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Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM BladeCenter

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Summary of Contents for 10GBE

Page 1: ...x 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced adds FCoE and iSCSI hardware initiator functionality The Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II supports the BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module in IBM Virtual Fabric Mode A firmware update is planned that will enable this card to function in Switch Independent Mode with other IBM BladeCenter 10 GbE switch offerings from Cisco and Brocade and the 10Gb ...

Page 2: ...atures Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II have these features Connection to either 1 Gb or 10 Gb data center infrastructure 1 Gb and 10 Gb auto negotiation PCI Express 2 0 x8 host interface IBM BladeCenter CFFh form factor can be combined with a CIOv expansion card on the same blade server It operates either as an 8 port virtual NIC or as a 2 port 1 10 G...

Page 3: ... up to a total of 10 Gb per physical port The vNICs can also be configured to have 0 bandwidth if you must allocate the available bandwidth to fewer than eight vNICs In IBM Virtual Fabric Mode you can change the bandwidth allocations through the BNT switch user interfaces without requiring a reboot of the server When storage protocols are enabled on the Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced...

Page 4: ...the IBM BladeCenter servers listed in Table 2 Table 2 Supported servers Expansion card Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II N N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N N Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II N N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N N Figure 2 shows where the CFFh card is installed in a BladeCenter server Figure 2 Location on the BladeCenter server planar where the CFFh card is installed ...

Page 5: ...bric 10Gb Switch Module 46C7191 N N Y N Y N N BNT 6 port 10 Gb High Speed Switch Module 39Y9267 N N N N N N N 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module 46M6181 N N N N N N N Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module 46M6071 N N N N N N N Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module 69Y1909 N N N N N N N Switch Independent vNIC Mode BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module 46C7191 N N Y N Y N N BNT 6 port 10 Gb High Speed Switch...

Page 6: ...uire that two I O modules be installed in bays 7 and 9 of the BladeCenter H and HT chassis Table 4 Table 4 Locations of I O modules required to connect to the expansion card Expansion card I O bay 7 I O bay 8 I O bay 9 I O bay 10 Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Supported I O module Not used Supported I O module Not used Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced Supported I O module No...

Page 7: ...ither of these combinations Eight virtual Ethernet ports either vNIC mode Each virtual port can be configured to operate at 100 Mbps to 10 Gbps up to a total maximum of 10 Gb per physical port The default bandwidth is 2 5 Gb per virtual port Two 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet ports pNIC mode The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 5 Table 5 Components used when connecting the Emulex ...

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Page 9: ...ernet 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 Fabric Adapter http www emulex com solutions ibm bladecenter virtual fabric emulex virtual fabric adapter html IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg...

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