PCIe Card Configuration

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The following PCIe card installation and mixing rules apply to the Oracle Server X5-4:

No mixing of Emulex and Qlogic versions of the Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA in the system. Only one vendor's option card can be used per system.
No mixing of FC SFP+ and FCoE SFP+ on the same Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel Universal HBA.
However, you can have a mix of a single vendor's Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel Universal HBA in the system (either Qlogic or Emulex); one installed with FC SFP+ and one installed with FCoE SFP+.
- For Qlogic adapters: 7101676, 7101680, 7101678 FCoE
- For Emulex adapters: 7101686, 7101688 FCoE
No mixing of the Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA with the Sun Storage 16 Gb FC PCIe HBA in the system.
Oracle Server X5-4 supports either Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Cards or Oracle 1.6 TB and 3.2 TB NVMe SSDs. Installing both in the same system is not supported.
Oracle Quad 10 Gb or Dual 40 Gb Ethernet Adapter cards are not supported on servers with Oracle VM preinstall.

The following PCIe card and slot population rules are recommendations based on factory tested configurations.

PCIe Card Installation Order	PCIe Card	Maximum in 2-CPU System	Slot Installation Order	Maximum in 4-CPU System	Slot Installation Order
1	NVMe PCIe Switch Card (required to support Oracle 6.4 TB, 1.6 TB and 3.2 TB NVMe SSD)	1	Slot 1	1	Slot 1
2	Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Card (7115454)	2	Slots 6 and 4	4	Slots 10, 7, 6, 4
3	Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card: 3.2 TB, NVMe PCIe 3.0 (7113825, 7113826) Note - Do not install these in the same server with Oracle 1.6 TB NVMe SSD or 3.2 TB NVMe 3.0 SSD.	2	Slots 6 and 4	4	Slots 10, 7, 6, 4
4	Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card (7110864, 7110865)	2	Slots 6 and 4	4	Slots 10, 7, 6, 4
5	Sun Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA: 8 port (7110116, 7110117)	1	Slot 2	1	Slot 2
6	Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA, Qlogic (7101674). Card option installation order: FC short wave optics, Qlogic FC long wave optics, Qlogic FcoE short reach optics, Qlogic	2	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	4	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1
7	Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA, Emulex (7101684). Card option installation order: FC short wave optics, Emulex FCoE short reach optics, Emulex	2	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	4	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1
8	Sun Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe HBA: 8 port	2	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	2	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1
8	Sun Dual Port QDR InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter for PCIExpress Gen 3 (7104073, 7104074)	2	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	2	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1
10	Oracle Quad 10 Gb or Dual 40 Gb Ethernet Adapter	4 in 4x10 mode or 1 in 2x40 mode	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	4	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1
11	Dual-Port 10 Gigabit-Ethernet PCIe 2.0 Copper/Fiber SFP+ (1109A-Z, X1109A-Z)	4	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	8	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1
12	Sun Dual Port 10GBase-T PCIe 2.0 Low Profile Adapter LP; ( 7100563, 7100488)	2	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	4	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1
13	Sun Quad Port GbE PCIe 2.0 Low Profile Adapter, UTP (7100479, 7100477)	4	Slots 6, 4, 5, 3, 1	8	Slots 11, 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 1