IBM QLogic 10Gb CNA
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1. IBM System x servers Converged Switch B32 Figure 2 x3650 M2 server with the QLogic 10Gb CNA connected the IBM System Storage DS4700 The parts used are listed in Table 4 Table 4 Components used when connecting QLogic 10Gb CNA to external disk storage Figure 2 Diagram Part Description Quantity reference number machine type x3650 M2 or other supported server See Table 2 4201800 QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x A9Y4218 QLogic 10Gb SFP SR Optical Transceiver 3758 B32 IBM Converged Switch B32 1814 70A or IBM System Storage DS4700 Model 70 or Model 72 1 1814 70H This configuration also requires cabling between the servers and the IBM Converged Switches B32 and between the IBM Converged Switches B32 and storage system The cable part numbers are not listed in Table 4 QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x and IBM Power Systems 6 Supported operating systems The QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x supports the following operating systems 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 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 2003 R2 Premium Edition Microsoft Windows2. CNA for IBM System x and IBM Power Systems 4 Power 755 Power 920 Power 990 Power 960 Power 9 0 Power 9 9 Power 999 Power 50 lt lt lt lt lt Supported connectivity The QLogic 10Gb CNA supports the QLogic 10Gb SFP SR Optical Transceiver listed in Table 1 The transceivers are standard on the QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM Power Systems feature code 5708 Active copper cables also known as Twinax Active cables or Direct attach copper or DAC cables are also supported on the adapter for System x servers but that support also depends on the switch that the cable also connects to Table 4 lists the supported cables where the combination of the QLogic 10Gb CNA for System x and the specific switch has been tested Note Direct attach copper cables are not supported by the QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM Power Systems feature code 5 08 Table 4 Supported Active copper cables Twin ax Active 1m Twin ax Active 3 m Twin ax Active 5 m 45W2398 1 pack 45W2408 1 pack 45W3039 1 pack 45W2401 8 pack 45W2409 8 pack 45W3042 8 pack QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x and IBM Power Systems 5 Popular configurations This section illustrates how the QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x can be used in configurations Figure 2 shows QLogic 10Gb CNA installed in a supported x3650 M2 server The server is connected to the IBM System Storage DS4700 via two IBM Converged Switch B32 switches M System e E E j Storage Pee A M E
3. ul jn Redbooks web Doc QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x and IBM Power Systems IBM System x at a glance guide The QLogic 10Gb CNA is a PCI Express 2 0 x4 10Gb Converged Network Adapter and is available for both IBM System x and IBM Power Systems servers For IBM Power Systems the adapter is known as the 10 Gb FCoE PCle Dual Port Adapter Feature 5708 The adapter connects to SFP Multimode Fiber SR optical modules The System x version also supports SFP Active Copper cables depending on the Ethernet switch used This adapter supports 10 Gbps per port maximum bidirectional throughput for high bandwidth storage SAN and networking LAN traffic with full hardware offload for Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE protocol processing The QLogic 10Gb CNA is shown in Figure 1 Hy iy in Figure 1 QLogic 10Gb CNA Did You Know Convergence of SAN and LAN traffic on a single adapter and wire helps lower the total cost of ownership by reducing the reduced hardware power cooling management and maintenance costs It offers investment protection by providing seamless compatibility with existing Fibre Channel FC Storage ethernet networks driver software and management applications QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x and IBM Power Systems 1 Part number information Table 1 Ordering part number and feature code Description Option part Feature code number QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x 42C 1800 5751 QLogic 1
4. 0Gb CNA for IBM Power Systems Feature 5708 10 Gb FCoE PCle Not applicable 5708 Dual Port Adapter QLogic 10Gb SFP SR Optical Transceiver 49Y4218 0064 This transceiver is standard with the Power Systems feature 5708 Part number 42C 1800 includes the following items e One QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x e 2U bracket e Support CD e Safety flyer Transceiver part number 49Y4218 includes the following items e One QLogic 10Gb SFP SR Optical Transceiver e Support CD e Safety flyer Note The transceiver is not included with part number 42C 1800 or System x feature 5751 however it is included with Power Systems feature 5 08 Features The QLogic 10Gb CNA has the following features e PCI Express 2 0 compliance e Operates at PCI Express 2 0 x4 or PCI Express 1 1 x8 e Transceiver support e System x option Two SFP cages for either SFP Fiber SR or SFP Active Copper e Power Systems feature Two QLogic 10Gb SFP SR Optical Transceivers standard e Standard PCI Express half length card with low profile form factor Support for both standard PCI E slot and low profile PCI E slot System x option only Support for 10Gb Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE e Support for Fibre Channel over Converged Enhanced Ethernet FCOCEE e Full hardware offload for FC protocol processing e Support for IPv4 and IPv6 e Support for SAN boot over CEE and iSCSI boot Note There is no support for PXE boot QLogic 10Gb CNA for IB
