Pcie3 Lp 2-Port 40 Gbe Nic Roce Qsfp+ Adapter (Fc Ec3A; Ccin 57Bd) - IBM Power System S822LC Installing The System And Ordered Parts

– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8, or later.
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Service Pack 2, or later (with update package).
– For support details, see the Linux Alert website (www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
v IBM i
– IBM i Version 7.2 or later
– IBM i Version 7.1, or later
v VIOS
– VIOS support requires VIOS 2.2.1.4, or later.

PCIe3 LP 2-Port 40 GbE NIC RoCE QSFP+ Adapter (FC EC3A; CCIN 57BD)

Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EC3A adapter.
Overview
The PCIe3 LP 2-Port 40 GbE NIC RoCE QSFP+ Adapter is a low-profile, PCIe generation-3 (PCIe3), dual
port, 40-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) adapter with a PCIe 3.0 host bus interface. The adapter acts as a network
interface controller (NIC) and uses the IBTA RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) protocols to provide
efficient Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) services. The adapter delivers high-bandwidth and
low-latency 40 GbE connectivity, reducing the load on the processor and efficiently using the memory
access. This action off-loads the processor from networking tasks which improves the performance and
scalability of the processor.
The adapter is optimized for enterprise data centers, high-performance computing, transaction databases,
cloud computing, virtualization, storage, and other embedded environments. The adapter improves
network performance by increasing available bandwidth to the processor and by providing enhanced
performance. The adapter provides dedicated adapter resources and protection for virtual machines (VM).
The link aggregation and failover features of the adapter are ideal for critical network applications that
require redundancy and high availability.
The two 40 Gb quad (4-channel) small form-factor pluggable (QSFP+) transceiver ports are used for
connectivity with other servers or switches in the network. Each QSFP+ port provides Ethernet
connectivity with a nominal data rate of 40 gigabits per second (Gbps).
The adapter does not include transceivers. Use copper cables with QSFP+ 40G BASE-SR transceivers for
short distances. See "Cables" on page 45 for more information about the cables.
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.
The adapter provides the following features:
v Data center bridging support (IEEE standard version CEE)
v T11.3 FC-BB-5 FCoE
v TCP/IP stateless offload in hardware
v Traffic steering across multiple cores
v Intelligent interrupt coalescence
v Advanced Quality of Service (QoS)
v RoHS-R6 compliant
v RDMA over Ethernet using uDAPL
The adapter provides Ethernet NIC support with the following features:
Installing and configuring system features
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