10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI Express Adapter (FC 5769; CCIN 5769)
Learn about the features, operating system requirements, and installation procedures for the feature code (FC) 5769 adapter.
Overview
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCIe Adapter is a low-profile, high performance fiber network interface controller (NIC). The product conforms to the IEEE, 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR specification for Ethernet transmission.
The following figure shows the adapter LED and network connector. The following figure shows the adapter.
The LED on the adapter provides information about the operation status of the adapter.
| LED | Light | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Activity/Link | Green | Good link, no activity |
| Flashing Orange | Transmit activity | |
| Off | No link* | |
| Adapter card status | Red | Not initialized** |
| Off | Initialized | |
*The absence of a link could be the result of a defective cable, a defective connector, or a configuration mismatch. **The adapter has not
been initialized by the operating system. During such time, the following
conditions are true:
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For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- FRU number
- 46K7897 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe-V1.1 x8
- Busmaster
- Yes
- Maximum number
- For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.
- Adapter size
- PCIe x8, short form
- Connector information
- LC multimode fiber optic
- Wrap plug FRU number
- 12R9314 (LC Fiber Optic)Note: These wrap plugs are not included with the card. 12R9314 (FC ECW0)IBM®.
- Cables
- Customers supply the cables. Optional LC-SC 62.5 micron converter cable, part number 12R9322, FC 2459, is available. For 50 micron LC-SC connections, use converter cable part number 12R9321, FC 2456.
- Attributes
- The adapter provide the following features:
- PCIe 1.1 x8
- MSI-X, MSI and support of traditional pin interrupts
- 10GBASE-SR short-reach optics (850 nm)
- IEEE 802.3ae (10 GbE)
- IEEE 802.1p priority and 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- IEEE 802.3x flow control
- Link aggregation, 802.3ad 802.3 compliance
- IEEE 802.3ad load-balancing and failover
- Ethernet II and 802.3 encapsulated frames
- Multiple MAC addresses per interface
- Jumbo frames up to 9.6 KB
- TCP checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
- TCP segmentation offfload (TSO) for IPv4 and IPv6
- User datagram protocol (UDP) checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
- Receive side scaling and packet steering
- Line rate packet filtering and attack protection
- IETF RDDP and RDMAC iWARP compliance (Linux only)
- APIs: RNIC-PI, kDAPL and Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.4 (Linux only)
- Full iSCSI software and hardware initiator support (Linux only)
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website.
- AIX®
- AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-03 Technology Level, or later
- AIX Version 5.3 with the 5300-10 Technology Level, or later
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 Update 3, or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, or later
- devices.ethernet.ct3
- devices.ethernet.ct3.rte //HBA
- devices.ethernet.ct3.cdli //ENT
Preparing for installation
If you are installing your operating system at this time, install your adapter before you install the operating system. If you are installing only the device driver for this adapter, install your device driver software before you install the adapter.
If you are running the total diagnostics package you need a wrap plug for the multimode fiber connector used for the adapter. To connect to a network, you need a shortwave (850 nm) 50/62.5 micron multimode fiber network attachment.
The following tables indicates the allowable cable lengths from the adapter to the gigabit Ethernet switch, including patch cables:
| Fiber cable type | Connector type | Minimum modal bandwidth at 850 nm (MHz x km) | Operating range in meters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62.5 µm MMF | LC | 160 | 2 to 26 |
| 200 | 2 to 33 | ||
| 50 µm MMF | LC | 400 | 2 to 66 |
| 500 | 2 to 82 | ||
| 2000 | 2 to 300 |
Ensure that your operating system supports this adapter before you install it. See Operating system or partition requirements.
Installing the AIX device driver software
To install device driver software, follow the steps in Installing the AIX device driver software.
Installing the adapter
For general instructions on how to install a PCI adapter, see the Installing PCI adapters topic. Return here to verify the adapter installation.
Verifying the adapter installation
To verify that your system recognizes the PCI adapter, do the following steps:
- If necessary, log in as root user.
- At the command line, type: lsdev -Cs pci
- Press Enter.
A list of PCI devices is displayed. If the adapter is installed correctly, the status of available for each port indicates that the adapter is installed and ready to use. If a message indicates that any of the ports are defined instead of available, shut down your server and verify that the adapter was installed correctly.
Connecting to an Ethernet network
This section explains how to connect the adapter to the multimode fiber network. Refer to your local procedures for information about connecting the adapter to your Ethernet network.
To connect the adapter to a multimode fiber network, do the following steps:
- Insert the male fiber LC connector of the fiber cable into the adapter LC connector.
- Insert the male fiber LC connector of the other end of the cable into the network switch.
- The adapter requires an 850 nm multimode fiber optic cable. See Table 2.
- If your switch has an SC receptacle, you need an LC-SC converter cable.
- It is necessary to configure an IP network interface to enable the adapter to detect a link and to illuminate the link LED.
