IBM 2-port 10Gb CNA (CFFh)
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1. Ethernet Pass Thru Modules Diagram Part Description Quantity reference number machine type IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server OOY3280 QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter 8852 or 8740 8750 BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT 46M6181 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module 44W4408 IBM 10GBase SR SFP Transceiver The 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module has 14 external 10Gb ports You must have one transceiver for each 10Gb port in an I O module QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter 6 Operating system support The expansion card supports the following operating systems on the HS and LS blades 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 Server2. ul Ti Redbooks QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter IBM Redbooks Product Guide The QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh for IBM BladeCenter offers robust 8Gb Fibre Channel storage connectivity and 10Gb networking over a single Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE link Because this adapter combines the functions of a Network Interface Card and a Host Bus Adapter on a single converged adapter clients can realize potential benefits in cost power and cooling and data center footprint by deploying less hardware Figure 1 shows the QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh Figure 1 The QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh Did you know These Converged Network Adapters are backward compatible with many 4Gb storage targets and work with most existing LAN and SAN infrastructures providing an investment protection when consolidating data centers You can use this adapter with the 10Gb Pass Thru Module and connect to a converged top of rack switch such as the Brocade 8000 or Nexus 5000 With this setup you can reduce hardware as well as power and cooling costs while boosting performance by operating at 10Gb bandwidth The adapter connects to the midplane directly without having to use cables or SFP modules By eliminating these components for up to 14 servers the resulting savings alone cover the BladeCenter chassis investment QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM Bl
3. 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 Edition with Xen Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server 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 10 with Xen for x86 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 0 VMware ESXi 4 1 VMware vSphere 5 VMware vSphere 5 1 Support for operating systems is based on the combination of the expansion card and the blade server in which it is installed See IBM ServerProven for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs supported http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us Select the blade server and then select the expansion card to see the supported operating systems The expansion card supports the following operating systems on the Power Systems blades IBM AIX 5L for POWER Version 5 3 IBM AIX Version 6 1 IBM Virtual I O Server IBM i 6 1
4. Corp QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter 9 This document was created or updated on December 7 2012 Send us your comments in one of the following ways e Use the online Contact us review form found at ibm com redbooks Send your comments in an e mail to redbook us ibm com e Mail your comments to IBM Corporation International Technical Support Organization Dept HYTD Mail Station P099 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 5400 U S A This document is available online at http www ibm com redbooks abstracts tipsO 16 html Trademarks IBM the IBM logo and ibm com are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both These and other IBM trademarked terms may also be registered or common law trademarks in other countries A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at http www ibm com legal copytrade shtml The following terms are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both AIX 5L Redbooks logo AIX ServerProven BladeCenter system i IBM System p POWER system x Redbooks The following terms are trademarks of other companies Microsoft Windows Server Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United St
5. IBM i 7 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM POWER SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for IBM POWER QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter Related publications For more information refer to these documents QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter U S Product Announcement ROHS options reintroduced October 16 2012 http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS112 177 U S Product Announcement May 26 2009 http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmifid 89 7 ENUS 109 331 QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User s Guide You will need to download the publication release EXE file and run it to unpack the PDF http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg 1MIGR 5081072 Software and firmware for the adapter http driverdownloads qlogic com QLogicDriverDownloads_UI Product_detail_ new aspx 0emid 395 IBM US Announcement Letter http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmifid 89 7 ENUS 109 331 IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg 1MIGR 5073016 IBM Redbooks publication BM BladeCenter Products and Technology SG24 7523 http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg24 7523 html Notices This information was developed for products and servi
