Popular Configurations; Supported Operating Systems - IBM Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for System x At-A-Glance Manual

Popular configurations

Figure 3 shows Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter IIs installed in a supported rack server. The servers
are connected to a 10Gb Ethernet network using a pair of 10Gb Ethernet switches.
Figure 3. Popular configuration
The parts used are listed in Table 5.
Table 5. Components used with the Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Figure 3)
Diagram Part
reference number/machine
type
Varies
49Y7950
Varies
Varies
Note: If SFP+ transceivers are used, this configuration also requires fiber optic cabling between the
servers and the switches.

Supported operating systems

The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x and Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual
Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x support the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
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Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x
Description
Supported server (See Table 4)
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II
Supported 10Gb SFP+ Transceivers or direct-attach cables (See
Tables 2 and 3)
10Gb Ethernet Switch
Quantity
2
2
4
2
7