246 IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System Products and Technology
5.6.9 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter
The IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter from QLogic enables high-speed
access for IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis compute nodes to connect to a Fibre
Channel SAN. This adapter is based on the proven QLogic 2532 8 Gb ASIC design. It works
with any of the 8 Gb or 16 Gb IBM Flex System Fibre Channel switch modules.
Table 5-76 lists the ordering part number and feature code.
Table 5-76 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter ordering information
The adapter is supported in compute nodes as listed in Table 5-77.
Table 5-77 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter supported servers
The adapter supports the switches listed in Table 5-78.
Table 5-78 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter supported switches
The IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter has the following features:
QLogic ISP2532 controller
PCI Express 2.0 x4 host interface
Bandwidth: 8 Gb per second maximum at half-duplex and 16 Gb per second maximum at
full-duplex per port
8/4/2 Gbps auto-negotiation
Support for FCP SCSI initiator and target operation
Support for full-duplex operation
Support for Fibre Channel protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet protocol
(FCP-IP)
Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)
Support for Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) public loop profile: Fibre
Loop-(FL-Port)-Port Login
Support for Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3
Part number Feature codes
a
a. The first feature code listed is for configurations ordered through System x sales channels. The
second feature code is for configurations ordered through the IBM Power Systems channel.
Description
69Y1938 A1BM / 1764 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter
System x
part
number
Power
feature
code I/O adapters
Supported servers
x240 p260 p460
69Y1938 1764 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter
Ye s Ye s Ye s
System x
part
number
Power
FC I/O adapters
FC5022 16Gb
SAN Scalable
Switch,
FC5022 16 Gb
ESB Switch,
90Y9356
FC3171 8 Gb
SAN Switch,
69Y1930
FC3171 8 Gb
SAN Pass-thru,
69Y1934
69Y1938 1764 FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Get IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System Products and Technology now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
