IBM System x3950 X6
24
In order for an I/O Book to be hot-swappable, all adapters that are installed in the book must support
hot-swap and the operating system must also support hot-swap. These operating systems support
hot-swap:
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
The adapters listed in the following table support hot-swap.
Table 12. Adapters that support hot swap
Part number
Feature code
Description
00D8540*
A4XH
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA IIIr for IBM System x*
49Y7960
A2EC
Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x
49Y7970
A2ED
Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x
49Y4230
5767
Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x
49Y4240
5768
Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x
00AG500
A56K
Intel I350-F1 1xGbE Fiber Adapter for IBM System x
00AG510
A56L
Intel I350-T2 2xGbE BaseT Adapter for IBM System x
00AG520
A56M
Intel I350-T4 4xGbE BaseT Adapter for IBM System x
* Hot-swap is only supported when the adapter is in pNIC mode. Hot-swap is not supported in either vNIC mode
(IBM Virtual Fabric mode or Switch Independent mode).
The use of two Optional I/O Books requires six processors to be installed. The usage of all four Optional
I/O Books requires all eight processors to be installed.
The following table shows the ordering information for the optional I/O Books.
Table 13. I/O Book options
Part
number
Feature
code
Description
Maximum
supported
x3950 X6
44X4049
A4A2
X6 Half-Length I/O Book
4
44X4051
A4A3*
X6 Full-Length I/O Book
4
* The Full-length I/O Book can be ordered only as an option. It is not available through CTO because the Full-length
I/O Book cannot be shipped installed in the server
