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Abstract
Chelsio single-port and dual-port adapters for IBM System Cluster 1350 and IBM iDataPlex are 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters with PCI Express host bus interface optimized for virtualization, high performance computing, and storage applications. The third generation technology from Chelsio provides the highest 10GbE performance that is available and dramatically lowers host system CPU communications overhead.
Note: These adapters are withdrawn from marketing.
Introduction
Chelsio single-port and dual-port adapters for IBM System Cluster 1350 and IBM iDataPlex are 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters with PCI Express host bus interface optimized for virtualization, high performance computing, and storage applications. The third generation technology from Chelsio provides the highest 10GbE performance that is available and dramatically lowers host system CPU communications overhead.
With on-board hardware that off-loads TCP/IP, iSCSI, and iWARP RDMA processing from its host system, these adapters free up host CPU cycles for business applications and result in increased bandwidth, lower latency, and lower power. This combination makes it practical to converge other networks that traditionally used niche technologies onto 10GbE. High bandwidth and extremely low latency make 10GbE with protocol offload the best technology for high-performance cluster computing (HPCC) fabrics.
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Figure 1. Chelsio dual-port 10GbE adapters: The S320E (left) and the 10GbE Expansion Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter (right)
Did you know?
These Chelsio adapters enable the concept of unified wire, the convergence of server networking, storage networking, and cluster computing interconnects onto a single platform and a single fabric.
These Chelsio adapters are part of the IBM System Cluster 1350 solution. The Cluster 1350 is your key to a fully integrated HPC solution. IBM clustering solutions include servers, storage, and industry-leading interconnects that are factory-integrated, fully tested, and delivered to your door, ready to plug into your data center, all with a single point of contact for support.
Part number information
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
| Description | IBM part number | Feature code | Chelsio part number |
| Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter | 59Y1952 | 5761 | S310E-CR |
| Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter (SFP+ connector) | 46M1809 | 5493 | S310E-SR+ |
| Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter (CX4 connector) | 46M1813 | 5494 | S310E-CXA |
| Chelsio S320E Dual-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter | 59Y1956 | 5762 | S320E-CR |
| Chelsio 10GbE Expansion Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter | 46M1817 | 5495 | S320EM-BCH |
Figure 2. Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter, 59Y1952
Features
These Chelsio single-port and dual-port adapters for IBM System 1350 and iDataPlex have following features:
- Unified Wire interconnect solution for server networking, storage networking, and clustering on a single platform
- Very low latency Ethernet
- Reduces host CPU utilization by up to 90% compared to NICs without full offload capabilities
- PCI Express 1.1 x8 host bus interface
- Line-rate 10Gbps full-duplex performance
- Integrated traffic manager, QoS, and virtualization capabilities
- TCP sockets, SCSI, RNIC-PI, kDAPL,and OpenFabrics 1.3 software interfaces
- Ideal fit for scale up servers and NAS systems
- Consolidate LAN, SAN, and cluster networks
- Enable high performance NAS systems and Ethernet-based IP SANs
- Deploy Ethernet-only IP SANs throughout the enterprise beyond the data center
- Develop shared-storage systems providing both file- and block-level services
- Deploy Ethernet-only networking for cluster fabric, LAN, and SAN
- Full TCP offload, iSCSI, and iWARP RDMA plus direct data placement (DDP)
- Increase cluster fabric bandwidth and deploy Ethernet-only networking for cluster fabric, LAN, and SAN
Table 2 compares the adapters.