6. adeCenter 1 Part number information Table 1 Ordering part number and feature code Description Part number Feature code x config e config QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter OOY3280 A3JB 8275 QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh 42C1830 3592 8275 Part number 42C 1830 was withdrawn in November 2012 and was rereleased as the new part number 00Y3280 These part numbers include the following items e One QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh e Documentation CD e Important Notices document Features The expansion card has the following features Combo Form Factor CFFh PCI Express 2 0 x8 adapter Communication module QLogic ISP8112 Support for up to two CEE HSSMs in a BladeCenter H or HT chassis Support for 10Gb Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE Support for Fiber Channel over Converged Enhanced Ethernet FCoCEE Full hardware offload for FCoCEE protocol processing Support for IPv4 and IPv6 Support for SAN boot over CEE PXE boot and iSCSI boot Support for Wake on LAN Support for Jumbo Frames Support for BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager for BIOS UEFI and FCode Stateless offload features include IP TCP and UDP checksum offloads Large and Giant Send Offload LSO GSO Receive Side Scaling RSS Header data split Interrupt coalescing NetQueue IEEE standards compliance 802 1Qbb rev 0 Priority based flow control 802 1Qaz rev 0 Enhanced transmissi
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9. d Figure 2 Location on the BladeCenter server planar where the CFFh card is installed IBM BladeCenter chassis support is based on the blade server type in which the expansion card is installed Consult ServerProven to see in which chassis each blade server type is supported http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us Table 3 lists the I O modules that can be used to connect to the QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh Table 3 I O modules supported with the QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh A Gi Gi qi Part H I O module number ra IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module 46C7191 N 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module 46M6181 N Cisco Nexus 40011 Switch Module 46M6071 Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module 69Y1909 N N N N BNT 6 port 10 Gb High Speed Switch 39Y9267 z z z z z BladeCenter T z lt lt lt lt BladeCenter HT z z z z z BladeCenter E z lt lt lt lt BladeCenter H Withdrawn from marketing QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter Supported I O modules are supported in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis only In BladeCenter H the ports of CFFh cards are routed through the midplane to I O bays 7 8 9 and 10 as shown in Figure 3 The BladeCenter HT is similar in that the CFFh cards are also routed through the midplane to I O bays 7 8 9 and 10 Legend standard fO bays connections High speed lO bays connecti
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11. on selection 802 1Qaz rev 0 DCBX protocol 802 3ae 10Gb Ethernet 802 1q VLAN 802 3ad Link Aggregation 802 1p Priority Encoding 802 3x Flow Control 802 3ap KX KX4 IEEE 1149 1 JTAG QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter 2 IPv4 Specification RFC 791 IPv6 Specification RFC 2460 TCP UDP Specification RFC 793 768 ARP Specification RFC 826 Operating environment The expansion card has the following physical specifications e Temperature e 0 to 55 C 32 to 113 F at 0 to 914 m 0 to 3000 ft operating e 43 to 73 C 40 to 163 F at 0 to 914 m 0 to 3000 ft storage e Relative humidity 5 to 93 non condensing Supported servers and I O modules The QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh is supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers that are listed in Table 2 Table 2 Supported servers Part number Product description OOY3280 QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter sloliia o m SIE E E AAE q AIN un uw 0 m m ok E lt HS23E 8038 lt HX5 7873 E E 2 E QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter PS700 1 2 8406 PS703 4 7891 Figure 2 shows where the CFFh card is installed in a BladeCenter server ClOv connector for further VO expansion i S es High speed connector to bays 7 amp o High speed connector to bays 9 amp 10 CFFh connector under HEE EEDA Card the expansion car
12. ons Bridge modules VO bays connections Mid Plane Figure 3 IBM BladeCenter H I O topology showing the I O paths from CFFh expansion cards Two I O module must be installed in the chassis for each Ethernet port that you wish to use on the expansion card Table 4 lists the specific I O bays in the chassis Table 4 Locations of I O modules required to connect to the expansion card Expansion card I O bay 7 I O bay 8 I O bay 9 I O bay 10 QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Supported I O Not used Supported I O Not used Adapter CFFh module module QLogic 2 port 10Gb CNA CFFh for IBM BladeCenter 5 Popular configurations Figure 4 shows the use of 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Modules to route two Ethernet ports from QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh installed into each server Two 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Modules are installed in bay 7 and bay 9 of the BladeCenter H chassis All connections between the controller card and the switch modules are internal to the chassis No internal cabling is needed External top of rack TOR switches that support FCoCEE and cabling are required for the pass thru module to operate IBM BladeCenter server IBM BladeCenter H chassis Figure 4 A converged 20Gb solution using two 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Modules The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 5 Table 5 Components used when connecting QLogic 2 port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh to two 10Gb
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