IBM i Series 8205-E6B (#5270) - PCIe LP 10Gb FCoE 2-port Adapter</p><p>This feature is the Low Profile (LP) equivalent of feature number 5708. 10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter (#5708/5270) 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: 10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter (LP)</p><p>Attributes required: 1 Low Profile (LP) slot</p><p>For 8202-E4B: (#5270)</p><p>Minimum required: 0</p><p>Maximum allowed: 4 (Initial order maximum: 4)</p><p>OS level required:</p><p>AIX Version 5.3 supported</p><p>AIX Version 6.1 supported</p><p>AIX Version 7.1 supported</p><p>SUSE Linux supported</p><p>Red Hat Linux supported</p><p>Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported</p><p>Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both</p><p>CSU: Yes</p><p>Return parts MES: No</p><p>Note:</p><p>Maximum of 4 supported in the CEC