Table 2. Comparison of the adapter cards
| Feature | Single-port CR | Single-port SR+ | Single-port CXA | Dual-port CR | Dual-port CFFh |
| Part number | 59Y1952 | 46M1809 | 46M1813 | 59Y1956 | 46M1817 |
| Form factor | Low profile PCIe card | Low profile PCIe card | Low profile PCIe card | Half-length PCIe card | BladeCenter CFFh |
| Ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Connector(s) | SFP+ cage* | SFP+ | CX4 | SFP+ cage* | CFFh connector |
| Power consumption | 16.7 W | 17 W | 16 W | 21.7 W | 16 W |
* These cards support the use of SFP+ transceivers or twinax direct-attach cables (DACs)
Figure 3. Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter (CX4 connector), 46M1813
Specifications
The Chelsio single-port and dual-port adapters for Cluster 1350 and iDataPlex have the following features:
Network Interfaces:
- 10GBASE-SR short-reach optics (850nm)
- 10GBASE-LR long-reach optics (1310nm)
- 10GBASE-CX short-reach copper
Ethernet:
- IEEE 802.3ae (10GbE)
- IEEE 802.1p Priority and 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- IEEE 802.3x flow control
- IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation
- Ether II and 802.3 encapsulated frames
- Multiple MAC addresses per interface
- Jumbo Frames up to 9.6 KB
Stateless Offloads:
- TCP checksum offload for IPv4 & IPv6
- TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) for IPv4 & IPv6
- Large Receive Offload (LRO) for IPv4 & IPv6
- Large Send Offload (LSO) for IPv4 & IPv6
- UDP checksum offload for IPv4 & IPv6
- Receive Side Scaling and packet steering
- Line rate packet filtering and attack protection
TCP/IP Full Offload:
- Full TCP implementation including exceptions
- High performance even during packet loss
- Extensive RFC compliance, fully featured stack
- Zero copy on Tx and Rx
- Direct Data Placement (DDP)
- Up to 64 K simultaneous connections capacity
Integrated Traffic Manager:
- Multiple Tx & Rx queues with QoS
- Simultaneous low latency and high bandwidth
- Per-connection and per-class rate control
- Packet loss avoidance
Virtualization and Firewall:
- Rule-based packet steering and filtering capability
iSCSI Acceleration:
- Full iSCSI initiator and target mode stack
- Header and Data Digest (CRC) generation and checking
- PDU recovery
- Direct Data Placement (DDP)
High Performance RDMA:
- Ultra-low latency, line rate bandwidth
- IETF RDDP and RDMAC iWARP compliance
- APIs: RNIC-PI, kDAPL and OpenFabrics 1.3
Physical specifications
The three single-port adapters have the following physical specifications:
- Width: 168 mm (6.60 in)
- Height: 64 mm (2.52 in)
- Depth: 18 mm (0.69 in)
The S320E dual-port 10GbE adapter has the following physical specifications:
- Width: 168 mm (6.60 in)
- Height: 107 mm (2.52 in)
- Depth: 18 mm (0.69 in)
Figure 4. Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter (SFP+ connector), 46M1809
Operating environment
This adapter is supported in the following environment:
- Temperature (operating): 0° to 55° C (32° to 131° F)
- Humidity (operating): 5 to 95%, non-condensing
- Airflow: 200 lf/m
Supported servers
The Chelsio single-port and dual-port adapters are supported in the IBM servers that are listed in Table 3.
Table 3. Supported servers in the 1350 program
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Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter |
59Y1952 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter (SFP+ connector) |
46M1809 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Chelsio S310E Single-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter (CX4 connector) |
46M1813 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Chelsio S320E Dual-port 10GbE PCIe x8 Adapter |
59Y1956 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Chelsio 10GbE Expansion Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter |
46M1817 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Supported operating systems
The Chelsio adapters support the following operating systems (including support for both TOE and NIC mode, unless otherwise stated):
- FreeBSD
- Kernel.org Linux-2.6.9, 2.6.12, and 2.6.20
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 base kernel (NIC only, no TOE support).
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U3, U4, U5, U6, U7, and U8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 base, U1, U2, U3, and U4
- Solaris and Open Solaris
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 (NIC only, no TOE support)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 base, SP1, SP2 and SP3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 base
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
- VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5
- VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0
See Chelsio driver README file for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs that are supported, available from:
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:
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