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Cables
Attach any necessary cables to the add-on card.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching
devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website (www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/
eServerPrereq.nsf).
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
Important: For a list of known Linux OS issues that may affect this adapter, see the IBM Power LC
readme (https://ibm.biz/BdrgTZ).
v Linux
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little-endian, for Power, or later
– Ubuntu 16.04.1, or later
– Ubuntu 14.04.5, or later
– For support details, see the Linux Alert website (www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
– The latest version of the device driver or iprutils can be downloaded from the IBM Service and
Productivity Tools website(http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/
home.html).
– The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities may be downloaded from Fix
Central(http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/).
References
Please note that the Alpha-data CAPI Adapter: ADM-PCIe KU3 (FC EKAT) is hardware only. The adapter
development toolkit and services are available on the Alpha-Data
the following references:
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v IBM CAPI information:
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– POWER8 Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) (http://www.ibm.biz/powercapi)
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v Alpha-Data CAPI PCIe adapter information:
– Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) for POWER8
capi.php)
– ADM-PCIE-KU3 Summary and Features (http://www.alpha-data.com/dcp/
products.php?product=adm-pcie-ku3)
Mellanox MCX4121A-ACAT ConnectX-4 Lx EN 25GbE dual-port SFP28 PCIe3.0 x8
LP (FC EKAU)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for feature code (FC) EKAU adapters.
Overview
The Mellanox MCX4121A-ACAT ConnectX-4 Lx EN 25GbE dual-port SFP28 PCIe3.0 x8 LP is a PCI
Express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3) x8 adapter. The adapter can be used in either a x8 or x16 PCIe slot in
the system. The adapter provides a combination of 1, 10, 25, 40, and 50 GbE bandwidth, sub-microsecond
latency and a 75 million packets per second message rate. It includes native hardware support for remote
direct memory access (RDMA) over converged Ethernet (RoCE), Ethernet stateless offload engines,
overlay networks, and GPU Direct
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website. For more information, consult
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(http://www.alpha-data.com/dcp/