IBM Power 780 User Manual

Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview 75
2.8.9 Fibre Channel adapter
The IBM Power 770 and Power 780 servers support direct or SAN connection to devices that
use Fibre Channel adapters. Table 2-17 summarizes the available Fibre Channel adapters.
All of these adapters except FC 5735 have LC connectors. If you attach a device or switch
with an SC type fiber connector, an LC-SC 50 Micron Fiber Converter Cable (FC 2456) or an
LC-SC 62.5 Micron Fiber Converter Cable (FC 2459) is required.
Table 2-17 Available Fibre Channel adapters
Feature
code
CCIN Adapter description Slot Size OS
support
5729
a b
a. A Gen2 PCIe slot is required to provide the bandwidth for all four ports to operate at full speed.
PCIe2 8 Gb 4-port Fibre Channel
Adapter
PCIe AIX, Linux
5735
b
b. N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) capability is supported through VIOS.
577D 8 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre
Channel Adapter
PCIe Short AIX, IBM i,
Linux
5749 576B 4 Gbps Fibre Channel (2-Port) PCI-X Short IBM i
5758
c
c. Supported, but is no longer orderable.
1910
280D
280E
4 Gb Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X
2.0 DDR Adapter
PCI-X Short AIX, Linux
5759 1910
5759
4 Gb Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X
2.0 DDR Adapter
PCI-X Short AIX, Linux
5774 2844 4 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre
Channel Adapter
PCIe Short AIX, IBM i,
Linux

IBM Power 780 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	Power 780
Category	Server
Language	English