IBM #EL3C PCIe3 LP 4-port (10Gb FCoE and 1GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter for IBM Power Systems

IBM feature #EL3C is the PCIe3 LP 4-port (10Gb FCoE and 1GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter, CCIN 2CC1, a low-profile PCI Express adapter for IBM Power Systems. It is a four-port Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapter (CNA) with a PCIe 3.0 host bus interface that carries both networking and Fibre Channel storage traffic.

The four ports are two 10 Gb FCoE copper twin-axial ports and two 1 Gb RJ45 Ethernet ports. Each 10 Gb port runs at a nominal 10 Gbps, each 1 Gb port runs at 1 Gbps, and a 10 Mbps data rate is not supported on the 1 Gb ports. Both the FCoE and network interface controller (NIC) functions are available on all four ports, FCoE needs convergence enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switches, and there is no FCoE support on POWER9 systems. The adapter is SR-IOV capable, can function as a boot adapter and supports all Fibre Channel and Ethernet topologies.

The adapter FRU number is 00E8140. The wrap plug FRU numbers are 74Y7010, 10N7405 and 12R9314 (#ECW0), and none is included with the card. The bus is PCIe3 x8 at 3.3 V and 12 V in a short, low-profile form factor, cabled with SFP+ copper twinax and Cat5 Ethernet cables. CCIN 2CC1 is shared with #EN0K and #EN0L, which carry a different adapter FRU, 00E3501. Feature #EL57, the PCIe2 4-port (10 Gb FCoE and 1 GbE) Copper and RJ45 Adapter, carries the same CCIN 2CC1 and adapter FRU 00E8140.