System x Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter - HS22

The Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) is an Ethernet expansion card with two 1 Gb Ethernet ports designed for BladeCenter servers with CIOv expansion slots. It is based on proven Broadcom 5709S ASIC technology and offers value added features like TCP Offload (TOE) and software-based iSCSI support for high performance.
The expansion card has the following features:
PCI Express host interface
Broadcom BCM5709S communication module
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) support
Connection to 1000BASE-X environments using BladeCenter Ethernet switches
Full-duplex (FDX) capability, enabling simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN)
Failover support
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support
Support for direct memory access (DMA)
Wake on LAN support for both ports
The Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) requires that a supported I/O module is installed in bay 3 and bay 4 of the chassis that the cards and servers are installed in. The supported I/O modules are:
Any IBM, BNT or Cisco Ethernet Switch Module (standard form-factor switch module)
Optical Pass-thru Module
Copper Pass-thru Module
Intelligent Copper Pass-thru Module
The following operating systems support the expansion card:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 and x86 Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 and x86 Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 and x86 Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 and x86 Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2, Standard x64 and x86 Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 and x86 Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 and x86 Editions
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 and 2003 R2 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 and 2003 R2 Premium Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x86 and x64 Editions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x86 and x64 Editions
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 and AMD64/EM64T Editions
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for x86 and AMD64/EM64T Editions
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