Emulex VFA5 Adapter Family for IBM System x
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Standards supported
The following IEEE standards are supported:
802.3-2008 10Gbase Ethernet port
802.1Q vLAN
802.3x Flow Control with pause Frames
802.1 Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging
802.1Qaz Enhanced transmission Selection (ETS) Data Center Bridging Capability (DCBX)
802.1Qbb Priority Flow Control
802.3ad link Aggregation/LACP
802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol
802.3ae (SR Optics)
802.3p (Priority of Service)
IPV4 (RFC 791)
IPV6 (RFC 2460)
Supported servers
The Emulex VFA5 adapter family is supported in the IBM System x servers that are listed in the following
tables.
Table 4. Server compatibility, part 1 (M5 systems with v3 processors)
Part
number
Description
00D1996
Emulex VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter
N
N
Y
Y
Y
00JY820
Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter
N
Y Y* Y* Y*
00JY830
Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW
N
Y Y* Y* Y*
None**
Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ Integrated Adapter
N
Y
N
N N
* Planned for 4Q/2014
** The Integrated Adapter is available via configure-to-order (CTO) only.
