PCIe adapters on POWER8® that take advantage of 64-bit DMA

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) adapters that are supported for POWER8 systems vary in their ability to take advantage of 64-bit DMA with Linux.

IBM® POWER8 systems that are running Linux support various PCIe adapters, depending on the system. And each of those adapters differs in whether it is 64-bit DMA capable.

This topic addresses the supported adapters for IBM POWER8 systems only. IBM POWER8 systems include the following machine types and models:

  • 8247-21L
  • 8247-22L
  • 8247-42L
  • 8284-22A
  • 8286-41A
  • 8286-42A
  • 9119-MHE
  • 9119-MME

The following table lists PCIe adapters and descriptions that are supported for Linux running on POWER8 systems, which are listed by machine type and model. In addition, the table indicates for each adapter whether placing the adapter in a 64-bit DMA-capable slot provides any performance benefit.

For instructions for how to install PCIe adapters on POWER8 systems, see the following topics:
For details about which slots are 64-bit DMA capable, see the following topics in the IBM POWER8 information:
The table that follows gives recommendations. The following list provides detail on the recommendations.
No benefit
The adapter or driver does not recognize the capability, or the adapter is not a high performance adapter. For example, a modem.
Optional; possible benefit
The adapter or driver recognizes the capability and enables it. Depending on workload, your system might or might not see a performance benefit when the adapter is placed in a 64-bit DMA capable slot.
Recommended; likely benefit
The adapter or driver recognizes the capability and enables it. Depending on your workload, your system likely will have improved efficiency and performance when the adapter is placed in a 64-bit DMA capable slot.
Highly recommended
The adapter or driver recognizes the capability and enables it. Your system should have improved efficiency and performance when the adapter is placed in a 64-bit DMA capable slot.
Required
The adapter must be placed in a 64-bit DMA capable slot, or functional issues might occur.
Table 1. PCIe adapters supported on the Linux operating system for Power® 8 systems
System Feature code CCIN Description Recommendation for placing into 64-bit DMA-capable slot
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EN27 57D4 PCIe 2-port Async EIA-232 Adapter
  • PCIe, x1
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • PCIe 1.1
  • Two ports through RJ45 by using the DB9 connector
  • EIA-232 Compatible
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5729 5729 PCIe2 FH 4-port 8 Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
  • PCIe 2.1, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5735 577D 8 Gb PCI Express® Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth: If only one port is planned to be active in normal operation, the adapter is counted as an extra-high bandwidth adapter. If both ports are planned to be active, the adapter must be treated as two extra-high bandwidth adapters.
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5774 5774 4 Gb PCI Express Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EN0A 577F PCIe2 16 Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5748 5748 POWER® GXT145 PCI Express Graphics Accelerator
  • PCIe, x1
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Not hot-pluggable
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EC42   PCIe2 3D Graphics Adapter x1
  • PCIe 2.1, single lane (x1)
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Not hot-pluggable
  • Passive cooling
  • Supports two DVI-I displays with a required breakout cable
  • OS support: Linux operating system
  • Supported on Firmware level 7.8, or later
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EJ0J 57B4 PCIe3 RAID SAS quad-port 6 Gb Adapter
  • PCIe3
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • No write cache
  • Adapters can be installed singly or in pairs
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EJ0L 57CE PCIe3 12 GB Cache RAID SAS quad-port 6 Gb Adapter
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • 12 GB write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EJ10 57B4 PCIe3 4 x8 SAS Port Adapter
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Supports DVD and tape drives
  • No write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5287 5287 PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE SR Adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Full-height adapter
  • Two 10 Gb Ethernet ports
  • 10 GBASE- Direct attach SFP+ twinax cable
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5708 2B3B 10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual-port Adapter
  • Full-height
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • PCIe 2.0 adapter with x8 generation 1
  • Convergence enhanced Ethernet (CEE) supported
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5717 5217 4-port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI Express Adapter
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5744 2B44 PCIe2 2x10 GbE SR 2x1 GbE UTP Adapter
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • PCIe generation 2
