Flex System FC5022 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter supports physical function-based I/O
virtualization to provide data isolation and sharing of the bandwidth resources. For adapter ports, each
port has one Fibre Channel (FC) function as the factory default.
Virtual HBAs (vHBAs) are virtual port partitions that appear as virtual or logical HBAs to the host
operating system. vHBAs are supported on adapter Fibre Channel ports. Multiple vHBAs are not yet
supported, so you cannot create them or delete them from an adapter. The default physical function (PF)
associated with HBA ports is vHBA. HCM discovers and displays all vHBAs as “FC.”
The following are limitations of vHBAs:
• Multiple vHBAs per port are not supported (planned for future software release).
• Target rate limiting (TRL) and Quality of Service (QoS) are not supported at the vHBA level (only
at the physical port level).
• Boot over SAN is not supported at the vHBA level (only at the physical port level).
Adapter specifications
Table 1 contains additional specifications for the IBM Flex System FC5022 2-Port 16Gb FC
Adapter.
TABLE 1 Adapter specifications
Feature Description
Adapters per
compute node
One or two two-port 16 Gbps FC Adapters per IBM Flex System FC5022
compute node
Port speeds 16 Gbps or 8 Gbps speed per Fibre Channel port
System board
connectors
Copper high-speed SERDES
ASIC
• Provides the Fibre Channel functionality for the adapter.
• Two on-board processors, each operating at 400 MHz, which coordinate
and process data in both directions.
External serial
FLASH memory
• Stores firmware and adapter BIOS code
• 4 MB capacity
Data transfer rate 16 or 8 Gbps full-duplex
Fibre Channel
performance
Over 500,000 IOPs (maximum) per port
Over 1,000,000 IOPS per dual-port adapter
Data rate
• 16 Gbps Fibre Channel: 14.025 Gbps (1600 MB/sec) full duplex
• 8 Gbps Fibre Channel: 8.5 Gbps (800 MB/sec) full duplex
Topology Fibre Channel - Point-to-Point (N_Port)
Airflow Provided by IBM Flex System chassis.
Altitude Operating - 3,050 meters (10,000 ft.)
Nonoperating - 3,050 meters (10,000 ft.)
Operating
temperature
10 to 35°C (50 to 95°F)
Nonoperating
temperature
Maximum: 45°C (113°F)
Minimum: 5°C (41°F)