Re: 10GB Ethernet Cards

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the input.  I've never had to get into configuring hardware 
before...

I googled the card and found one vendor willing to quote a price online, 
and it not cheap:  $3,5400.  So two would be well over $7k when 
everything is added in.

Sam

On 8/27/2012 7:54 PM, William.Epperson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> According to the "IBM Power520/550 (POWER6) System Builder" document; you
> can use the following adapter:
>
> Feature	Description					Supported OS's
> #5721 	PCI-X 10 Gbps Ethernet-SR Fiber-LC Adapter	A, L, i
>
> This was the only 10Gbps adapter listed for i.  There may be a PCIe card
> now supported, but I couldn't find it using the system builder information.
>
> If you're already running a 5706 dual 1Gb ethernet card, then you're not
> using SNA, even if you wanted to.  That card does not support SNA traffic.
> There's a software replacement to SNA, but it doesn't sound like you need
> it.
>
> Thank you,
>
>     William G. Epperson Jr.
>     Systems Communications Analyst II
>
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