IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter
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1. System Products and Technology SG24 7984 http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg247523 html IBM Flex System Interoperability Guide http ibm com support IBM Redbooks Product Guides for IBM Flex System servers and options http www redbooks ibm com portals puresystems Configuration and Option Guide http www ibm com systems xbc cog IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U S A IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in other countries Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any IBM intellectual property right may be used instead However it is the user s responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation of any non IBM product program or service IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter described in this document The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents You can send license inquiries in writing to IBM Director of Licensing IBM Corporation North Castle Drive Armonk NY 10504 1785 U S A The following paragraph does not2. interface for the operating platform for which the sample programs are written These examples have not been thoroughly tested under all conditions IBM therefore cannot guarantee or imply reliability serviceability or function of these programs Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2012 All rights reserved Note to U S Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter 10 This document was created or updated on October 9 2012 Send us your comments in one of the following ways e Use the online Contact us review form found at ibm com redbooks e 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 tips0845 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 are marked on their first occurrence in this information with the appropriate symbol or indicating US registered or common law trademarks owned by IBM at the time this information was published Such trademarks may a
3. 1000BASE X interface e Two PCI Express 2 0 x1 host interfaces one per ASIC e Full duplex FDX capability enabling simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet network e MSI and MSI X capabilities up to 17 MSI X vectors e I O virtualization support for VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ e Seventeen receive queues and 16 transmit queues e Seventeen MSI X vectors supporting per queue interrupt to host e Function Level Reset FLR e ECC error detection and correction on internal SRAM e TCP IP and UDP checksum offload e Large Send offload TCP segmentation offload e Receive side scaling e Virtual LANs VLANs IEEE 802 1q VLAN tagging e Jumbo frames 9 KB e IEEE 802 3x flow control e Statistic gathering SNMP MIB II Ethernet like MIB IEEE 802 3x Clause 30 e Comprehensive diagnostic and configuration software suite e ACPI 1 1a compliant multiple power modes e Wake on LAN WOL support e Preboot Execution Environment PXE support e RoHS compliant IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter 2 Supported servers The following table lists the IBM Flex System compute nodes that support the adapters 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 I O adapter cards are installed in the slot in supp
4. E and 1 GbE switches to be applied Upgrade 1 as listed in the preceding table enables 28 internal ports on each switch The EN4091 Pass thru has only 14 internal ports and so only supports ports 1 and 2 of the adapter 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 in the server in the chassis Ports 3 and 4 require Upgrade 1 of either the EN2092 1Gb or EN4093 10Gb switch The EN4091 Pass thru only supports ports 1 and 2 and only when two I O modules are installed IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter 4 The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis are shown diagrammatically in the following figure The figure shows both half wide servers such as the x240 with two adapters and full wide servers such as the p460 with four adapters 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 IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter Operating system support The IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter supports the following operating systems Intel processor based servers Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Ent
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7. erprise 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 AMD64 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 POWERZ7 processor based servers IBM AIX Version 6 1 IBM AIX Version 7 1 IBM i 6 1 IBM i 7 1 IBM Virtual I O Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM POWER SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for IBM POWER Support for operating systems is based on the combination of the expansion card and the blade server on which it is installed See the IBM ServerProven website for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs supported Select the blade server and then select the expansion card to see the supported operating systems http www ibm com systems info x86servers serverproven compat us Warranty There is a 1 year customer replaceable unit CRU limited warranty When installed in a server these adapters assume your system s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade Physical specifications The dimensions and weight of the adapter are as follows e Width 100 mm 3 9 inches e Depth 80 mm 3 1 inches e Weight 13
8. g 0 3 Ib IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter 6 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 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 Certificate 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 IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter Popular configurations The adapters can be used in various configurations The following figure shows EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapters installed in both slots of the x240 a model without the Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter which in turn is installed in the chassis The chassis also has four IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switches each with Upgrade 1 installed to enable 28 i
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10. nternal ports Switch 1 3 2 4 Bj S ae Internal connections through the chassis midplane Figure 4 Example configuration The following table lists the parts that are used in the configuration Table 5 Components used when connecting the adapter to the 10 GbE switches Part Description Quantity number 8737 x1x IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node without Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter 1 to 14 or other supported server 90Y3554 IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter 2 per server 8721 A1x IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis 49Y4294 IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 90Y3562 IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch Upgrade 1 IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter Related publications For more information refer to the following resources IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0861 html IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0864 html IBM Flex System EN4091 10Gb Ethernet Pass thru Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0865 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 IBM Redbooks publication BM Flex
11. orted 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 Supported I O modules These adapters can be installed in any I O adapter slot of a supported IBM Flex System compute node One or two compatible 1 Gb or 10 Gb I O modules must be installed in the corresponding I O bays in the chassis The following table lists the switches that are supported When connected to the 10Gb switch or pass thru module the internal switch ports will operate at 1Gb speeds IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter 3 Table 3 I O modules and upgrades Feature code Feature code Description Part number x config e config IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 49Y4294 AOTF 3598 IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 90Y3562 A1QW 3594 Upgrade 1 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch 49Y4270 AOTB 3593 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch 49Y4798 A1EL 3596 Upgrade 1 IBM Flex System EN4091 10Gb Ethernet Pass thru 88Y6043 A1QV 3700 Upgrade 1 is required for the EN2092 and EN4093 to use all four ports on the adapter The EN4091 Pass thru has only 14 internal ports and so only supports ports 1 and 2 of the adapter Installing two switches means that all four ports of the adapter are enabled However the use of all four ports also requires Upgrade 1 of the supported 10 Gb
12. we Redbooks IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter IBM Redbooks Product Guide The IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter is a quad port Gigabit Ethernet network adapter When it is combined with the IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch clients can leverage an end to end 1 Gb solution on the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis The EN2024 adapter is based on the Broadcom 5718 controller and offers a PCle 2 0 x1 host interface with MSI MSI X It also supports I O virtualization features like VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ technologies Figure 1 shows the adapter Figure 1 IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter Did you know This EN2024 is based on the industry standard PCle architecture and is ideal for customers using Gigabit Ethernet in their network infrastructure The IBM Flex System compute nodes support up to two of these adapters for a total of eight NICs per system IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter 1 Part number information Table 1 Ordering part number and feature code Part number Feature code Feature code x config e config 49Y7900 A1BR 1763 The EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter part number includes the following items e One adapter e Documentation CD e Important Notices flyer Features The IBM Flex System EN2024 4 port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter has these features e Dual Broadcom BCM5718 ASICs e Quad port Gigabit
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