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FlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapter 1

Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet AdapterIBM Redbooks Product Guide

TheFlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapterisaquad-portGigabitEthernetnetworkadapter.WhenitiscombinedwiththeFlexSystemEN20921GbEthernetScalableSwitch,clientscanleverageanend-to-end1GbsolutionontheFlexSystemEnterpriseChassis.TheEN2024adapterisbasedontheBroadcom5718controllerandoffersaPCIe2.0x1hostinterfacewithMSI/MSI-X.ItalsosupportsI/OvirtualizationfeatureslikeVMwareNetQueueandMicrosoftVMQtechnologies.

Figure1showstheadapter.

Figure1.FlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapter

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ThisEN2024isbasedontheindustry-standardPCIearchitectureandisidealforcustomersusingGigabitEthernetintheirnetworkinfrastructure.TheFlexSystemcomputenodessupportuptotwooftheseadaptersforatotalofeightNICspersystem.

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Part number information

Table1.Orderingpartnumberandfeaturecode

Description Part num ber Feature code

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FlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapter 49Y7900 A10Y

TheEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapterpartnumberincludesthefollowingitems:

OneadapterDocumentationCDImportantNoticesflyer

Features

TheFlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapterhasthesefeatures:

DualBroadcomBCM5718ASICs

Quad-portGigabit1000BASE-Xinterface

TwoPCIExpress2.0x1hostinterfaces,oneperASIC

Full-duplex(FDX)capability,enablingsimultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataontheEthernetnetwork

MSIandMSI-Xcapabilities,upto17MSI-Xvectors

I/OvirtualizationsupportforVMwareNetQueue,andMicrosoftVMQ

Seventeenreceivequeuesand16transmitqueues

SeventeenMSI-Xvectorssupportingper-queueinterrupttohost

FunctionLevelReset(FLR)

ECCerrordetectionandcorrectiononinternalSRAM

TCP,IP,andUDPchecksumoffload

LargeSendoffload,TCPsegmentationoffload

Receive-sidescaling

VirtualLANs(VLANs):IEEE802.1qVLANtagging

Jumboframes(9KB)

IEEE802.3xflowcontrol

Statisticgathering(SNMPMIBII,Ethernet-likeMIB[IEEE802.3x,Clause30])

Comprehensivediagnosticandconfigurationsoftwaresuite

ACPI1.1a-compliant:multiplepowermodes

Wake-on-LAN(WOL)support

PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)support

RoHS-compliant

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Supported servers

ThefollowingtableliststheFlexSystemcomputenodesthatsupporttheadapters.

Table2.Supportedservers

Descr ipt ion

Par t

number

FlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapter 49Y7900 Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y*

*Onlysupportedinslots1and2ofthex280X6,x480X6,andx880X6

SeeServerProvenatthefollowingwebaddressforthelatestinformationabouttheexpansioncardsthataresupportedbyeachbladeservertype:http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

I/Oadaptercardsareinstalledintheslotinsupportedservers,suchasthex240,ashighlightedinthefollowingfigure.

Figure2.LocationoftheI/OadapterslotsintheFlexSystemx240ComputeNode
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Supported I /O modules

TheseadaptercanbeinstalledinanyI/OadapterslotofasupportedFlexSystemcomputenode.Oneortwocompatible1Gbor10GbI/OmodulesmustbeinstalledinthecorrespondingI/Obaysinthechassis.Thefollowingtableliststheswitchesthataresupported.Whenconnectedtothe10Gbswitchorpass-thrumodule,theinternalswitchportswilloperateat1Gbspeeds.

Tomaximizethenumberofadapterportsusable,youmayalsoneedtoorderswitchupgradestoenableadditionalportsaslistedinthetable.Alternatively,forCN4093,EN4093R,andSI4093switches,youcanuseFlexiblePortMapping,anewfeatureofNetworkingOS7.8,thatallowsyoutominimizethenumberofupgradesneeded.SeetheProductGuidesfortheswitchesformoredetails:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/puresystems?Open&page=pg&cat=switches

Thetablealsospecifieshowmanyportsoftheadapteraresupportedoncetheindicatedupgradesareapplied.Switchesshouldbeinstalledinpairstomaximizethenumberofportsenabledandtoprovideredundantnetworkconnections.

Table3.I/OmodulesandupgradesforusewiththeEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapter

Description Part

number

Por t count

per pair

of switches)*

1 Gb switches

FlexSystemEN20921GbEthernetScalableSwitch+EN20921GbEthernetScalableSwitch(Upgrade1)

49Y429490Y3562

4

10 Gb switches

FlexSystemFabricCN409310GbConvergedScalableSwitch+CN409310GbConvergedScalableSwitch(Upgrade1)

00D582349Y4798

4

FlexSystemFabricEN4093R10GbScalableSwitch+EN409310GbScalableSwitch(Upgrade1)

95Y330949Y4798

4

FlexSystemFabricEN409310GbScalableSwitch+EN409310GbScalableSwitch(Upgrade1)

49Y427049Y4798

4

FlexSystemEN409110GbEthernetPass-thru 88Y6043 2

FlexSystemFabricSI4093SystemInterconnectModule+SI4093SystemInterconnectModule(Upgrade1)

95Y331395Y3318

4

FlexSystemEN402310GbScalableSwitch+FlexSystemEN402310GbScalableSwitch(Upgrade1)orFlexSystemEN402310GbScalableSwitch(Upgrade2)

94Y521294Y515894Y5159

4

CiscoNexusB22FabricExtenderforFlexSystem 94Y5350 2

*Thiscolumnindicatesthenumberofadapterportsthatwillbeactiveifindicatedupgradesareinstalled.

TheadapterdoesnotsupportthefollowingI/Omodules:

FlexSystemEN613140GbEthernetSwitch
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Thefollowingtableshowstheconnectionsbetweenadaptersinstalledinthecomputenodestotheswitchbaysinthechassis.

Table4.AdaptertoI/Obaycorrespondence

I /O adapter slo t

in the server

Port on the adapter Corresponding I/O m odule bay

in the chassis

Port1 Modulebay1

Port2 Modulebay2

Port3* Modulebay1Slot1

Port4* Modulebay2

Port1 Modulebay3

Port2 Modulebay4

Port3* Modulebay3Slot2

Port4* Modulebay4

Port1 Modulebay1

Port2 Modulebay2

Port3* Modulebay1

Slot3(full-widecomputenodesonly)

Port4* Modulebay2

Port1 Modulebay3

Port2 Modulebay4

Port3* Modulebay3

Slot4(full-widecomputenodesonly)

Port4* Modulebay4

*Ports3and4requireUpgrade1ofeithertheEN20921GborEN409310Gbswitch.TheEN4091Pass-thruonlysupportsports1and2(andonlywhentwoI/Omodulesareinstalled).

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Theconnectionsbetweentheadaptersinstalledinthecomputenodestotheswitchbaysinthechassisareshowndiagrammaticallyinthefollowingfigure.Thefigureshowsbothhalf-wideservers,suchasthex240withtwoadapters,andfull-wideservers,suchasthex440withfouradapters.

Figure3.LogicallayoutoftheinterconnectsbetweenI/OadaptersandI/Omodules

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Operat ing system support

TheFlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdaptersupportsthefollowingoperatingsystems.

MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2MicrosoftWindowsServer2008,Datacenterx64Edition

MicrosoftWindowsServer2008,Enterprisex64Edition

MicrosoftWindowsServer2008,Standardx64EditionMicrosoftWindowsServer2008,Webx64EditionMicrosoftWindowsServer2012MicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2RedHatEnterpriseLinux5ServerwithXenx64EditionRedHatEnterpriseLinux5Serverx64EditionRedHatEnterpriseLinux6Serverx64EditionRedHatEnterpriseLinux7SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer10forAMD64/EM64TSUSELINUXEnterpriseServer10withXenforAMD64/EM64TSUSELINUXEnterpriseServer11forAMD64/EM64TSUSELINUXEnterpriseServer11withXenforAMD64/EM64TVMwareESX4.1VMwareESXi4.1VMwarevSphere5.0(ESXi)VMwarevSphere5.1(ESXi)VMwarevSphere5.5(ESXi)

Supportforoperatingsystemsisbasedonthecombinationoftheexpansioncardandthebladeserveronwhichitisinstalled.SeetheServerProvenwebsiteforthelatestinformationaboutthespecificversionsandservicepackssupported.Selectthebladeserver,andthenselecttheexpansioncardtoseethesupportedoperatingsystems:http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/

Warranty

Thereisa1-year,customer-replaceableunit(CRU)limitedwarranty.Wheninstalledinaserver,theseadaptersassumeyoursystemsbasewarrantyandanyIBMServicePacupgrade.

