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Technical rules for Ethernet adapters

The following table lists the supported Ethernet adapters and the recommended physical slot sequence.

Table 1.
Supported Ethernet adapterMax. qty.Slot priority
  • ThinkSystem Broadcom NetXtreme PCIe 1Gb 2-Port RJ45 Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Broadcom NetXtreme PCIe 1Gb 4-Port RJ45 Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel I350-T4 PCIe 1Gb 4-Port RJ45 Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel I350-T2 PCIe 1Gb 2-Port RJ45 Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel I350-F1 PCIe 1Gb 1-Port SFP Ethernet Adapter

8PCIe slot 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 6, 3
  • ThinkSystem Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Marvell QL41232 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • Intel X550-T2 PCIe 10GbE Base-T Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel X710-DA2 PCIe 10Gb 2-Port SFP+ Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Broadcom NX-E PCIe 10Gb 2-Port Base-T Ethernet Adapter

  • 4-Port 10G Base T PCIe Adapter (Ethernet) - La Paz

  • ThinkSystem AMD X3522 10/25GbE DSFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter (Low Latency)

7PCIe slot 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 6
  • ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10GBASE-T 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter_Refresh

  • ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 50GbE SFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel X710-T4L 10GBASE-T 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel X710-T2L 10GBASE-T 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

6PCIe slot 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
  • ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA4 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

4PCIe slot 4, 5, 7, 8

ThinkSystem Broadcom 57508 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter

3PCIe slot 1, 4, 5
Note
Intel E810-DA4 PCIe adapter does not support 12x3.5 and 24x2.5 configurations.