Table 6. <strong>Adapter</strong> slot priorities and maximums <strong>for</strong> <strong>PCI</strong>e adapters (continued)Featurecode Description Slot priorities5280 <strong>PCI</strong>e2 LP 2x10 GbE SR 2x1 GbE UTP <strong>Adapter</strong> (FC 5280;CCIN 2B54)v Low-profile, short, x8v <strong>PCI</strong>e 2v OS support: Linux operating system5281 1 Gb Ethernet UTP 2-port <strong>PCI</strong>e <strong>Adapter</strong> (FC 5281; CCIN5767)v Low-profile, short, x8v <strong>PCI</strong>e 2v OS support: AIX, , and Linux operating system5284 <strong>PCI</strong>e2 LP 2-port 10 GbE SR <strong>Adapter</strong> (FC 5284; CCIN5287)v Generation-2, x8v Low-profile adapterv Extra-high bandwidthv 10 GBASE-SR short-reach opticsvOS support: AIX, (supported only through VIOS),Linux operating systems5286 <strong>PCI</strong>e2 LP 2-Port 10 GbE SFP+ Copper <strong>Adapter</strong> (FC 5286;CCIN 5288)v Generation-2, low-profile adapterv Two 10 Gb Ethernet portsvvRequires available <strong>PCI</strong>e slot in the FC 5685 <strong>PCI</strong>e RiserCard (generation-2)OS support: AIX and Linux operating systems9056 <strong>PCI</strong>e LP 2-Port 1 GbE TX adapter (FC 9056; CCIN 5767)v Low-profile, <strong>PCI</strong>e x4v <strong>PCI</strong>e 1.0a compliantv High bandwidthv Two full-duplex 10/100/1000 Base-TX UTPconnections to gigabit Ethernet (GbE) LANsv OS support: AIX, , and Linux operating systemsEC27<strong>PCI</strong>e2 LP 2-Port 10 GbE RoCE SFP+ adapter (FC EC27;CCIN EC27)v Short, low-profilev <strong>PCI</strong>e generation-2, x8v Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernetv OS support: AIX and Linux operating systemsv Firmware level 7.6 or later1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 56, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 5Maximum numberof adapterssupported14 <strong>PCI</strong> adapter placement <strong>for</strong> the 31E/2B, 31E/1C, or 31E/2C
Table 6. <strong>Adapter</strong> slot priorities and maximums <strong>for</strong> <strong>PCI</strong>e adapters (continued)Featurecode Description Slot prioritiesEC29 <strong>PCI</strong>e2 LP 2-Port 10 GbE RoCE SR adapter (FC EC29;CCIN EC29)v Low-profile adapterv <strong>PCI</strong>e generation-2, x8v Extra-high bandwidth, low latency 10 Gb Ethernetv OS support: AIX and Linux operating systemsv Firmware level 7.6 or later5283 <strong>PCI</strong>e2 LP 2-Port 4X InfiniBand QDR <strong>Adapter</strong> (FC 5283;CCIN 58E2)v Generation-2 low-profile adapterv Extra-high bandwidthvvRequires available <strong>PCI</strong>e slot in the FC 5685 <strong>PCI</strong>e RiserCard (generation-2)OS support: AIX and Linux operating systems5278 <strong>PCI</strong>e Dual-x4 SAS <strong>Adapter</strong> (FC 5278; CCIN 57B3)v Low-profile adapterv Extra-high bandwidthv Short, x8v OS support: AIX, , and Linux operating systemsESA2<strong>PCI</strong>e2 RAID SAS <strong>Adapter</strong> Dual-port 6 Gb LP (FC ESA2;CCIN 57B4)v Short, low-profilev <strong>PCI</strong>e generation-2, x8v OS support: AIX, , and Linux operating systems1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 21, 2, 3, 4, 5 1 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 21 The adapter can be installed in any slot other than slot 6 and is not supported in slot 6.Maximum numberof adapterssupported2 The adapter requires two adjacent slots.Per<strong>for</strong>mance notesUse the in<strong>for</strong>mation in this section to help determine the maximum number of adapters that can beplaced in a system while still maintaining optimum per<strong>for</strong>mance.Per<strong>for</strong>mance notes regarding GX++ channel adaptersTable 6 on page 12 identifies the slot placement priorities and the maximum number of specified adaptersthat can be installed <strong>for</strong> connectivity. However, <strong>for</strong> optimum per<strong>for</strong>mance, you might want to furtherlimit the total number of high bandwidth and extra-high bandwidth adapters. The system supports onlyone type of GX++ adapter, feature code (FC) EJ0H (GX++ LP 1-port <strong>PCI</strong>e2 x8 adapter). When plugging inthese adapters, if only one adapter is being configured it must be placed in the GX++ slot 2. Thisplacement helps distribute the I/O traffic over the GX buses to the processors.<strong>PCI</strong> adapter placement rules and slot priorities <strong>for</strong> the 31E/2CSome adapters must be placed in specific <strong>PCI</strong> Express (<strong>PCI</strong>e) slots to function correctly or to per<strong>for</strong>moptimally. Learn how to determine the slot to install <strong>PCI</strong> adapters <strong>for</strong> the 7/30 ( 31E/2C) system.<strong>PCI</strong> adapter placement 15