The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter 5 (VFA5) Network Adapter Family for System x builds on the foundation of previous generations of Emulex VFAs by delivering performance enhancements and new features that reduce complexity, reduce cost, and improve performance. The Emulex VFA5 family delivers a new set of powerful features and capabilities that are designed for the virtualized enterprise environment, multi-tenant and single-tenant cloud environments, I/O intensive environments, and converged infrastructure environments. The ML2 form factor adapter is shown in the following figure.
Products specifications
| Attribute name |
Attribute value |
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Height
|
Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020) |
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PCI Card form factor
|
3 |
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Depth
|
0.669" |
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Width
|
2.72" |
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Fiber Channel over Ethernet
|
Yes |
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Internal
|
Yes |
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Product color
|
Black, Green |
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Flow control support
|
Yes |
|
Compatible products
|
x3250 M5, x3500 M5, x3550 M5, x3650 M5, x3850 X6/x3950 X6, nx360 M5 |
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Maximum data transfer rate
|
10000 Mbit/s |
|
Fiber optic connector
|
SFP+ |
|
Fiber ports quantity
|
2 |
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Networking standards
|
IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1Qbb, IEEE 802.1Qbg, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3p, IEEE 802.3x |
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VLAN tagging
|
Yes |
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Compatible operating systems
|
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi)
VMware vSphere 6.0 (ESXi) |
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Quantity
|
1 |
|
Connectivity technology
|
Wired |
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Host interface
|
PCI Express |
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Interface
|
Fiber |
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Ethernet LAN data rates
|
10000 Mbit/s |
|
Jumbo frames
|
9216 |
|
Jumbo frames support
|
Yes |
|
iSCSI support
|
Yes |
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Operating temperature (T-T)
|
0 - 55 °C |
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Storage temperature (T-T)
|
-40 - 70 °C |
|
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
|
5 - 95 % |
