Network Adapters - IBM System x3250 M3 Product Manual

Network adapters

x3250 M3 supports two integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports. One port is shared with IMM.
Integrated NICs have the following features:
Intel 82574L chip
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TCP/UDP, IPv4, and IPv6 checksum offloads
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TCP Segmentation/Transmit Segmentation Offloading (TSO)
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Wake on LAN support
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802.1Q VLAN tagging support
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Support for jumbo frames up to 9 KBytes
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NIC Teaming (Load Balancing and Failover) with Intel PROSet software
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The following table lists additional supported network adapters.
Table 8. Network adapters
Part Feature Description
number code
10Gb Ethernet
49Y7910 A18Y Broadcom NetXtreme II Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x
42C1820 1637 Brocade 10Gb CNA for IBM System x
49Y7950 A18Z Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x
49Y7960 A2EC Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x
49Y7970 A2ED Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter for IBM System x
81Y9990 A1M4 Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter for IBM System x
42C1800 5751 QLogic 10 Gb Dual Port CNA for IBM System x
Gigabit Ethernet
90Y9352 A2V3 Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
90Y9370 A2V4 Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x
49Y4230 5767 Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x
49Y4240 5768 Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x
39Y6066 1485 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapter
42C1780 2995 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter
42C1750 2975 PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter by Intel
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Networking adapters category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=networkadapters
IBM System x3250 M3
Maximum
supported
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2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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