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Intel I350 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters Product Guide Based on the Intel I350 Gigabit Ethernet adapters from Lenovo build on Intel's history of delivering Ethernet products with flexible design and robust driver support. Available in either 1-port fiber configuration or a 2/4-port copper configuration, these adapters offer excellent price/performance, enhanced power-savings, and market-leading I/O virtualization technologies that includes SRIOV and VMDq.
I350-F1 adapter: One fiber optic LC connector supporting MMF 62.5/50 µm cables, conforming to IEEE 802.3Z 1000BASE-SX. (Note: The LC connector is fixed and cannot be removed). Based on Intel I350 ASIC Line rate with IEEE 802.3 auto negotiation for 1000/100/10 Base-T Ethernet (T4 ML2, T2, and T4 adapters only) Host interface: PCIe 2.0 x4 host interface...
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Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) is a method where the adapter and its resources are virtualized so that virtual machine guest can separately configure and access the virtualized resources without impacting the use of the same resources by other virtual machines. The following figure shows the Intel I350-T2 2xGbE BaseT Adapter Intel I350 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters...
Figure 3. Intel I350-T2 2xGbE BaseT Adapter Physical specifications The ML2 adapter has the following physical specifications: Height: 69 mm (2.7 in.) Length: 168 mm (6.6 in.) Width: 17 mm (0.7 in.) The PCIe low-profile adapters have the following physical specifications: Height: 69 mm (2.7 in.)
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Table 3. Support for System x and dense servers with Xeon E5/E7 v4 and E3 v5 processors Part number Description 00D1998 Intel I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter 00AG500 Intel I350-F1 1xGbE Fiber Adapter 00AG510 Intel I350-T2 2xGbE BaseT Adapter 00AG520 Intel I350-T4 4xGbE BaseT Adapter Support for servers with Intel Xeon v3 processors Table 4.
For the latest information about the adapters that are supported by each System x server type, see ServerProven: http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/xseries/lan/matrix.shtml The following figure shows the Intel I350-T4 4xGbE BaseT Adapter. Figure 4. Intel I350-T4 4xGbE BaseT Adapter Operating System support Intel I350 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters...
For more information, see the following resources: Lenovo ThinkSystem networking options product web page https://lenovopress.com/lp0765-networking-options-for-thinksystem-servers Lenovo System x networking options product web page https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/servers/server-options/system-x-options/networking- adapters/system-x-adapters/c/system-x-adapters Drivers and Installation and User's Guide for Intel Ethernet and 10 Gb Ethernet Adapters (download and unpack the ISO image and open index.htm in a browser)
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