IBM 8231-E2B Manual page 133

Table 37. Adapter LED (continued)
LED
Board status (visible through
ACT/LNK)
*
The absence of a link can be the result of a defective cable, a defective connector, or a configuration mismatch.
**
The adapter has not been initialized by the OS. During such time:
v If no cable is connected, the Green LED is ON.
v If cable is connected and the LINK is sensed, the Green LED is OFF.
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for
your system.
Specifications
Item Description
FRU number
46K7899 (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
10G Ethernet CX4 cable
Cables
Customers supply the cables. The CX4 adapter supports copper CX4 cables. Cables can be
ordered through a cable supplier.
Attributes
The adapter provide the following features:
v PCIe 1.1 x8
v MSI-X, MSI and support of traditional pin interrupts
v 10GBASE-CX
v IEEE 802.3ae (10 GbE)
v IEEE 802.1p priority and 802.1Q VLAN tagging
v IEEE 802.3x flow control
v Link aggregation, 802.3ad 802.3 compliance
v IEEE 802.3ad load-balancing and failover
v Ethernet II and 802.3 encapsulated frames
v Multiple MAC addresses per interface
v Jumbo frames up to 9.6 KB
v TCP checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
v TCP segmentation offfload (TSO) for IPv4 and IPv6
v User datagram protocol (UDP) checksum offload for IPv4 and IPv6
v Receive side scaling and packet steering
Light
Red
Off
Description
**
Not Initialized
Initialized
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