IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Quick Manual

IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapters

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IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapters

IBM System x at-a-glance guide

The NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is a high performance PCI Express, 

quad-port, copper Gigabit Ethernet network adapter supporting both NIC/TOE and iSCSI over a single 

network connection. The NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is the latest Ethernet 

switching option for the IBM System x and is part of the NetXtreme II family, which also comprises the 

single- and dual-port PCIe cards.

Figure 1 shows the NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter. 

Figure 1. NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter

Did You Know?

The NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is an ideal way to implement a virtualization 

solution using your existing Gigabit Ethernet network. With four copper-based Gigabit ports on a single 

PCI Express 2.0 x4 interface, the adapter provides the density and capacity you need to support large 

numbers of virtualized systems on one server.