The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter 5 Generation 2 (VFA5.2) Network Adapter Family, which includes the OCe14104B-NX 10 GbE adapter builds on the foundation of the previous generation of Emulex VFA5 adapters by delivering performance enhancements, including RoCE v2 support and management enhancements with improved support for Lenovo XClarity. These new features help reduce complexity, reduce cost, and improve performance with Lenovo servers.
The following figure shows the Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter.
The Emulex VFA5.2 adapters support three methods to virtualize I/O, out of the box: Virtual Fabric Mode (vNIC1), Switch Independent mode (vNIC2) and Unified Fabric Port (UFP) mode. With Virtual Fabric, up to eight virtual network ports (vNICs) can be created with a single two-port 10 GbE network adapter.
On System x adapters, storage protocols such as iSCSI and FCoE are also supported by Features on Demand upgrades. Using a common hardware infrastructure for Ethernet and SAN and by virtualizing your network adapter, you can reduce your infrastructure capital expense.
The part numbers to order these adapters are listed in the following table. The FCoE/iSCSI upgrade licenses are a Features on Demand field upgrade that enables full hardware offloaded converged networking capabilities of the adapters. Adapters 00AG580 and 01CV770 already includes the FCoE/iSCSI license.
Connectivity technology | Wired |
Data transfer rate (max) | 10000 Mbit/s |
Depth | 168 mm |
Fiber optic connector | SFP+ |
Height | 69 mm |
Host interface | PCI-E |
Interface | Fiber |
Internal | Yes |
Networking standards | IEEE 802.1Qaz,IEEE 802.1Qbb,IEEE 802.1ab,IEEE 802.3ad,IEEE 802.3ae,IEEE 802.3p,IEEE 802.3x |
Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 5 - 95 % |
Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 55 °C |
Package weight | 450 g |
Power consumption (typical) | 14.4 W |
Quality of Service (QoS) support | Yes |
Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 70 °C |
Width | 17 mm |