IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Quick Manual

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IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapters 1 ®IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet AdaptersIBM System x at-a-glance guideThe NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is a high performance PCI Express,quad-port, copper Gigabit Ethernet network adapter supporting both NIC/TOE and iSCSI over a singlenetwork connection. The NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is the latest Ethernetswitching option for the IBM System x and is part of the NetXtreme II family, which also comprises thesingle- and dual-port PCIe cards.Figure 1 shows the NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter.Figure 1. NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet AdapterDid You Know?The NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is an ideal way to implement a virtualizationsolution using your existing Gigabit Ethernet network. With four copper-based Gigabit ports on a singlePCI Express 2.0 x4 interface, the adapter provides the density and capacity you need to support largenumbers of virtualized systems on one server.