IBM System x3100 M4
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Network adapters
The x3100 M4 offers two integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports. One port is shared with Integrated
Management Module II (IMM2).
The integrated NICs have the following features:
Intel 82574L chip
TCP/UDP, IPv4, and IPv6 checksum offloads
TCP Segmentation/Transmit Segmentation Offloading (TSO)
Wake on LAN support
802.1Q VLAN tagging support
Support for jumbo frames up to 9 KBytes
NIC Teaming (Load Balancing and Failover) with Intel PROSet software
The following table lists additional supported network adapters.
Table 10. Network adapters
Part number
Description
Maximum quantity
supported
Gigabit Ethernet
90Y9370
Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
3
90Y9352
Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
3
42C1780
NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter
3
49Y4220
NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter
3
49Y4230
Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x
3
49Y4240
Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x
3
10 Gigabit Ethernet
42C1800
QLogic 10 Gb Dual Port CNA for IBM System x
2
42C1820
Brocade 10 Gb Dual-port CNA for IBM System x
2
49Y7960
Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x
2
49Y7970
Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter for IBM System x
2
49Y7910
Broadcom NetXtreme II Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x
2
81Y9990
Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter for IBM System x
2
95Y3762
Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter III for IBM System x
1
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Networking adapters category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=networkadapters
