Datasheet

Chelsio 10GbE Adapters for IBM System Cluster 1350 and IBM iDataPlex 3
Features
These Chelsio single-port and dual-port adapters for IBM System 1350 and iDataPlex have following
features:
Unified Wire interconnect solution for server networking, storage networking, and clustering on a

single platform
Very low latency Ethernet
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Reduces host CPU utilization by up to 90% compared to NICs without full offload capabilities
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PCI Express 1.1 x8 host bus interface
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Line-rate 10Gbps full-duplex performance
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Integrated traffic manager, QoS, and virtualization capabilities
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TCP sockets, SCSI, RNIC-PI, kDAPL,and OpenFabrics 1.3 software interfaces
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Ideal fit for scale up servers and NAS systems
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Consolidate LAN, SAN, and cluster networks
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Enable high performance NAS systems and Ethernet-based IP SANs
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Deploy Ethernet-only IP SANs throughout the enterprise beyond the data center
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Develop shared-storage systems providing both file- and block-level services
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Deploy Ethernet-only networking for cluster fabric, LAN, and SAN
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Full TCP offload, iSCSI, and iWARP RDMA plus direct data placement (DDP)
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Increase cluster fabric bandwidth and deploy Ethernet-only networking for cluster fabric, LAN, and
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SAN
Table 2 compares the adapters.
Table 2. Comparison of the adapter cards
Feature Single-port CR Single-port SR+ Single-port CXA Dual-port CR Dual-port CFFh
Part number 59Y1952 46M1809 46M1813 59Y1956 46M1817
Form factor Low profile PCIe
card
Low profile PCIe
card
Low profile PCIe
card
Half-length PCIe
card
BladeCenter
CFFh
Ports 1 1 1 2 2
Connector(s) SFP+ cage* SFP+ CX4 SFP+ cage* CFFh connector
Power
consumption
16.7 W 17 W 16 W 21.7 W 16 W
* These cards support the use of SFP+ transceivers or twinax direct-attach cables (DACs)