Features and specifications
The adapters have the following features:
- One, two, or four 10/100/1000 copper ports with RJ45 for Cat 5e/6 cabling
- Full line-rate performance across all ports
- Low-profile form factor - supported by the majority of System x and iDataPlex servers
- PCI Express 2.0 host interface (NetXtreme II single-port is PCI Express 1.1)
- Jumbo Frames support (9600 bytes frames)
- IEEE 802.1q VLAN support - provides enhanced network management and efficiency
- I/O virtualization (IOV) support for VMWare NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ - improves network performance in virtualized environments
- IEEE 802.3x flow control support
- Receive and transmit side scaling
- TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offload
- Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) and MSI-X support - Maximizes server processing performance by reducing CPU overhead and lowering interrupt latency
- On-chip temperature monitor (NetXteme I only)
- IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) compliant - Reduces adapter power consumption by up to 42% through intelligent adaptive power management, adjusting power based on data traffic load. (NetXtreme I only)
- IEEE 802.3z (Clause 30) - Statistics for SNMP MIB II, Ethernet like MIB, and Ethernet MIB (NetXtreme I only)
- IEEE 1588 Precision Time Control and 802.1AS time synchronization support - Provides greater accuracy of data packet delivery within the network (NetXtreme I only)
- TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) support (NetXtreme II dual and quad-port only)
- Hardware-based iSCSI offload (NetXtreme II dual and quad-port only)
- Management using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Broadcom Management API (BMAPI)
Table 2 compares the features of the cards. The NetXteme I adapters are a lower-cost offering using the latest Broadcom controller. The NetXtreme II adapters offer advanced features such as TOE and iSCSI offload.
Table 2. Features | Feature | NetXtreme I Quad-port | NetXtreme II Quad-port | NetXtreme I dual-port | NetXtreme II dual-port | NetXtreme II single-port | | Part number | 90Y9352 | 49Y4220* | 90Y9370 | 42C1780 | 39Y6066 | | Chipset | BCM5719 | BCM5709C | BCM5720 | BCM5709C | BCM5708C | | RJ45 connectors | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | PCIe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | PCIe Gen2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | PCIe Lanes | x4 | x4 | x1 | x4 | x4 | | TOE support | No | Yes (ports 0 & 1 only) | No | Yes (both ports) | Yes | | iSCSI offload | No (software Initiator) | Yes | No (software Initiator) | Yes** | No (software Initiator) | | Stateless offloads | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Jumbo Frames | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | IEEE 802.1Q VLAN support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | PXE Boot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | iSCSI Boot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | NIC Teaming | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | On-chip temperature monitor | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | | IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet, EEE) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | | IEEE 1588/802.1AS (Precision Time Protocol, PTP) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | | VMware NetQueue & Microsoft VMQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | Statistics for SNMP MIB II | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | | Form Factor | Low-profile (5.2" x 2.7") | Low-profile (6.6” x 2.53”) | Low-profile (4.3" x 2.7") | Low-profile (4.66” x 2.53”) | Low-profile (5.875” x 2.75”) | Supported operating systems
The adapters support the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64/EM64T
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for AMD64/EM64T
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition with Xen
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
- VMware ESX 4.0
- VMware ESX 4.1
- VMware ESXi 4.0
- VMware ESXi 4.1
- VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi)
- VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
See IBM ServerProven for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs supported: https://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/. Click System x servers, and then click LAN to see the support matrix. Click the check mark that is associated with the System x server in question to see the details of operating system support.
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