PCIe3 4-port (2x10 Gb FCoE, 2x1 GbE) SFP+ adapter (FC EL38, FC EL56, FC EN0H, and FC EN0J; CCIN 2B93)

Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EL38, FC EL56, FC EN0H, and FC EN0J adapters.

Overview

The FC EL38 and FC EN0J are low-profile adapters. The FC EL56 and FC EN0H are full-height adapters that are low-profile capable.

The PCIe3 4-port (2x10 Gb FCoE, 2x1 GbE) SFP+ adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 adapter. The adapter has four-ports and is a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA). This adapter provides a PCIe 3.0 host bus interface. The adapter is a high-performance adapter that consolidates traffic for networking and Fibre Channel storage. The adapter is optimized for cloud computing, virtualization, storage, and other data center applications. Both FCoE and network interface controller (NIC) functions are available for both FCoE ports. Use of the FCoE requires that you use convergence enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switches. The link aggregation and failover features of the adapter make it suitable for critical network applications that require redundancy and high availability.

Important: There is no FCoE support on POWER9™ systems.
The four-port adapter provides two 10 Gb FCoE small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) SR optical ports and two 1 Gb RJ45 Ethernet ports. The two 10 Gb FCoE ports are connected by little connector-type (LC) connectors. Each FCoE port provides Ethernet connectivity with a nominal data rate of 10 Gbps (gigabits per second). Each of the 1 Gb ports provides Ethernet connectivity at a data rate of 1 Gbps and is connected with Ethernet cables. A 10 Mb data rate is not supported. Figure 1 shows the FC EN0H adapter.
Restriction: The 1 Gb Ethernet ports do not support data rates of 10 Mbps (megabits per second).
The adapter provides the following features:
  • The adapter is a PCIe3 FCoE or NIC network convergence adapter.
  • The 10 Gb SFP+ ports can function in the NIC or FCoE mode.
  • The adapter supports the Single Root IO Virtualization (SRIOV) function.
  • The adapter can function as a Boot adapter.
Figure 1. PCIe3 4-port (2x10 Gb FCoE, 2x1 GbE) SFP+ full-hight adapter (FC EL56 and FC EN0H)
PCIe3 4-port (2x10 Gb FCoE, 2x1 GbE) SFP+ full-height adapter (FC EL56 and FC EN0H)
Figure 2. PCIe3 LP 4-port (2x10 Gb FCoE, 2x1 GbE) SFP+ low-profile adapter (FC EL38 and FC EN0J)
PCIe3 LP 4-port (2x10 Gb FCoE, 2x1 GbE) SFP+ low-profile adapter (FC EL38 and FC EN0J)

Specifications

Item
Description
Adapter FRU number
00E3498
Wrap plug FRU number
12R9314 (for Fibre LC connector).
10N7405 (for RJ45 connector).
Note: These wrap plugs are not included with the card. 12R9314 (FC ECW0)IBM®.
I/O bus architecture
PCIe3 x8.
Slot requirement
For details about slot priorities, maximums, and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
Voltage
3.3 V, 12 V.
Form factor
Short, regular sized bracket. EL38 and EN0J are low-profile, EL56 and EN0H are full-height, low-profile capable.
Cables
SR SFP+ optical fiber cables and Cat5 Ethernet cables.

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 you must determine any prerequisites that must be met for this feature and the attached devices. For information about operating system and partition requirements, see one of the following topics: