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Figure 33. FC EC3A adapter
Specifications
Item
Description
Adapter FRU number
000FW105 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
I/O bus architecture
PCIe3 x8
Slot requirement
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot
priorities(http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8/p8eab/
p8eab_mtm_pciplacement.htm) and select the system you are working on.
Cables
See "Cables" for details.
Voltage
3.3 V
Form factor
Short
Maximum number
For details about the maximum number of adapters that are supported, see PCIe adapter
placement rules and slot priorities(http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8/
p8eab/p8eab_mtm_pciplacement.htm) and select the system you are working on.
Cables
This adapter feature requires the use of compatible QSFP+, 40 Gbps, copper, twinaxial, active, Ethernet
cables for cabling over short distances. See Figure 34 on page 38 for different views of the QSFP+ copper
cable. For distances over 5 meters, use two optical QSFP+ SR transceivers (FC EB27) that attach to optical
cables FC EB2J or FC EB2K. See Table 8 on page 38 for details about the feature codes.
Do not mix copper and optical cables on the same adapter.
These cables are compliant with industry standard specifications SFF-8431 Rev 4.1 and SFF-8472 Rev 10.4,
and all applicable IBM requirements.
Note: These cables are EMC Class A compliant.
Installing and configuring the system
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