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5767 5767 2-port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI Express Adapter
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5768 5768 2-port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Express Adapter
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • High bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5769 5769 10 Gb Ethernet-SR PCI Express Adapter
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5772 576E 10 Gb Ethernet-LR PCI Express Adapter (FC 5772; CCIN 576E)
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, adapter with standard-size bracket
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5899 576F PCIe2 4-port 1 GbE Adapter
  • PCIe, x8
  • Short, adapter with standard-size bracket
  • PCIe generation 1 or generation 2, x4
  • High bandwidth
  • Four-port 1 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EC28 EC27 PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SFP+ adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EC2J EC2G PCIe 2-Port 10 GbE SFN6122F Adapter
  • High bandwidth
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Supports Solarflare OpenOnload
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EC30 EC29 PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SR Adapter
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EC3B 57BD PCIe3 2-Port 40 GbE NIC RoCE QSFP+ Adapter
  • PCIe generation 3, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 40 Gb Ethernet
  • Supports NIC and RoCE services
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
  • Supported on Firmware level 8.1
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EN0H 2B93 PCIe2 4-port (10 Gb FCoE, 1 GbE) SFP+ Adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EN0K 2CC1 PCIe2 4-port (10Gb FCoE and1GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA)
  • Provides network interface controller (NIC)
  • Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) capable
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L EN0M 2CC0 PCIe2 4-port (10Gb FCoE and 1GbE) LR and RJ45 Adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA)
  • Provides network interface controller (NIC) function
  • Provides two Long Range (LR) optical ports with SFP+ optical transceivers
  • Functions in both dedicated and Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) modes
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EN0S 2CC3 PCIe2 4-port (10Gb+1GbE) SR+RJ45 Adapter
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Two 10 Gb SR optical ports and two 1 Gb RJ45 ports
  • NIC network convergence adapter
  • Local are network (LAN) adapter
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EN0U 2CC3 PCIe2 4-port (10Gb+1GbE) Copper SFP+RJ45 Adapter
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Two 10 Gb copper twinax small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) ports
  • Two 1 Gb RJ45 ports
  • Ethernet network interface controller (NIC) function
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L EN0W 2CC4 PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Two 10 Gb RJ45 ports
  • Local area network (LAN) adapter
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L 5285 58E2 PCIe2 2-port 4X InfiniBand QDR Adapter
  • PCIe Generation 2
  • Full-height adapter
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Required
8247-42L EC46 58F9 PCIe2 4-port USB 3.0 Adapter
  • PCIe 2.2, single lane (x1)
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Provides four downstream, external, high-speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 ports
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
  • Supported on Firmware level 8.1, or later
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EC47 2CE8 PCIe gen3 x16 GPU Adapter
  • PCIe3, x16
  • Full-height, full-length adapter
  • Compute intensive accelerator
  • Double-wide adapter requires two adjacent slots
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5805 574E PCIe 380 MB Cache Dual - x4 3 Gb SAS RAID Adapter
  • PCIe, x4
  • SAS RAID adapter
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Installed in pairs
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5901 57B3 PCIe Dual - x4 SAS Adapter
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5913 57B5 PCIe2 1.8 GB Cache RAID SAS Tri-port 6 Gb Adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Write cache backup of 1.8 GB
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A ESA3 57BB PCIe2 1.8 GB Cache RAID SAS Adapter Tri-port 6Gb
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Write cache backup of 1.8 GB
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 2893 576C PCI Express 2-Line WAN with Modem
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • Non-CIM
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 2894 576C PCI Express 2-Line WAN with Modem
  • PCIe, x4
  • Short, with full-height tailstock
  • CIM
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5277 57D2 4-port Async EIA-232 PCIe 1X LP Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • Short, x1
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A EN28 57D4 PCIe 2-port Async EIA-232 LP Adapter
  • PCIe, x1
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe 1.1
