Networking with PCI adapters and functions

You can use a PCI network adapter to connect an instance of Linux® on IBM® Z or IBM LinuxONE to an external network.

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Introduction
The Network Express® adapter, and the RoCE Express® adapters are network adapters for IBM Z® and IBM LinuxONE hardware.
Managing PCI functions on Linux on IBM Z
Make network adapter PCI functions available to your Linux instance and manage them from Linux.
Best practices
Set up a performant and resilient networking topology with PCI network adapters.
Migration to PCI network adapters
Migrate from QDIO-based network interfaces to interfaces that are provided by PCI functions.
Scenario: Setting up Linux for SMC-R
To an existing OSA-based network connection, add a connection through a PCI network adapter and configure the network interfaces for SMC-R traffic.

Parent topic: Working with Network Express