IBM Power System S821LC, Installing

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Single and dual-port options available
Hardware-based I/O virtualization
Cables
Mellanox LinkX 10, 25, 40, 50 and 100Gb/s Direct Attach Copper cables (DACs), Copper Splitter
cables, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and Transceivers. For information regarding Mellanox
LinkX cables and Transceivers, see LinkX
™
InfiniBand Direct Attach Copper Cables(http://
www.mellanox.com/products/interconnect/infiniband-copper-cables.php)
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching
devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website (www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/
eServerPrereq.nsf).
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
v Linux
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little-endian, for Power, or later
– Ubuntu 16.04.1, or later
– Ubuntu 14.04.5, or later
– For support details, see the Linux Alert website (www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
– The latest version of the device driver or iprutils can be downloaded from the IBM Service and
Productivity Tools website(http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/
home.html).
– The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities may be downloaded from Fix
Central(http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/).
Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT ConnectX-4 EN 100 GbE Single-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16
LP (FC EKAM)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for feature code (FC) EKAM adapters.
Overview
The Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT ConnectX-4 EN 100 GbE Single-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16 LP is a PCI
Express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3) x16 adapter. The adapter can be used in either a x8 or x16 PCIe slot in
the system. The adapter supports 100 Gb/s Ethernet per port and provides flexible solutions for
high-performance, Web 2.0, cloud, data analytics, database, and storage platforms.
Installing and configuring the system
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