2-Port Gigabit Ethernet-Sx Pci Express Adapter (Fc 5768; Ccin 5768) - IBM 8231-E2B Manual

1. Determine the PCIe slot in which to place the adapter.
The adapter has an x4 PCIe connector and can be placed in a x4, x8, or x16 slot. See the PCI adapter
placement for information about the PCIe slots on your system unit.
2. Install the adapter by using the instructions in the system unit service guide.
Verifying the adapter installation
To verify that the system unit recognizes the adapter, type lsdev -Cs pci at the command line and press
Enter.
A list of PCI devices displays. If the adapter is installed correctly, the status of available for each port
indicates that the adapter is installed and ready to use. If a message indicates that any of the ports are
defined instead of available, shut down the server and verify that the adapter was installed correctly.
Related tasks:
Installing PCI adapters
Related reference:
IBM Prerequisite website
Parts information
PCI adapter placement
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2-Port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Express Adapter (FC 5768; CCIN 5768)

Learn about features, requirements, and specifications for the 5768 adapter.
The 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Express Adapter provides two 1 Gbps (1000 Base-SX) full-duplex
Ethernet LAN connections. The adapter connects to a network using a standard shortwave multimode
optical cable that conforms to the IEEE 802.3z standard. The adapter supports distances of 260 m for 62.5
micron Multi Mode Fiber (MMF) and 550 m for 50.0 micron MMF. AIX Network Installation Management
(NIM) boot capability is supported with this adapter.
The adapter provides the following features:
v Supports interrupt moderation to deliver increased performance while significantly reducing processor
utilization
v Supports dual port operation in almost any PCIe slot, except x1
v Supports auto-negotiation, full-duplex only
v Supports integrated media-access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY)
v Supports Fast EtherChannel (FEC) with the existing software
v Supports gigabit EtherChannel (GEC) with the existing software
v Supports IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation control protocol)
v Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
v Supports IEEE 802.3 z, ab, u, x flow control support
v Supports IEEE 802.1p
v Supports IEEE 802.3ab for TX
v Supports TCP checksum offload transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP),
Internet Protocol (IP) for IPv4 and IPv6
v Supports TCP segmentation or large send offload
v Supports EEPROM-SPI and single EEPROM
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