Network Adapters - IBM System x3650 M4 Product Manual

Network adapters

x3650 M4 supports four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports. Optionally, two 10 Gb Ethernet ports can be
added by installing one of the available dual-port 10 Gb Ethernet mezzanine cards listed in Table 12.
These cards use a dedicated connector on the motherboard and do not consume a PCI expansion slot.
Integrated NICs have the following features:
Intel I350AM4 chip
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Four GbE ports
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TCP Offload Engine (TOE) support
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Wake on LAN support
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802.1Q VLAN tagging support
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NIC Teaming (load balancing and failover)
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The following table lists additional supported network adapters.
Table 12. Network adapters
Part number Description
10 Gb Ethernet (Mezzanine Card - does not consume a PCI expansion slot)
90Y6456 Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA III for IBM System x
10 Gb Ethernet
49Y7910 Broadcom NetXtreme II Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter for IBM System x 4
95Y3762 Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter III for IBM System x
95Y3760 Emulex VFA III FCoE/iSCSI License for IBM System x
49Y7960 Intel X520-DA2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x
81Y9990 Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter for IBM System x
Converged Network Adapters (CNA)
42C1800 QLogic 10 Gb Dual Port CNA for IBM System x
42C1820 Brocade 10 Gb Dual-port CNA for IBM System x
Gigabit Ethernet
39Y6066 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapter
42C1780 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter
49Y4220 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter
42C1750 PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter by Intel
49Y4230 Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x
49Y4240 Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x
90Y9352 Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
90Y9370 Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
# Maximum quantity is achieved with two processors installed. With one processor, the maximum quantity is half of
the listed value (this does not apply to mezzanine cards).
* Converged Network Adapters require SFP+ optical transceivers or direct-attached cables (DAC) cables that must be
purchased separately.
** One license per one Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter III (95Y3762)
IBM System x3650 M4
Maximum quantity
supported#
1*
4*
4**
4
4
4*
4*
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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