Table 5. PCIe adapter slot priorities and maximum adapters supported in the 5148-21L, 5148-22L, 8247-21L,
8247-22L, 8284-21A, or 8284-22A system (continued)
Feature code
Description
8247-21L or 5148-21L
8247-22L or 5148-22L
8284-21A
1 processor
8284-22A
1 processor
8284-22A
2 processors
Slot priorities
Maximum
number of
adapters
supported
Slot priorities
Maximum
number of
adapters
supported
Slot priorities
Maximum
number of
adapters
supported
Slot priorities
Maximum
number of
adapters
supported
Slot priorities
Maximum
number of
adapters
supported
PCIe2 LP 2-port 10
GbE BaseT RJ45
Adapter (FC EL3Z;
CCIN 2CC4); Adapter
FRU number: 00E2714;
Full-height tailstock
part number: 00E2862;
Low-profile tailstock
part number: 00E2721
v
PCIe2 x8
v
Short, low-profile
v
Two 10 Gb RJ45
ports
v
Local area network
(LAN) adapter
OS support: Linux and
PowerKVM operating
systems
5, 6, 8
2
, 10, 11
5
5, 2, 6, 4, 1,
8
2
, 10, 11
8
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
PCIe3 LP 2-port 10
GbE NIC and RoCE
SR Adapter (FC EL40;
CCIN 57BE); Adapter
FRU number: 00RX875
v
PCIe3 x8
v
Short, low-profile
v
Extra-high
bandwidth, low
latency 10 Gb
Ethernet
v
10 Gb SFP+ ports
can function in the
NIC
v
VIOS supports NIC
capability only
v
OS support: Red
Hat Enterprise
Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server,
and Linux Ubuntu
operating system
5, 6, 8, 10, 11
5
5, 2, 6, 4, 1, 8,
10, 11
8
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
PCIe3 LP 16 Gb 2-port
Fibre Channel Adapter
(FC EL43; CCIN 577F);
Adapter FRU number:
00E3496
v
PCIe3 x8
v
Short, low-profile
v
Extra-high
bandwidth
v
OS support: Red
Hat Enterprise
Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server,
Linux Ubuntu
operating system,
and PowerKVM
5, 6, 8
2
, 10, 11
5
5, 2, 6, 4, 1,
8
2
, 10, 11
8
Not
supported
Not
supported
5, 6, 8
2
, 10, 11
5
5, 2, 6, 4, 1,
8
2
, 10, 11
8
PCIe2 4-port 1 GbE
Adapter (FC EL4L and
EL4M; CCIN 576F);
Adapter FRU number:
74Y4064
v
PCIe1 or PCIe2 x4
v
Short, low-profile
(FC EL4L)
v
Short, with
full-height tail stock
(FC EL4M)
v
High bandwidth
v
Four-port 1 Gb
Ethernet
v
OS support: Linux
operating system
e
11, 10, 8
2
, 6, 5
6
11, 1, 10, 8
2
, 6,
4, 5
7
Not
supported
Not
supported
11, 10, 8
2
, 6, 5
8
Not
supported
Not
supported
PCIe adapter placement
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