IBM #AJ0F Quad Port SFP+ 10G NIC for 3401 and 3403

IBM feature #AJ0F is a quad-port SFP+ 10G network interface card for the IBM Cloud Object Storage System appliances of machine types 3401 and 3403. It carries four SFP+ 10 Gb Ethernet ports, its IBM part number is 01GY648, and it is not a user-installable part.

The card fits the Accesser 3105 (model A00), the Accesser 4105 (model A01), the File Accesser F5100 and Storage Metrics Center T5100 (model A02) and the Manager 3105 (model M01). The other NIC options for those chassis are the dual-port SFP+ 10G card #AJ0E (part 01GY647), the single-port QSFP 40G card #AJ0G (01GY649), the dual-port QSFP 40G card #AJ0H (01GY650) and the dual-port 10GBase-T card #AJ0J (01GY651); the Manager 3105 takes #AJ0E, #AJ0F and #AJ0J only.

The SFP+ ports take Intel-based enhanced SFP+ transceivers only, in short reach and long reach versions. IBM offers SFP+ optical module SR (#AJ0N, part 01GY655) and SFP+ optical module LR (#AJ0P, part 01GY656) as user-installable features for the same appliances. Any passive or active SFP+ direct attach copper cable that complies with SFF-8431 v4.1 and SFF-8472 v10.4 also works. Each 10 Gbps LAN port has two LEDs: one flashes for activity and the other is green when a connection exists, and the position of the LEDs varies with the NIC model.