v Two LED adapter status indicators per port, for link activity and speed
Attributes provided
v PCIe x4, generation-1 or generation-2
v 4-Port machine access code (MAC)
v High performance IPV4/IPV6 checksum offload
v Supports large send and large receive
v Multiple queues
v VIOS
The following figure shows the adapter.
Adapter LED states
The LEDs on the adapter provide information about the operation status of the adapter. The LEDs are
visible through the mounting bracket. Figure 28 shows the location of the LEDs. Table 23 describes the
different LED states and what those states indicate.
Table 23. Adapter LEDs and descriptions
LED Light Description
Speed Yellow 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps
Green 1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps
Activity/link Green flashing Active link or data activity
Off No link
The absence of a link can indicate a defective cable,
defective connector, or a configuration mismatch.
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for
your system.
Figure 28. Adapter
78 Power Systems: Managing PCI adapters for the IBM Power 710 Express or the IBM Power 730 Express