Pcie3 Fpga Compression Accelerator Adapter (Fc Ej13; Ccin 59Ab) - IBM Power System S822LC Installing The System And Ordered Parts

Voltage
3.3 V, 12 V
Form factor
Full-height (FC EJ12) and short, low-profile (FC EJ13)
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.
Attributes provided
High throughput compression that saves storage and I/O bandwidth with little or no overhead
CPU offload and PCIe interface with negligible software load frees up CPU cores for higher value
computation or licensed software
Lower power consumption by offloading the CPU intensive compression to an FPGA
Widely used zlib and gzip standard format for data interchange
Up to 1.8 GB/s compression and decompression throughput
3-25x speed up achievable
Compression ratio near software zlib and gzip
Multiple uses including genomics, data center, cloud, and backup solutions
Operating system or partition requirements
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems, depending on the system
you are using:
v AIX
– AIX 7.1, Technology Level 3, Service Pack 2, or later
– AIX 6.1, Technology Level 9, or later
v Linux
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, and later include the GenWQE Linux drive
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, or later
Important: See Generic Work Queue Engine (GenWQE) introduction for instructions about installing
the driver.
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, or later
– For support details, see the Linux Alert website (www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
– For additional information regarding firmware level and additional software installations, see Fix
Central.
– To use the PCIe3 FPGA Compression Accelerator Adapter, the following software packages must be
downloaded at the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website (http://www14.software.ibm.com/
webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/home.html):
- genwqe-zlib: Hardware accelerated zlib
- genwqe-tools: Tools to analyze adapter functionality plus hardware accelerated genwqe_gzip and
genwqe_gunzip
– For details on how the adapter can be used to accelerate your application, please refer to the
Generic Work Queue Engine (GenWQE) Application Programming Guide published on IBM
developerWorks (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/).

PCIe3 FPGA Compression Accelerator Adapter (FC EJ13; CCIN 59AB)

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