IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5708) - 10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter</p><p>10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5708) is a high-performance, 10 Gb, dual port, PCIe Converged Network Adapter (CNA) utilizing SR optics. Each port can provide NIC (Network Interface Card) traffic and Fibre Channel functions simultaneously. CCIN is 2B3B</p><p>Highlights</p><p>PCIe 2.0 adapter with x8 Gen 1</p><p>Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) supported</p><p>SR optical transceiver with LC connection provides up to 300m cable length</p><p>Non-volatile error log on the adapter</p><p>Supported on AIX and Linux and VIOS for FC and Ethernet.</p><p>IBM i with VIOS support Ethernet</p><p>SAN and Network boot support for AIX, Linux</p><p>Requires FCoCEE capable switches for full FC+Ethernet capability. Ethernet only functionality if attached to ordinary Ethernet switch.</p><p>Utilizes existing cabling that supports 10 Gb SR</p><p>Based on QLogic?s Converged Network Adapter (CNA)</p><p>Configuration maximum when used for NIC traffic (not Fibre Channel usage)</p><p>Recommended performance Max assuming high utilization, One adapter per four active processors cores.</p><p>Recommended connectivity Max assuming high utilization, two adapters per one physical processor core.</p><p>Attributes provided: 10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter</p><p>Attributes required: Open PCIe slot</p><p>For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5708)</p><p>Minimum required: 0</p><p>Maximum allowed: 41 (Initial order maximum: 41)</p><p>OS level required:</p><p>AIX 5.3 with the 5300-11 Technology Level, or later</p><p>AIX 6.1 with the 6100-04 Technology Level, or later</p><p>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 or later</p><p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 or later</p><p>IBM i - not supported directly (use VIOS)</p><p>Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both</p><p>CSU: Yes</p><p>Return parts MES: No</p><p>Note:</p><p>VIOS attachment requires VIOS 2.1.2.0 or later</p><p>IBM i 6.1.1 or later with VIOS attachment requires VIOS 2.1.2.0 or later support virtual Ethernet (NIC) function.</p><p>Minimum firmware level 3.5.0 or later
