AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet Card Overview

Product Overview

Interoperability: Supported Systems and Switches

Supported Systems

See the Ethernet support matrix on http://docs.hp.com under “I/O Cards and Networking Software” for the latest list of

systems that support using the AB287A 10 Gigabit Ethernet card.

Supported Switches

As of December 10th 2004, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet card has been tested for interoperability and is known to interoperate well

with the following 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches:

•Cisco Catalyst 6500.

• Extreme Networks Summit 400-48t.

• Foundry Net Iron.

• Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. (FLA) and PFU Systems, Inc. XG800.

• HP ProCurve 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch.

Installation Recommendations and Restrictions

When installing the 10 Gigabit Ethernet card, be especially careful of the following recommendations and restrictions:

• For sizing purposes, allocate 512MB of memory and 1 CPU per AB287A 10GigE card.

See the Ethernet Support Matrix for the number of cards supported in presently supported systems.

• PCI-X 133 MHz capable card can operate at 32-bit or 64-bit modes and is supported in the following frequencies:

— PCI-X 133. Best performance is achieved by putting the card into one of the highest-performing (or “dual-rope”)

PCI-X 133 slot. To identify which slots are the highest performing slots in a particular system, please refer to the

hardware users’ guide for each system or to the I/O Slot Matrix - Entry Level Integrity Servers

http://docs.hp.com/en/hw.html#System%20Administration.

—PCI-X 66

—PCI 33/66

• Dual-Rope 133MHz slots recommended

• If installed in shared slots, other card must also be a PCI-X card in PCI-X mode. If other card is PCI only card, then

10GigE card will not get claimed (error should be logged in dmesg).

• Not supported on platforms where all slots are only PCI slots or all slots are single rope only PCI-X slots.