IBM 00ND468-LP 4-Port 10Gb/s SFP+ PCIE x3 GE Network Adapter

Product Description

The IBM 00ND468-LP is a high-performance network adapter designed to equip IBM servers with advanced, high-speed network connectivity. This adapter features four ports, each capable of operating at 10 Gigabits per second (10Gb/s), utilizing SFP+ (Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus) interfaces. SFP+ ports are versatile and typically used with optical transceivers to establish high-speed connections over fiber optic cables, making this adapter suitable for demanding network environments like data centers and enterprise networks. The adapter connects to the server's motherboard via a PCI Express (PCIe) x3 interface. While PCIe x3 offers less bandwidth than newer PCIe generations (like x4, x8, or x16), it is still sufficient for many 10Gb/s applications, especially when considering the aggregate bandwidth across four ports. This interface ensures a direct and efficient connection to the server's system bus, facilitating rapid data transfer between the network and the server's processors. Designed specifically for IBM server platforms, the 00ND468-LP ensures compatibility and optimal performance within the IBM ecosystem. The multi-port configuration allows for network aggregation to increase overall throughput, provides redundancy for high availability by allowing connections to multiple network switches or paths, and enables network segmentation for better traffic management and security. This adapter is crucial for workloads that are network-intensive, such as storage area networks (SANs), high-frequency trading, large-scale data analytics, and high-performance computing (HPC).