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Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM
BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter at-a-glance guide
The Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II are
enhancements to the existing IBM® BladeCenter® Virtual Fabric portfolio. These adapters allow IBM
clients to simplify their I/O infrastructure by reducing the number of switches needed inside the chassis.
The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II is a dual-port 10 Gb Ethernet card that supports
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Part number information Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code Description Part number Feature code Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM BladeCenter 90Y3550 A1XG Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced for IBM BladeCenter 90Y3566 AIXH Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Advanced Upgrade for IBM BladeCenter 49Y4265 2436 The adapter part number includes the following items: One Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II or Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced Documentati
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Enhanced Ethernet (draft) Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) (P802.1Qaz) Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) (P802.1Qbb) Data Center Bridging Capabilities eXchange Protocol, CIN-DCBX and CEE-DCBX (P802.1Qaz) The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II provides FCoE and iSCSI hardware initiator support. Supports Serial over LAN (SoL) and concurrent KVM (cKVM) Supports Supports two vNIC modes: IBM Virtual Fabric Mode and Switch Independent Mode (Support for Switch Independent Mode
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Supported servers The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced are supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers listed in Table 2. Table 2. Supported servers Expansion card Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric N N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N N Adapter II Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric N N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N N Adapter Advanced II Figure 2 shows where the CFFh card is installed in a BladeCenter server. Figure 2. Location on the BladeCenter server planar whe
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Supported BladeCenter chassis and I /O modules IBM BladeCenter chassis support is based on the blade server type in which the expansion card is installed. Consult the IBM ServerProven® website to see in which chassis each blade server type is supported: http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/ Table 3 lists the supported chassis and I/O module combinations that the Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II supports, in either standard physical port mode (pNIC) or one o
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In BladeCenter H, the ports of CFFh cards are routed through the midplane to I/O bays 7, 8, 9, and 10, as shown in Figure 3. The BladeCenter HT is similar in that the CFFh cards are also routed through the midplane to I/O bays 7, 8, 9, and 10. Figure 3. IBM BladeCenter H I/O topology showing the I/O paths from CFFh expansion cards The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced require that two I/O modules be installed in bays 7 and 9 of the Blad
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Popular configurations This section shows a configuration that uses the Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II. Figure 4 shows the use of the Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II to route either two physical ports or eight virtual ports to the BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Modules installed in the BladeCenter chassis. Two BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Modules are installed in bay 7 and bay 9 of the BladeCenter H chassis. All connections between the controller, card, and the switch module
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Operating environment This adapter complies with temperature rating requirements for BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis and is supported in the following environment: Temperature - Operating: 10 to 52° C (50 to 125° F) at an altitude of 0 to 914 m (0 to 3,000 ft) 10 to 49° C (50 to 120° F) at an altitude of 0 to 3,000 m (0 to 10,000 ft) Temperature - Non-operating: 40 to 65°C (-40 to 149° F) at an altitude of 0 to 12,000 m (0 to 39,370 ft) Humidity Operating: 8 to 80%, noncondensin
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Related publications For more information refer to the following resources: Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User's Guide http://www.ibm.com/support BladeCenter Ethernet home page http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/ethernet.html IBM RETAIN® tip H197476: vNIC support - Emulex 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Fabric Adapters http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5085659 Emulex product page for the 10GbE Virtual
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Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in other countries. Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area. Any reference to an IBM product, program, or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product, program, or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program
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