IBM CFFh, Installation Manual

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The expansion card has the following specifications.
Table 1. Expansion-card specifications
Type Specification
Host data transfer PCI Express Generation 2
Form-factor BladeCenter CFFh
Dimensions Approximately 15.9 cm x 12.5 cm (6.26 in. x 4.92 in.)
Operating power Approximately 15 watts
Communication module
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I/O advanced technology (IOAT) acceleration
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Full fast-path TCP offload
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TCP/IP checksum offload
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TCP/IP segmentation offload
Operating-system support
The following operating systems support the expansion card:
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Microsoft
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Windows
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Server 2003 (x86 and x64)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2 (x64 only)
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Red Hat Linux
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Advanced Server
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
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VMware
Option package contents
The expansion-card option package contains the following items:
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An Intel 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
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Important Notices document
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Warrany Information document
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Intel 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Documentation CD
Related documentation
The following documentation is provided on the IBM Documentation CD:
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This Installation Guide
v IBM Safety Information
This multilingual safety document provides translated versions of the caution
and danger statements that appear in the documentation for your server. Each
caution and danger statement has an assigned number, which you can use to
locate the corresponding statement in your native language.
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IBM Systems Environmental Notices and User Guide
This multilingual document lists environmental notices for your product.
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Intel 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh): Installation Guide