  • Two ports through RJ45 by using the DB9 connector
  • EIA-232 Compatible
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 No benefit
8247-42L, 8286-41A, and 8286-42A 5276 5774 4-Gb PCI Express Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Short, x4
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL09 5774 PCIe LP 4 Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter (FC EL09; CCIN 5774)
  • Short, x4
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL2N 577D 8 Gb PCI Express Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Short, x8
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5269 5269 POWER GXT145 PCI Express Graphics Accelerator
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Short, x1
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 No benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EC41   PCIe2 LP 3D Graphics Adapter x1
  • PCIe 2.1, single lane (x1)
  • Short, low-profile, half-length adapter
  • Not hot-pluggable
  • Passive cooling
  • Supports two DVI-I displays with a required breakout cable
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
  • Supported on Firmware level 7.8, or later
 No benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL3B 57B4 PCIe3 LP RAID SAS Adapter
  • Low-profile, short
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • No write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • Adapters can be installed singly or in pairs
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL60 57B4 PCIe3 LP 4 x8 SAS Port Adapter
  • Low-profile, short adapter
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Supports DVD and tape drives
  • No write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5270 2B3B 10 Gb FCoE PCIe Dual-port Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Short, x8
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5271 5717 4-port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI Express Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Short, x4
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5275 5275 10 Gb Ethernet-SR PCI Express Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Short, x8
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5280 2B54 PCIe2 LP 2x10 GbE SR 2x1 GbE UTP Adapter
  • Low-profile, short, x8
  • PCIe 2
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5281 5767 1 Gb Ethernet UTP 2-port PCIe Adapter
  • Low-profile, short, x8
  • PCIe 2
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8284-22A 5284 5287 PCIe2 LP 2-port 10 GbE SR Adapter
  • Generation 2, x8
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • 10 GBASE-SR short-reach optics
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8284-22A EC27 EC27 PCIe2 LP 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SFP+ Adapter
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
8284-22A EC2G EC2G PCIe LP 2-Port 10 GbE SFN6122F Adapter
  • High bandwidth
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Supports Solarflare OpenOnload
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL27 EC27 PCIe2 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SFP+ Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL2P 5287 PCIe2 LP 2-port 10 GbE SR Adapter
  • Generation 2, regular-height card, high-performance adapter
  • Capable of transferring data to a distance of 300 m over MMF-850 nm fiber cable
  • OS support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL2Z EC29 PCIe2 LP 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SR adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL38 2B93 PCIe2 LP 4-port (10 Gb FCoE, 1 GbE) SFP+ Adapter
  • PCIe2 FCoE or NIC network convergence adapter
  • 10 Gb SFP+ ports can function in the NIC or FCoE mode
  • Supports the Single Root IO Virtualization (SRIOV) function
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL39 EC2G PCIe LP 2-Port 10 GbE SFN6122F Adapter
  • High bandwidth
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Supports Solarflare OpenOnload
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL3C 2CC1 PCIe2 LP 4-port (10Gb FCoE and 1GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA)
  • Provides network interface controller (NIC)
  • Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) capable
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL3Z 2CC4 PCIe2 LP 2-port 10 GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Two 10 Gb RJ45 ports
  • Local area network (LAN) adapter
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EN0N 2CC0 PCIe2 LP 4-port (10Gb FCoE and1GbE) LR and RJ45 Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • PCIe2, x8
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA)
  • Provides network interface controller (NIC) function
  • Provides two Long Range (LR) optical ports with SFP+ optical transceivers
  • Functions in both dedicated and Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) modes
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EN0T 2CC3 PCIe2 LP 4-port (10Gb+1GbE) SR+RJ45 Adapter
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Two 10 Gb SR optical ports and two 1 Gb RJ45 ports
  • NIC network convergence adapter
  • Local are network (LAN) adapter
