IBM 1954, 4-Port 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet PCI-X Adapter

IBM 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X adapter FC 1954

The fc 1954 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X adapter is a 64-bit Ethernet card. It is a full height PCI-X 1.0a adapter which supports four gigabit ports on a single adapter delivering increased bandwidth for PCI-X slot-constrained systems. It provides high connectivity and reliability using two integrated, dual-port gigabit Ethernet controllers and a PCI-X bridge chip. The IBM 1954 adapter connects the system to an Ethernet LAN at speeds of 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps.
The FRU part numbers for the adapter are:

• FC 1954, 03N5444 or 03N5446

The IBM 1954 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X adapter provides the following features:

• 3.3 volts, 64-bit, 133 MHz with 64-bit Direct Bus Mastering on the PCI-X bus
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T compliant
• IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX compliant
• IEEE 802.3 10Base-T compliant
• 802.1q VLAN tagging
• Two Intel 82546GB Gigabit Controllers
• Interrupt Moderation
• TCP Segmentation offload and encapsulation in hardware
• Checksum offloading of IP, TCP, and UDP frame
• Remote Management Support (WfM, RIS, SNMP/DMI)
• Increased connectivity while significantly reducing CPU utilization
• Four RJ-45 ports
• Two LED adapter status indicators per port for link activity and speed
• Boot ROM on two ports
• Advanced cable diagnostics

Operating system or partition requirements for the IBM 1954

• AIX 5L Version 5.3 with the 5300-04 Technology Level, or later
• AIX 5L Version 5.2 with the 5200-08 Technology Level, or later
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 U2, or later
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, or later

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Optional part numbers; 9131-1954, Feature Code 1954, fc 1954, refurbished 1954