Abstract
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is a member of IBM's comprehensive networking portfolio of 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapters and delivers industry-leading performance and scalability per watt, reducing requirements for power and cooling. Protocol offloads enable the efficient use of computing resources and the support of more virtual machines per CPU, and reduce the number of servers required to support data center demands. Furthermore, the capability to use fiber-optic or twin-ax copper cabling allows you to deploy the fabric of your choice.
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The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is a member of IBM's comprehensive networking portfolio of 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapters and delivers industry-leading performance and scalability per watt, reducing requirements for power and cooling. Protocol offloads enable the efficient use of computing resources and the support of more virtual machines per CPU, and reduce the number of servers required to support data center demands. Furthermore, the capability to use fiber-optic or twin-ax copper cabling allows you to deploy the fabric of your choice.
Figure 1. Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x (with optional SFP+ transceivers installed)
Did you know
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adaper for IBM System x is based on the Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) platform and will include support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) as a future feature entitlement upgrade.
By using a common infrastructure for Ethernet and SANs, you can reduce capital expense for adapters, switches, and cables; and operational expense for power, cooling, and IT administration.
Part number information
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
| Description | Part number | Feature code |
| Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x | 49Y4250 | 5749 |
Note: This adapter is referred to in the product documentation as the Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 multi-protocol PCI Express Converged Network Adapter.
The part number includes the following items:
- One Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter with a 3U bracket attached
- 2U bracket
- Quick Install Guide
- Documentation CD
- Important Notices flyer
Supported transceivers and direct-attach cables
The adapter has two empty SFP+ cages that support either SFP+ SR transceivers or twin-ax direct-attached copper cables as listed in Table 2 and Table 3 respectively.
Table 2. Supported transceivers
| Description | Part number |
| Optical Transceivers | |
| Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver | 49Y4216 |
| QLogic 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver | 49Y4218 |
| IBM/Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver | 44W2411 |
| IBM/BNT 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver | 46C3447 |
| Cisco SFP-10G-SR* | SFP-10G-SR |
| Avago AFBR-703SDZ-ELX* | AFBR-703SDZ-ELX |
| Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL-EM* | FTLX8571D3BCL-EM |
Table 3. Supported direct-attach cables
| Description | Part number |
| Active DAC/Twinax cables | |
| IBM Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable 1m | 45W2398 (8-pack: 45W2401) |
| IBM Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable 3m | 45W2408 (8-pack: 45W2409) |
| IBM Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable 5m | 45W3039 (8-pack: 45W3042) |
| Active DAC Cable, 1 m Act 10 Gb Ethernet | 46K6182 |
| Active DAC Cable, 3 m Act 10 Gb Ethernet | 46K6183 |
| Active DAC Cable, 5 m Act 10 Gb Ethernet | 46K6184 |
| Passive DAC/Twinax cables | |
| IBM 1M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable | 90Y9427 |
| IBM 3M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable | 90Y9430 |
| IBM 5M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable | 90Y9433 |
| 0.5m Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable | 59Y1932 |
| 1m Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable | 59Y1936 |
| 1 Meter Passive Twin-Ax Assembly* | Cisco: SFP-H10GB-CU1M Molex: 74752-2101 Tyco: 1979753-2 |
| 3 Meter Passive Twin-Ax Assembly* | Cisco: SFP-H10GB-CU3M Molex: 74752-2301 |
| 5 Meter Passive Twin-Ax Assembly* | Cisco: SFP-H10GB-CU5M Molex: 74752-2501 Tyco: 1979143-6 |
Note: The IBM 8.5M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable (90Y9436) is not supported.
Features
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter has the following features:
- Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller
- Near line-rate 10 Gbps performance
- 2 SFP+ empty cages to support either SFP+ SR or twin-ax copper connections
- SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR optical module with LC connectors
- SFP+ twin-ax copper link is with SFP+ direct attached copper module/cable
- TCIP/IP stateless offloads
- TCP chimney offload
- Based on Emulex OneConnect technology and includes FCoE support as a future feature entitlement upgrade
- Hardware parity, CRC, ECC, and other advanced error checking
- PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
- Low-profile form-factor design
- IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload
- 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
- Deploy and manage this and other Emulex OneConnect-based adapters with OneCommand Manager
Standards supported
The following IEEE standards are supported:
- IEEE 802.3ae (10Gb/s Ethernet XAUI)
- IEEE 802.1q (VLAN)
- IEEE 802.1Qbb (Priority flow control)
- IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS and Congestion Management)
- IEEE 802.1p (QoS/CoS)
- IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
- IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)
Physical specifications
The adapter has the following physical specifications:
Height: 167 mm (6.60 in)
Width: 69 mm (2.71 in)
Depth: 17.3 mm (0.69 in)
Operating environment
This adapter is supported in the following environment:
- Temperature:
- Operating: 0° to 55° C (32° to 131° F)
- Non-operating: -40° to 70° C (-40° to 158° F)
- Humidity: 5 to 95%, non-condensing
Warranty
One-year limited warranty. When installed in a System x server, these cards assume your system’s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade.
Supported servers
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is supported in the IBM System x and iDataPlex servers listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Supported System x servers (Part 1)
 Adapter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Table 4. Supported System x servers (Part 2)
Adapter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the System x servers that support this adapter: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
Popular configurations
This section illustrates how the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter can be used in configurations.
Figure 2 shows Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters installed in a supported rack server. The servers are connected to a 10Gb Ethernet network using a pair of 10Gb Ethernet switches.
Figure 2. Popular configuration
The parts used are listed in Table 5.
Table 5. Components used with the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Figure 2)
| Diagram reference | Part number/machine type | Description | Quantity |
| Varies | Supported server (See Table 4) | 2 | |
| 49Y4250 | Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter | 2 | |
| Varies | Supported 10Gb SFP+ Transceivers or direct-attach cables (See Table 2) | 4 | |
| Varies | 10Gb Ethernet Switch | 2 |
Note: If SFP+ transceivers are used, this configuration also requires fiber optic cabling between the servers and the switches.
Supported operating systems
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x supports the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
- VMware ESX 4.0
- VMware ESX 4.1
- VMware ESXi 4.1
See IBM ServerProven at http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs supported. Not all servers support all operating systems and versions.
Related publications
For more information refer to these documents:
- 10Gb CNAs for IBM System x product page
http://ibm.com/systems/x/options/storage/cna - IBM US Announcement Letter
http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS - IBM System x Configuration and Options Guide
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SCOD-3ZVQ5W
Special Notices
This material has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is published AS IS. It has not been the subject of rigorous review. IBM assumes no responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a client responsibility and depends upon the client's ability to evaluate and integrate them into the client's operational environment.