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6. M Power Systems e Compliance SCSI 3 Fibre Channel Protocol SCSI FCP Fibre Channel Tape FC TAPE profile SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol 2 FCP 2 Second Generation FC Generic Services FC GS 2 Third Generation FC Generic Services FC GS 3 Operating environment The adapter is supported in this environment e Temperature e Operating 0 to 55 C 32 to 113 F at 0 to 914 m 0 to 3000 ft e Storage 43 to 73 C 40 to 163 F at 0 to 914 m 0 to 3000 ft e Relative humidity 5 to 93 non condensing Supported servers The QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x is supported in the IBM System x servers listed in Table 2 Table 2 Supported System x servers Part 1 Part Adapter number QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x 42C1800 Table 2 Supported System x servers Part 2 Part Adapter number o QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM 42C 1800 Y YIYIYIYIYITY TY Y TY Y TY System x See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the System x servers that support this adapter http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us 3500 M2 fal lt x3500 M3 3400 M2 2 8 3 Le lt x3400 M3 BE feso 3620 M3 x3850 M2 3950 M2 The QLogic CNA is supported in the IBM Power Systems servers listed in Table 3 Table 3 Supported Power Systems servers Feature Adapter code QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM Power Systems 5708 Y Y Y Y af 10 Gb FCoE PCle Dual Port Adapter QLogic 10Gb
7. M System x and IBM Power Systems 2 The QLogic 10Gb SFP SR Optical Transceiver has the following features e Laser Class 1 compliance e Support for the SFP cages on the 42C1800 adapter e Standard SFP form factor for multimode Fiber SR Ethernet specifications The QLogic 10Gb CNA has the following Ethernet specifications e Throughput 10 Gbps full duplex line rate per port e Topology Any 10Gb Ethernet Network e Ethernet Frame 1500 byte or 9000 byte Jumbo Frame e Stateless offload features IP TCP and UDP checksum offloads Large and Giant Send Offload LSO GSO Receive Side Scaling RSS Header data split Interrupt coalescing NetQueue e Enhanced Ethernet features e Priority based flow control 802 1Qbb rev 0 e Enhanced transmission selection 802 1Qaz rev 0 e DCBX protocol 802 1Qaz rev 0 e Compliance IEEE 802 3ae 10Gb Ethernet 802 1q VLAN 802 3ad Link Aggregation 802 1p Priority Encoding 802 3x Flow Control 802 3ap KX KX4 802 3ak CX4 IEEE 1149 1 JTAG IPv4 Specification RFC 791 IPv6 Specification RFC 2460 TCP UDP Specification RFC 793 768 ARP Specification RFC 826 FCoE specifications The QLogic 10Gb CNA has the following FCoE specifications e Performance 250 000 IOPS per port e Logins Support for 2048 concurrent logins and 2048 active exchanges e Class of service Class 3 e Protocols FCP SCSI FCP FC TAPE FCP 2 QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x and IB
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13. th the 5300 11 Technology Level or later AIX 6 1 with the 6100 04 Technology Level or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 or later VIOS 2 1 2 0 also for IBM i support Note IBM i support is limited to Ethernet traffic only QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x and IBM Power Systems Related publications For more information refer to these documents 10Gb CNAs for IBM System x product page http ibm com systems storage product systemx cna QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x 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 QLE8142 http driverdownloads glogic com QLogicDriverDownloads_UI Product_detail_ new aspx 0emid 395 IBM US Announcement Letter for the QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 109 333 IBM US Announcement Letter for the QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM Power Systems http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlifid 89 7 ENUS 109 571 IBM System x Configuration and Options Guide http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg 1SCOD 3ZVQ5W IBM Redbooks paper BM Converged Switch B32 REDP 4588 http www redbooks ibm com abstracts redp4588 html Open QLogic 10Gb CNA for
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