IBM 10GBE - Manual (Page 2)

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM BladeCenter 2
Part number information
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
Description Part number Feature code
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II - IBM BladeCenter 90Y3550 A1XG
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced - IBM BladeCenter 90Y3566 AIXH
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II - IBM BladeCenter 00Y3266* A3NV
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II - IBM BladeCenter 00Y3264* A3NW
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Advanced Upgrade for IBM BladeCenter 49Y4265 2436
* These options are refreshed offerings of the existing VFA II adapters. The new adapters support pNIC, vNIC1, and
vNIC2 out-of-box, while the existing adapters require the firmware upgrade to support vNIC2 functionality (pNIC and
vNIC1 is supported out-of-box).
The adapter part number includes the following items:
One Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II or Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced
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Documentation CD
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Important Notices flyer
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The standard Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II can be upgraded to the same features as the
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced with the addition of the Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric
Advanced Upgrade option, part number 49Y4265.
Features
Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II and Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II have these features:
Connection to either 1 Gb or 10 Gb data center infrastructure (1 Gb and 10 Gb auto-negotiation)
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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CFFh form factor, can be combined with a CIOv expansion card on the same blade server
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It operates either as an 8-port virtual NIC or as a 2-port 1/10 Gb Ethernet adapter:
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Virtual port bandwidth allocation in 100 Mbps increments
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Supports up to eight virtual ports
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Wake On LAN support
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Full-duplex (FDX) capability
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Bus-mastering support
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Direct memory access (DMA) support
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Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support
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IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload
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Large send offload (LSO)
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Large receive offload
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Receive side scaling (RSS)
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IPv4 TCP Chimney Offload
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TCP Segmentation Offload
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VLAN insertion and extraction
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