IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter
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1. A1x IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis 69Y1930 IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch 44X1964 IBM 8Gb SFP SW Optical Transceiver 1 per FC cable 39M5698 IBM 1m LC LC Fiber Channel Cable 1 for each V7000 connection 2076 124 IBM System Storage V7000 This configuration also requires additional V7000 features such as drives and software licenses These are not listed in the table IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 7 Related publications For more information see the following resources IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and Pass thru Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0866 html IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0870 html IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0860 html IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Compute Node Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0880 html FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter Installation and User Guide http www ibm com support IBM Flex System Interoperability Guide http www ibm com support IBM Redbooks publication BM Flex System Products and Technology SG24 7984 http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg247984 html IBM Redbooks Product Guides for IBM Flex System servers and options http www redbooks ibm com portals puresystems IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter Notices This information was developed for products2. therefore this statement may not apply to you This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication IBM may make improvements and or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this publication at any time without notice Any references in this information to non IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of those products their published announcements or other publicly available sources IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance compatibility or any other claims related to non IBM products Questions on the capabilities of non IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products This information contains examples of data and reports used in daily business operations To illustrate them as completely as possible the examples include the names of individuals companies brands and products All of these names are fictitious and a
3. 64 EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64 EM64T VMware ESX 4 1 VMware ESXi 4 1 VMware vSphere 5 VMware vSphere 5 1 IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter The FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter supports the following operating systems on the Power Systems compute nodes AIX 5 3 with the 5300 12 Technology Level with Service Pack 5 AIX 6 1 with the 6100 05 Technology Level and Service Pack 7 AIX 6 1 with the 6100 06 Technology Level and Service Pack 6 AIX 6 1 with the 6100 07 Technology Level AIX 7 1 with the 7100 00 Technology Level and Service Pack 4 AIX 7 1 with the 7100 01 Technology Level IBM i 6 1 with i 6 1 1 machine code IBMi 7 1 TR3 Virtual I O Server 2 2 1 Red Hat RHEL 5 U8 for POWER Red Hat RHEL 6 U1 for POWER SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack SP 2 for POWER See IBM ServerProven website for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs that are supported http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us Regulatory compliance The adapter conforms to the following standards United States FCC 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B ANSI C63 4 2003 Class A United States UL 60950 1 Second Edition IEC EN 60950 1 Second Edition FCC Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Class A Canada ICES 003 issue 4 Class A UL IEC 60950 1 CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 03 Japan VCCI Class A Australia New Zealand AS NZS CISPR 22 2006 Class A IEC 60950 1 CB Certifi
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5. cate and CB Test Report Taiwan BSMI CNS13438 Class A Korea KN22 Class A KN24 Russia GOST ME01 IEC 60950 1 GOST R 51318 22 99 GOST R 51318 24 99 GOST R 51317 3 2 2006 GOST R 51317 3 3 99 IEC 60950 1 CB Certificate and CB Test Report CE Mark EN55022 Class A EN60950 1 EN55024 EN61000 3 2 EN61000 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A Physical specifications The dimensions and weight of the adapter are as follows Width 100 mm 3 9 inches Depth 80 mm 3 1 inches Weight 13 g 0 3 Ib IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter Shipping dimensions and weight approximate Height 58 mm 2 3 in Width 229 mm 9 0 in Depth 208 mm 8 2 in Weight 0 4 kg 0 89 Ib Popular configurations The FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter can be used in various configurations The following figure shows the I O installed in an I O adapter slot 2 of the x240 which in turn is installed in the chassis The chassis is connected to an IBM System Storage V7000 The RAID functionality is provided by the external storage system Internal External Fibre connections Channel through the chassis connections midplane Figure 4 Example configuration The following table lists the parts that are used in the configuration Table 5 Components used when connecting the FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter to external disk storage 8737 IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node or other 1 to 14 supported server 69Y1938 FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 8721
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7. le Switch 90Y9356 Yes The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis Table 4 Adapter to I O bay correspondence I O adapter slot in the server Port on the adapter Corresponding I O module bay in the chassis Slot 1 Slot 3 Port 1 Module bay 1 Slot 4 Port 1 Module bay 3 full wide compute nodes only Port 2 Module bay 4 The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis is shown diagrammatically in the following figure full wide compute nodes only Module bay 2 IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 4 Each line between an I O adapter and a switch is four links Figure 3 Logical layout of the interconnects between I O adapters and I O modules Supported operating systems The FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter supports the following operating systems on the x86 compute nodes Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web x64 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 11 for AMD
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9. pliant IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 2 Supported servers The following table lists the IBM Flex System compute nodes that support the FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter Table 2 Supported servers See IBM ServerProven at the following web address for the latest information about the expansion cards that are supported by each blade server type http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us 1 O adapter cards are installed in the slot in supported servers such as the x240 as highlighted in the following figure Figure 2 Location of the I O adapter slots in the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 3 Supported I O modules The FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter supports the I O module listed in the following table One or two compatible switches must be installed in the corresponding I O bays in the chassis Installing two switches means that both ports of the adapter are enabled When the adapter paired with a 16Gb switch those switch ports will operate at 8 Gbps Table 3 I O modules supported with the FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter Support the Description Part number FC3172 adapter IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch 69Y1930 Yes IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass thru 69Y1934 Yes IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch 88Y6374 Yes IBM Flex System FC5022 24 port 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch 00Y3324 Yes IBM Flex System FC5022 24 port 16Gb ESB SAN Scalab
10. t number and feature code for ordering Description Part number Feature code Feature ocde x config e config IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 69Y1938 A1BM 1764 The first feature code listed is for configurations available through the System x sales channel The second feature code listed is for configurations available through the Power Systems sales channel The part number includes the following items e One IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter e A documentation CD containing the adapter user s guide e The BM Important Notices document Features The IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter has the following features and specifications e QLogic ISP2532 controller e PCI Express 2 0 x4 host interface Bandwidth 8 Gb per second maximum at half duplex and 16 Gb per second maximum at full duplex per port 8 4 2 Gbps auto negotiation Support for FCP SCSI initiator and target operation Support for NPIV Support for full duplex operation Support for Fibre Channel protocol SCSI FCP SCSI and Fibre Channel Internet protocol FCP IP Support for point to point fabric connection F port fabric login Support for Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FCAL public loop profile Fibre Loop FL Port Port Login Support for Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3 Configuration and boot support in UEFI APIs supported SNIA HBA API V2 SMI S FDMI Support for IBM Fabric Manager Power usage 3 7 W typical ROHS 6 com
11. we Redbooks IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter IBM Redbooks Product Guide The IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter enables high speed access for IBM Flex System compute nodes to connect to a Fibre Channel storage area network SAN This adapter is based on the proven QLogic 2532 8Gb ASIC design and works with the 8 Gb and 16 Gb IBM Flex System Fibre Channel switches and pass thru modules Figure 1 shows the IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter Figure 1 IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter Did you know The performance bottleneck with Fibre Channel storage typically exists in the switching By moving to 8 Gb adapters and switches you can optimize the bottleneck to the storage controller where it can be managed by expanding the disks attached to storage When compared to the previous generation 4 Gb adapters the new generation 8 Gb adapters double the throughput speeds for Fibre Channel traffic As a result you can manage increased amounts of data and possibly benefit from a reduced hardware expense The adapter connects to the midplane directly without having to use cables or small form factor pluggable SFP modules By eliminating these components for up to 14 servers the resulting savings alone can cover the investment in the chassis IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 1 Part number information Table 1 shows the part number to order this card Table 1 Par
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