106 IBM eX5 Implementation Guide
Table 3-32 Emulex adapter part numbers
General details about this card are in Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x,
TIPS0762, which is available at the following website:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0762.html
The Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter for x3850 X5 offers the following features:
Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller
Near line rate 10 Gbps performance
Two SFP+ empty cages to support either of the following items:
– SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR Module with LC connectors
– SFP+ twinaxial copper link is with SFP+ direct-attached copper module/cable
TCP/IP stateless off-loads
TCP chimney off-load
Based on Emulex OneConnect technology
FCoE support as a future feature entitlement upgrade
Hardware parity, cyclic redundancy check (CRC), error checking and correcting (ECC),
and other advanced error checking
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
Low-profile form-factor design
IPv4/IPv6 TCP, user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum off-load
Virtual LAN (VLAN) insertion and extraction
Support for jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes
Preboot eXecutive Environment (PXE) 2.0 network boot support
Interrupt coalescing
Load balancing and failover support
Emulex VFA: The standard version of the Emulex VFA and the eX5 extended edge custom
version can be used together as a redundant pair. This pair is a supported combination.
Option description Part number Feature code CRU number
Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter for x3850 X5 None 1648 49Y4202
Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x 49Y4250 5749 Not applicable
Important: Although these cards are functionally identical, the availability of iSCSI and
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) upgrades for one card does not automatically mean
availability for both cards. At the time of writing, the target availability of these features is
the second quarter of 2011. Check the availability of iSCSI and FCoE feature upgrades
with your local IBM representative.
Note: Servers that include the Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Adapter do not include
transceivers. You must order transceivers separately if needed, as listed in Table 3-33.
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