• Two LED adapter status indicators per port, for link activity and speed
Cables
4-pair, CAT5e, UTP cables are connected to copper RJ45 connectors.
Attributes provided
• PCIe x4, generation-1 or generation-2
• 4-Port machine access code (MAC)
• High performance IPV4/IPV6 checksum offload
• Supports large send and large receive
• Multiple queues
• VIOS
Adapter LED states
The LEDs on the adapter provide information about the operation status of the adapter. The LEDs are
visible through the mounting bracket. Figure 31 on page 64 shows the location of the LEDs. Table 17 on
page 66 describes the different LED states and what those states indicate.
Table 17. Adapter LEDs and descriptions
LED
Light
Description
Speed
Yellow
10 Mbps or 100 Mbps
Green
1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps
Activity/link
Green flashing
Active link or data activity
Off
No link
The absence of a link can indicate a defective cable,
defective connector, or a configuration mismatch.
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 that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching
devices. For information about operating system and partition requirements, see one of the following
topics:
• The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities can be downloaded from Fix Central (http://
www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/).
• Power Systems Prerequisites (http://www14.software.ibm.com/support/customercare/iprt/home).
• IBM SSIC (System Storage Interoperation Center) (http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/
ssic/interoperability.wss).
• The latest version of the device driver or IBM Power RAID adapter utilities (iprutils) can be downloaded
from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website (http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/
set2/sas/f/lopdiags/home.html).
• For support details, see the Linux Alert website (http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
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