Network Adapters - IBM x3755 M3 At-A-Glance Manual

Network adapters

The x3755 M3 supports two integrated dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controllers for a total of four onboard
LAN ports.
Integrated NICs have the following features:
Broadcom BCM5709C chip
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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 10. Network adapters
Part number Description
10 Gb Ethernet adapters
49Y7910 Broadcom NetXtreme II Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x
49Y4250 Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x®
49Y7950 Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x
Gigabit Ethernet adapters
39Y6066 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapter
42C1750 PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter by Intel
42C1780 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter
49Y4220 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter
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
81Y9990 Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter for IBM System x
10 Gb Converged Network Adapters (CNA)*
42C1800 QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x
42C1820 Brocade 10Gb CNA for IBM System x
InfiniBand Quad Data Rate (QDR) adapters
95Y3750 Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual-port QSFP QDR IB Adapter for IBM System x
* Note: Converged Network Adapters require SFP+ optical transceivers or DAC cables that must be purchased
separately.
IBM System x3755 M3
Maximum quantity
supported
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
16