Fibre Channel Connectivity - Lenovo DS4200 Product Manual

Currently available converged iSCSI adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the ThinkSystem
DS4200 are listed in the following table. Other converged iSCSI HBAs also might be supported (see the
Interoperability Matrix for details).
Table 15. Converged iSCSI adapters
Description
System x converged adapters (iSCSI only)
Emulex VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter (Requires 00D8544)
QLogic 8200 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA (Requires 00Y5624)
System x FoD upgrades required for iSCSI support
Emulex VFA5 ML2 FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (For 00D1996)
Qlogic 8200 VFA FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (For 90Y4600)
ThinkServer converged adapters (iSCSI only)
ThinkServer OCe14102-UX-L PCIe 10Gb 2 Port SFP+ CNA by Emulex
ThinkServer OCm14102-UX-L AnyFabric 10Gb 2 Port SFP+ CNA by Emulex
ThinkServer OCm14104-UX-L AnyFabric 10Gb 4 Port SFP+ CNA by Emulex
Flex System converged adapters (iSCSI only)
Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter
Flex System CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 00JY804)
Flex System CN4054R 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 90Y3558)
Flex System CN4058S 8-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 94Y5164)
Flex System FoD upgrades required for iSCSI support
Flex System CN4052 Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD) (For 00JY800)
Flex System CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter Upgrade (FoD) (For 00Y3306)
Flex System CN4058S Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD) (For 94Y5160)

Fibre Channel connectivity

The ThinkSystem DS4200 supports direct FC attachments and FC switch-based attachments. Lenovo B
Series and ThinkSystem DB Series FC SAN switches and Directors can be used to provide FC connectivity
for the ThinkSystem DS4200 FC storage.
Currently available FC adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the ThinkSystem DS4200 FC
storage are listed in the following table. Other FC HBAs also might be supported (see the Interoperability
Matrix for details).
Table 16. Fibre Channel adapters
Description
System x HBAs: 16 Gb FC
Emulex 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
Emulex 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA
Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Single-port HBA
Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Dual-port HBA
QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
Lenovo ThinkSystem DS4200 Storage Array
Part
number
00D1996
90Y4600
00D8544
00Y5624
4XC0F28736
4XC0F28743
4XC0F28744
88Y5920
00JY800
00Y3306
94Y5160
00JY804
90Y3558
94Y5164
Part
number
81Y1655
81Y1662
01CV830
01CV840
00Y3337
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