PCI/PCI-X Adapters suit eserver® OpenPower 720 systems.
Press Release Summary:
Ten Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI-X adapter provides short-reach connections up to 108 ft on shortwave multimode optical cable, while 10 Gigabit Ethernet-LR PCI-X adapter suits long-reach connections up to 6 miles. Both offer 128K x 8-bit boot flash ROM support, 32 Kb on-chip TX packet buffer, and 256 Kb on-chip RX packet buffer. Two-port EIA(TM)-232 PCI adapter provides asynchronous serial PCI-based server connections EIA-232 to networks and devices.
Original Press Release:
IBM 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapters and 2-Port Asynchronous EIA-232 PCI Adapter Available for IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Systems
Overview
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI-X adapter offers 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X-based server connections over a maximum distance of 33 m (108 ft) on a standard, shortwave multimode optical cable that conforms to the IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR standard.
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-LR PCI-X adapter offers 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X-based server connections over a maximum distance of 10 km (6 mi) and conforms to the IEEE 802.3ae standard.
The 2-Port Asynchronous EIA(TM)-232 PCI adapter offers asynchronous serial PCI-based server connections EIA-232 to networks and devices.
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Key prerequisites
o Supported OpenPower(TM) 720 server
o One available PCI-X 3.3V 64-bit slot
o Linux(TM) operating system
Planned availability date
February 4, 2005
At a glance
o The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI-X adapter provides for short-reach connections up to 33 m (108 ft).
o The 10 Gigabit Ethernet-LR PCI-X adapter provides for long-reach connections up to 10 km (6 mi).
o Both adapters include these functions:
- EtherChannel/802.3ad and 802.1Q VLAN support
- Jumbo frames for support up to 16 KB
- TCP and Iv4P Checksum Offload for TX and RX support
- TCP/IP Segmentation Offload for TX support
- 128K x 8-bit boot flash ROM support
- 32 KB on-chip TX packet buffer; 256 KB on-chip RX packet buffer
- PCI-X V1.0a-compliant
o The 2-Port Asynchronous EIA-232 PCI adapter includes these functions:
- Xon/Xoff protocol off-load
- RTS/CTS and DTR/DSR modem handshake off-load
- Exar XR17D152 DUART as key communications controller
- 32-bit data and addresses, up to 33 MHz
- PCI 2.2-compliant interface
For technical support:
o Call the IBM Support Center at 800-IBM-SERV (426-7378)
o Request technical information via the Personal Computing Division Web site at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support
