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4.12 PCI Express I/O adapters
The IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 supports one onboard PCIe card through a
mezzanine card and another full-height/half-length through a 1U single-slot riser
card.
4.12.1 Mezzanine adapters
The mezzanine card is supported by a dedicated PCIe x8 slot at the front of the
server, as shown in Figure 4-16.
Figure 4-16 Mezzanine card/slot location in IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4
Table 4-23 lists the mezzanine adapters that are supported in nx360 M4.
Table 4-23 Mezzanine adapters
Part
number
Feature
code
Description
10 Gb Ethernet Mezzanine Card
00Y7730 A4MC Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA IIIr for IBM System x
49Y7980 A3JS Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter for IBM System x
49Y7990 A3JT Intel X540 Dual Port 10GBase-T Embedded Adapter for IBM System x
90Y6454 A22H QLogic Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA for IBM System x