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EN0V 2CC3 PCIe2 LP 4-port (10Gb+1GbE) Copper SFP+RJ45 Adapter
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Two 10 Gb copper twinax small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) ports
  • Two 1 Gb RJ45 ports
  • Ethernet network interface controller (NIC) function
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5283 58E2 PCIe2 LP 2-port 4X InfiniBand QDR Adapter
  • Generation 2 low-profile adapter
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • Requires available PCIe slot in the FC 5685 PCIe Riser Card (generation 2)
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Required
8247-21L and 8247-22L EJ16   PCIe3 LP CAPI Accelerator Adapter
  • Low-profile, short form factor adapter
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) adapter
  • One PCIe x16 slot per adapter
  • OS support: Linux Ubuntu operating system
 Not applicable (supported only in bare metal mode currently)
8284-22A 5278 57B3 PCIe Dual-x4 SAS Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • Short, x8
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 No benefit
8247-21L and 8247-22L EL10 57B3 PCIe LP 2-port SAS Adapter 3 Gb
  • Short, low-profile, x4
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating system
 No benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, and 8284-22A 5273 577D 8 Gb PCI Express Dual-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Short, x8
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EN0B 577F PCIe2 LP 16 Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • Short, low-profile, x8
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux, and PowerKVM operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EN0Y EN0Y PCIe2 LP 8Gb 4-port Fibre Channel Adapter
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Short form factor plus (SFF+) Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8284-22A EJ0M 57B4 PCIe3 RAID SAS quad-port 6 Gb LP Adapter
  • Low-profile, short
  • PCIe3
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • No write cache
  • One PCIe slot per adapter
  • Adapters are installed in pairs to enable mirroring
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8284-22A EJ11 57B4 PCIe3 LP 4 x8 SAS Port Adapter
  • Low-profile, short adapter
  • PCIe3 x8
  • Transfer speed of 6 Gbps
  • Supports DVD and tape drives
  • No write cache
  • One PCIe x8 slot per adapter
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A 5260 576F PCIe2 LP 4-port 1 GbE Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • PCIe generation 1 or generation 2, x4
  • High bandwidth
  • Four-port 1 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
 Optional; possible benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8284-22A EC29 EC29 PCIe2 LP 2-port 10 GbE RoCE SR adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernet
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EC3A 57BD PCIe3 LP 2-Port 40 GbE NIC RoCE QSFP+ Adapter
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe generation 3, x8
  • Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 40 Gb Ethernet
  • Supports NIC and RoCE services
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
  • Supported on Firmware level 8.1
 Highly recommended; required for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) function
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8284-22A EN0J 2B93 PCIe2 LP 4-port (10 Gb FCoE, 1 GbE) SFP+ Adapter
  • PCIe2 FCoE or NIC network convergence adapter
  • 10 Gb SFP+ ports can function in the NIC or FCoE mode
  • Supports the Single Root IO Virtualization (SRIOV) function
  • Extra-high bandwidth
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8284-22A EN0L 2CC1 PCIe2 LP 4-port (10Gb FCoE and 1GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter
  • Low-profile adapter
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA)
  • Provides network interface controller (NIC)
  • Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) capable
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
 Recommended; likely benefit
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8284-22A EN0X 2CC4 PCIe2 LP 2-port 10 GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter
  • Short, low-profile
  • PCIe generation 2, x8
  • Two 10 Gb RJ45 ports
  • Local area network (LAN) adapter
  • OS support: Linux operating systems
Recommended; likely benefit
9119-MHE and 9119-MME, EJ07 6B52 PCIe3 Optical Cable Adapter for PCIe3 Expansion Drawer
  • PCIe3 x16
  • Short, with low-profile tailstock
  • Provides two optical CXP ports for the attachment of two active optical cables
  • An optical cable pair attaches to one IO module (FC EMXF) in the PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • Two adapters are required to attach the PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
 Not applicable
9119-MHE, 9119-MME, 8247-21L, 8247-22L, and 8284-22A EC45 58F9 PCIe2 LP 4-port USB 3.0 Adapter
  • PCIe 2.2, single lane (x1)
  • Short, low-profile, half-length adapter
  • Provides four downstream, external, high-speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 ports
  • OS support: Linux and PowerKVM operating systems
  • Supported on Firmware level 8.1, or later
 Optional; possible benefit