IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5769) 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI Express Adapter</p><p>The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI Express Adapter is a low-profile, high performance adapter that uses a LC Duplex type connector and is capable of transferring data a distance of 300m over MMF-850nm Fiber cable. The product conforms to the IEEE, 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR specification for Ethernet transmission.</p><p>Highlights</p><p>Implements iWARP RDMA/RDDP (Remote Direct Data Placement) which adheres to IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) standards. (Linux Only)</p><p>RDMA-enabled NIC (RNIC) specifically optimized for cluster computing (Linux Only)</p><p>Full iSCSI initiator and target mode stack (Linux Only)</p><p>iSCSI Header & Data Digest (CRC) generation & checking (Linux Only)</p><p>PDU recovery (Linux Only)</p><p>Attributes</p><p>MSI-X, MSI and support of legacy pin interrupts</p><p>10GBASE-SR short-reach optics</p><p>IEEE 802.3ae (10 GbE)</p><p>IEEE 802.1p priority and 802.1Q VLAN tagging</p><p>IEEE 802.3x flow control</p><p>Link aggregation, 802.3ad 802.3 compliance</p><p>IEEE 802.3ad load-balancing and failover</p><p>Ether II and 802.3 encapsulated frames</p><p>Multiple MAC addresses per interface</p><p>Jumbo frames up to 9.6 Kbytes</p><p>TCP checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6</p><p>TCP segmentation Offload (TSO) for IPv4 and IPv6</p><p>UDP checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6</p><p>Receive side scaling and packet steering</p><p>Line rate packet filtering and attack protection</p><p>IETF RDDP and RDMAC iWARP compliance (Linux Only)</p><p>APIs: RNIC-PI, kDAPL and OpenFabrics 1.4 (Linux Only)</p><p>Attributes provided: PCIe-V1.1 x8 10GBASE-SR short -reach optics adapter</p><p>Attributes required: PCI Express slot, Fiber Cable (Optional LC-SC 62.5 micron converter cable, 50 micron LC-SC connections), LC wrap plug-d</p><p>For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5769)</p><p>Minimum required: 0</p><p>Maximum allowed: 32 (Initial order maximum: 32)</p><p>OS level required:</p><p>AIX 5.3 with the 5300-10 Technology Level, or later</p><p>AIX 6.1 with the 6100-03 Technology Level, or later</p><p>IBM i - not supported</p><p>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 or later</p><p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.3 or later</p><p>Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both</p><p>CSU: Yes</p><p>Return parts MES: No</p><p>Note: Maximum of 4 per processor.</p><p>Note: Minimum Firmware EM340_063_063 or later.
