IBM System x3550 M4
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Network adapters
The x3550 M4 supports four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Integrated NICs have the following features:
An Intel I350AM4 chip
z
Four GbE ports
z
TCP Offload Engine (TOE) support
z
Wake on LAN support
z
802.1Q VLAN tagging support
z
NIC Teaming (load balancing and failover)
z
Optionally, two 10 Gb Ethernet ports can be added by installing the a dual-port 10 Gb Ethernet mezzanine
card as listed in the following table. Mezzanine cards use a dedicated connector on the system board and
do not consume a PCI expansion slot.
The following table lists additional supported network adapters.
Table 11. Network adapters
Part number
Description
Maximum quantity
supported
10 Gb Ethernet (Mezzanine Card - does not consume a PCI expansion slot)
90Y6456
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA III for IBM System x
1*
10 Gb Ethernet
49Y7910
Broadcom NetXtreme II Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter for IBM System x 2
49Y7960
Intel X520-DA2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x
2
81Y9990
Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter for IBM System x
2
Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
42C1800
QLogic 10 Gb Dual Port CNA for IBM System x
2*
42C1820
Brocade 10 Gb Dual-port CNA for IBM System x
2*
Gigabit Ethernet
39Y6066
NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapter
2
42C1780
NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter
2
49Y4220
NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter
2
42C1750
PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter by Intel
2
49Y4230
Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x
2
49Y4240
Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x
2
90Y9352
Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
2
90Y9370
Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
2
* Note: Converged Network Adapters require SFP+ optical transceivers or DAC cables that must be purchased
separately.
