Intel 82599ES Ethernet Converged Network Adapter x520-DA2 Dual-port 10G/1G SFP+ PCIe2.0 x8 LP (FC EKA2)

Overview

The Intel 82599ES Ethernet Converged Network Adapter x520-DA2 Dual-port 10G/1G SFP+ PCIe2.0 x8 LP is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 2 (Gen2) x8 adapter. The adapter can be used in either a x8 or x16 PCIe slot in the system. The adapter offers a broad selection of features including iSCSI remote boot support, load balancing on multiple CPUs, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support.

Figure 1. Intel 82599ES Ethernet Converged Network Adapter x520-DA2 Dual-port 10G/1G SFP+ PCIe2.0 x8 LP

Specifications

Item

Description

Adapter FRU number

01EM697 (AOC-STGN-I2S) (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)

I/O bus architecture

PCIe2 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

3.3V, 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

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support

Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses

IPv6 offloading

VMDq, Next-generation VMDq (64 queues per port) and PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation

Transceivers and cables

FC EKC0: 3 M 10 Gb SFP+ SR Cable Fiber Active Optical Cable (AOC)

FC EKC1: 3 M 10 Gb SFP+ Copper Passive

FC EKC2: 10/1 Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver

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.