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Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x

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Summary of Contents for 10GBE

Page 1: ...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 The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabri...

Page 2: ...e referred to in the product documentation as the Emulex OneConnect OCe11102 multiprotocol PCI Express Converged Network Adapter The part number 49Y7950 includes the following items One Emulex 10GbE V...

Page 3: ...3BCL EM FTLX8571D3BCL EM These SFP SR transceivers are non IBM parts that have been validated by Emulex for use with this adapter Table 3 Supported direct attach cables Description Part number Passive...

Page 4: ...ffloads support Emulex VEngine technology to enable more virtual machines per server Modes of operation The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II...

Page 5: ...pNIC mode with the Emulex VFA II FCoE License the card operates in a traditional Converged Network Adapter CNA mode with two Ethernet ports and two storage ports iSCSI or FCoE available to the operati...

Page 6: ...m x servers Part 1 Adapter Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II N N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II N N N N N N N N N N N N Table 4 Supported System x servers P...

Page 7: ...vers or direct attach cables See Tables 2 and 3 4 Varies 10Gb Ethernet Switch 2 Note If SFP transceivers are used this configuration also requires fiber optic cabling between the servers and the switc...

Page 8: ...T 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 En...

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