Chapter
1.
Introduction
This
Installation
and
User's
Guide
contains
instructions
for
installing
a
2/4
Port
Ethernet
Expansion
Card
(CFFh)
for
IBM
®
BladeCenter
®
in
an
IBM
BladeCenter
blade
server.
Notes:
1.
The
2/4
Port
Ethernet
Expansion
Card
(CFFh)
for
IBM
BladeCenter
is
referred
to
throughout
this
document
as
the
expansion
card.
2.
The
two
Broadcom
BCM5709s
communication
modules
are
referred
to
throughout
this
document
as
the
communication
modules.
3.
The
communication
module
is
part
of
the
NetXtreme
II
family.
The
expansion
card
provides
additional
1
Gb
per
second,
full
duplex,
Ethernet
links
between
a
blade
server
and
Ethernet
switch
modules
in
the
BladeCenter
I/O
switch
module
bays.
The
expansion
card
interfaces
to
the
blade
server
using
the
PCI
Express
bus.
The
expansion
card
functions
as
a
4-port
card
when
it
is
installed
into
a
BladeCenter
H
unit
and
a
2-port
card
when
installed
into
a
BladeCenter
S
unit.
For
information
about
teaming
and
failover
options
for
the
expansion
card
blade
server
connections,
see
the
Broadcom
NetXtreme
II
Gigabit
Ethernet
Software
CD.
See
for
instructions
for
locating
the
CD
on
the
IBM
Support
Web
site.
This
document
provides
the
following
information
about
the
expansion
card:
v
Installation
procedure
v
Procedures
for
determining
and
updating
the
firmware
and
device
drivers
v
Troubleshooting
information
The
expansion
card
comes
with
a
one-year
limited
warranty.
For
information
about
your
warranty,
see
You
can
obtain
up-to-date
information
about
the
expansion
card
and
other
IBM
server
products
at
http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/.
This
Installation
and
User's
Guide
and
the
most
recent
versions
of
other
documents
that
provide
detailed
information
about
the
BladeCenter
unit,
blade
server,
and
available
optional
devices
are
provided
in
Portable
Document
Format
(PDF)
at
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
For
service
or
assistance,
see
Features
and
specifications
The
expansion
card
has
the
following
features:
v
Connection
to
1000BASE-X
environments
using
BladeCenter
Ethernet
switches
v
Compliance
with
U.S.
and
international
safety
and
emissions
standards
v
Full-duplex
(FDX)
capability,
enabling
simultaneous
transmission
and
reception
of
data
on
the
Ethernet
local
area
network
(LAN)
v
Failover
support
v
Preboot
Execution
Environment
(PXE)
support
v
Support
for
direct
memory
access
(DMA)
v
Support
for
bus
mastering
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2008
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