Physical specifications

Thedimensionsandweightoftheadapterareasfollows:

Width:100mm(3.9inches)Depth:80mm(3.1inches)Weight:13g(0.3lb)

Shippingdimensionsandweight(approximate):

Height:58mm(2.3in)Width:229mm(9.0in)Depth:208mm(8.2in)Weight:0.4kg(0.89lb)
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Regulatory compliance

Theadapterconformstothefollowingstandards:

UnitedStatesFCC47CFRPart15,SubpartB,ANSIC63.4(2003),ClassAUnitedStatesUL60950-1,SecondEdition

IEC/EN60950-1,SecondEdition

FCC-VerifiedtocomplywithPart15oftheFCCRules,ClassACanadaICES-003,issue4,ClassAUL/IEC60950-1CSAC22.2No.60950-1-03JapanVCCI,ClassAAustralia/NewZealandAS/NZSCISPR22:2006,ClassAIEC60950-1(CBCertificateandCBTestReport)TaiwanBSMICNS13438,ClassAKoreaKN22,ClassA;KN24Russia/GOSTME01,IEC-60950-1,GOSTR51318.22-99,GOSTR51318.24-99,GOSTR51317.3.2-2006,GOSTR51317.3.3-99IEC60950-1(CBCertificateandCBTestReport)CEMark(EN55022ClassA,EN60950-1,EN55024,EN61000-3-2,EN61000-3-3)CISPR22,ClassA

Popular configurations

Theadapterscanbeusedinvariousconfigurations.ThefollowingfigureshowsEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdaptersinstalledinbothslotsofthex240(amodelwithouttheEmbedded10GbVirtualFabricAdapter),whichinturnisinstalledinthechassis.ThechassisalsohasfourFlexSystemEN20921GbEthernetScalableSwitches,eachwithUpgrade1installedtoenable28internalports.

Figure4.Exampleconfiguration

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Thefollowingtableliststhepartsthatareusedintheconfiguration.

Table5.Componentsusedwhenconnectingtheadaptertothe10GbEswitches

Part

number

Description Q uantity

8737-x1x FlexSystemx240ComputeNode(withoutEmbedded10GbVirtualFabricAdapter)orothersupportedserver 1to14

90Y3554 FlexSystemEN20244-port1GbEthernetAdapter 2perserver

8721-A1x FlexSystemEnterpriseChassis 1

49Y4294 FlexSystemEN20921GbEthernetScalableSwitch 4

90Y3562 FlexSystemEN20921GbEthernetScalableSwitch(Upgrade1) 4

Related p ubl ications

Formoreinformationrefertothefollowingresources:

ProductGuidesforallFlexSystemswitches:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pg&cat=switches

ProductGuidesforFlexSystemcomputenodes:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pg&cat=nodes

FlexSystemInformationCenter(User'sGuidesforserversandoptions)http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information

FlexSystemInteroperabilityGuidehttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/fsig

IBMRedbookspublicationFlexSystemProductsandTechnologyforx86Systems,SG24-8255http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248255.html

IBMRedbooksProductGuidesforFlexSystemserversandoptionshttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pgbycat

SystemxandClusterSolutionsconfigurator(x-config)http://ibm.com/products/hardware/configurator/americas/bhui/asit/

SystemxConfigurationandOptionsGuide:http://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/

ServerProvenforFlexSystemhttp://ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/flexsystems.html
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pg&cat=switcheshttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pg&cat=nodeshttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/informationhttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/fsighttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248255.htmlhttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pgbycathttp://ibm.com/products/hardware/configurator/americas/bhui/asit/http://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/http://ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/flexsystems.htmlhttp://ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/flexsystems.htmlhttp://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/http://ibm.com/products/hardware/configurator/americas/bhui/asit/http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pgbycathttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248255.htmlhttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/fsighttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/informationhttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pg&cat=nodeshttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/flexsystem?Open&page=pg&cat=switches

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