PCIe3 x4 Intel x550 10GBase-T Converged Network Adapter with Dual RJ45 Ports (FC EKA0)

Overview

The PCIe3 x4 Intel x550 10GBase-T Converged Network Adapter with Dual RJ45 Ports is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 2.1 (Gen2) x8 adapter. The adapter can be used in either a x8 or x16 PCIe slot in the system. The adapter has an auto-negotiation feature between 1 GbE and 10 GbE that offers compatibility with earlier versions for a smooth transition to 10 GbE.

Figure 1. PCIe3 x4 Intel x550 10GBase-T Converged Network Adapter with Dual RJ45 Ports

Specifications

Item

Description

Adapter FRU number

00E4954 (AOC-STGS-I2T) (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)

I/O bus architecture

PCIe2.1 x8

Slot requirement

For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.

Supported Systems

POWER8® processor-based systems

• 8001-12C and 8001-22C

Voltage

12 V

Form factor

Short, low-profile

Maximum number

For details about the maximum number of adapters that are supported, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.

Attributes provided

Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses

TCP/UDP Segmentation Offload

Support for Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq and Next-generation VMDq)

Preboot eXecuation Environment (PXE) support

Cables

RJ-45 Category-6 up to 55 M

Operating system or partition requirements

If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website.