Fibre Channel Adapter - IBM Power 780 Technical Overview And Introduction

2.8.9 Fibre Channel adapter

The IBM Power 770 and Power 780 servers support direct or SAN connection to devices that
use Fibre Channel adapters. Table 2-17 summarizes the available Fibre Channel adapters.
All of these adapters except FC 5735 have LC connectors. If you attach a device or switch
with an SC type fiber connector, an LC-SC 50 Micron Fiber Converter Cable (FC 2456) or an
LC-SC 62.5 Micron Fiber Converter Cable (FC 2459) is required.
Table 2-17 Available Fibre Channel adapters
Feature
code
a b
5729
b
5735
5749
c
5758
5759
5774
a. A Gen2 PCIe slot is required to provide the bandwidth for all four ports to operate at full speed.
b. N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) capability is supported through VIOS.
c. Supported, but is no longer orderable.
CCIN Adapter description
PCIe2 8 Gb 4-port Fibre Channel
Adapter
577D 8 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre
Channel Adapter
576B 4 Gbps Fibre Channel (2-Port)
1910 4 Gb Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X
280D 2.0 DDR Adapter
280E
1910 4 Gb Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X
5759 2.0 DDR Adapter
2844 4 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre
Channel Adapter
Slot
PCIe
PCIe
PCI-X
PCI-X
PCI-X
PCIe
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