Lenovo 49Y4250 Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Owner’s Manual

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Lenovo 49Y4250 Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x (Withdrawn)
Features
Physical specifications
Operating environment
Warranty
Supported servers
Popular configurations
Supported operating systems
- Related publications
References
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Lenovo 49Y4250 Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

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Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x (Withdrawn)

Product Guide (withdrawn product)
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is a member of IBM’s comprehensive networking portfolio of 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapters and delivers industry-leading performance and scalability per watt, reducing requirements for power and cooling. Protocol offloads enable the efficient use of computing resources and the support of more virtual machines per CPU, and reduce the number of servers required to support data center demands. Furthermore, the capability to use fiber-optic or twin-ax copper cabling allows you to deploy the fabric of your choice.

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Figure 1. Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x (with optional SFP+ transceivers installed)

Did you know?
The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adaper for IBM System x is based on the Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) platform and will include support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) as a future feature entitlement upgrade.
By using a common infrastructure for Ethernet and SANs, you can reduce capital expense for adapters, switches, and cables; and operational expense for power, cooling, and IT administration.

Part number information
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code

Description	Part number	Feature code
Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x	49Y4250	5749

Note: This adapter is referred to in the product documentation as the Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 multi-protocol PCI Express Converged

Network Adapter.
The part number includes the following items:

One Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter with a 3U bracket attached 2U bracket
Quick Install Guide
Documentation CD
Important Notices flyer

Supported transceivers and direct-attach cables
The adapter has two empty SFP+ cages that support either SFP+ SR transceivers or twin-ax direct-attached copper cables as listed in Table 2 and Table 3 respectively.
Table 2. Supported transceivers

Description	Part number

These SFP+ SR transceivers are non-IBM parts that have been validated by Emulex for use with this adapter
Table 3. Supported direct-attach cables

Description	Part number

Active DAC/Twinax cables
IBM Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable 1m| 45W2398 (8-pack: 45W2401)
IBM Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable 3m| 45W2408 (8-pack: 45W2409)
IBM Twinax Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable 5m| 45W3039 (8-pack: 45W3042)
Active DAC Cable, 1 m Act 10 Gb Ethernet| 46K6182
Active DAC Cable, 3 m Act 10 Gb Ethernet| 46K6183
Active DAC Cable, 5 m Act 10 Gb Ethernet| 46K6184
Passive DAC/Twinax cables
IBM 1M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable| 90Y9427
IBM 3M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable| 90Y9430
IBM 5M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable| 90Y9433
0.5m Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable| 59Y1932
1m Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable| 59Y1936
1 Meter Passive Twin-Ax Assembly| Cisco: SFP-H10GB-CU1M Molex: 74752-2101
Tyco: 1979753-2
3 Meter Passive Twin-Ax Assembly| Cisco: SFP-H10GB-CU3M Molex: 74752-2301
5 Meter Passive Twin-Ax Assembly*| Cisco: SFP-H10GB-CU5M Molex: 74752-2501
Tyco: 1979143-6

These DAC cables are non-IBM parts that have been validated by Emulex for use with this adapter Note: The IBM 8.5M Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable (90Y9436) is not supported.

Features

The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter has the following features:

Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller
Near line-rate 10 Gbps performance
2 SFP+ empty cages to support either SFP+ SR or twin-ax copper connections
- SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR optical module with LC connectors
- SFP+ twin-ax copper link is with SFP+ direct attached copper module/cable
TCIP/IP stateless offloads
TCP chimney offload
Based on Emulex OneConnect technology and includes FCoE support as a future feature entitlement upgrade
Hardware parity, CRC, ECC, and other advanced error checking
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
Low-profile form-factor design
IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload
VLAN insertion and extraction
Support for jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes
Preboot eXecutive Environment (PXE) 2.0 network boot support
Interrupt coalescing
Load balancing and failover support
Deploy and manage this and other Emulex OneConnect-based adapters with OneCommand Manager

Standards supported
The following IEEE standards are supported:

IEEE 802.3ae (10Gb/s Ethernet XAUI)
IEEE 802.1q (VLAN)
IEEE 802.1Qbb (Priority flow control)
IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS and Congestion Management)
IEEE 802.1p (QoS/CoS)
IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)

Physical specifications

The adapter has the following physical specifications:
Height: 167 mm (6.60 in)
Width: 69 mm (2.71 in)
Depth: 17.3 mm (0.69 in)

Operating environment

This adapter is supported in the following environment:

Operating: 0° to 55° C (32° to 131° F)
Non-operating: -40° to 70° C (-40° to 158° F)
Humidity: 5 to 95%, non-condensing

Warranty

One-year limited warranty. When installed in a System x server, these cards assume your system’s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade.

Supported servers

The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is supported in the IBM System x and iDataPlex servers listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Supported System x servers (Part 1)

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Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

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N

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Y

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Y

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Y

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Y

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Y

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N

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Y

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Y

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Y

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N

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Y

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Y

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Y

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Y

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Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the System x servers that support this adapter: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

Popular configurations

This section illustrates how the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter can be used in configurations.
Figure 2 shows Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters installed in a supported rack server. The servers are connected to a 10Gb Ethernet network using a pair of 10Gb Ethernet switches.

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Figure 2. Popular configuration
The parts used are listed in Table 5.
Table 5. Components used with the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Figure 2)

Diagram reference| Part number/machine type| Description| Quantity
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| Varies| Supported server (See Table 4)| 2
| 49Y4250| Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter| 2
| Varies| Supported 10Gb SFP+ Transceivers or direct-attach cables (See Table 2)| 4
| Varies| 10Gb Ethernet Switch| 2

Note: If SFP+ transceivers are used, this configuration also requires fiber optic cabling between the servers and the switches.

Supported operating systems

The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x supports the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
VMware ESX 4.0
VMware ESX 4.1
VMware ESXi 4.1

See IBM ServerProven at http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs supported. Not all servers support all operating systems and versions.

For more information refer to these documents:

10Gb CNAs for IBM System x product page
http://ibm.com/systems/x/options/storage/cna
IBM US Announcement Letter
http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi- bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS
IBM System x Configuration and Options Guide
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SCOD-3ZVQ5W

Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:

Ethernet Adapters

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