Lenovo 49Y7900 Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter Owner’s Manual

: June 3, 2024
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Table of Contents

Part number information
Features
Supported servers
Supported I/O modules
Operating system support
Warranty
Physical specifications
Regulatory compliance
Popular configurations
Related publications
Related product families
Trademarks
References
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Lenovo 49Y7900 Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter Owner’s Manual

Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter
Product Guide (withdrawn product)

The Flex System™ EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter is a quad-port Gigabit Ethernet network adapter.
When it is combined with the Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch, clients can leverage an end-to-end 1 Gb solution on the Flex System Enterprise Chassis. The EN2024 adapter is based on the Broadcom 5718 controller and offers a PCIe 2.0 x1 host interface with MSI/MSI-X. It also supports I/O virtualization features like VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ technologies.

Did you know?

This EN2024 is based on the industry-standard PCIe architecture and is ideal for customers using Gigabit Ethernet in their network infrastructure. The Flex System compute nodes support up to two of these adapters for a total of eight NICs per system.

Part number information

The following table lists the ordering information.

Withdrawn: This adapter is now withdrawn from marketing.

Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code

Description	Part number	Feature code
Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter	49Y7900	A10Y

The EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter part number includes the following items:

One adapter
Documentation package

Features

The Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter has these features:

Dual Broadcom BCM5718 ASICs
Quad-port Gigabit 1000BASE-X interface
Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 host interfaces, one per ASIC
Full-duplex (FDX) capability, enabling simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet network
MSI and MSI-X capabilities, up to 17 MSI-X vectors
I/O virtualization support for VMware NetQueue, and Microsoft VMQ Seventeen receive queues and 16 transmit queues
Seventeen MSI-X vectors supporting per-queue interrupt to host
Function Level Reset (FLR)
ECC error detection and correction on internal SRAM
TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offload
Large Send offload, TCP segmentation offload Receive-side scaling
Virtual LANs (VLANs): IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging Jumbo frames (9 KB)
IEEE 802.3x flow control
Statistic gathering (SNMP MIB II, Ethernet-like MIB [IEEE 802.3x, Clause 30])
Comprehensive diagnostic and configuration software suite
ACPI 1.1a-compliant: multiple power modes
Wake-on-LAN (WOL) support
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support
RoHS-compliant

Supported servers

The following table lists the Flex System compute nodes that support the adapters.

Table 2. Supported servers

Table

Only supported in slots 1 and 2 of the x280 X6, x480 X6, and x880 X6

See ServerProven at the following web address for the latest information about the expansion cards that are supported by each blade server type:
http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

I/O adapter cards are installed in the slot in supported servers, such as the x240, as highlighted in the following figure.

Supported servers

Figure 2. Location of the I/O adapter slots in the Flex System x240 Compute Node

Supported I/O modules

These adapter can be installed in any I/O adapter slot of a supported Flex System compute node. One or two compatible 1 Gb or 10 Gb I/O modules must be installed in the corresponding I/O bays in the chassis.
The following table lists the switches that are supported. When connected to the 10Gb switch or pass-thru module, the internal switch ports will operate at 1Gb speeds.

To maximize the number of adapter ports usable, you may also need to order switch upgrades to enable additional ports as listed in the table. Alternatively, for CN4093, EN4093R, and SI4093 switches, you can use Flexible Port Mapping, a new feature of Networking OS 7.8, that allows you to minimize the number of upgrades needed. See the Product Guides for the switches for more details:
http://lenovopress.com/flexsystem/iomodules

The table also specifies how many ports of the adapter are supported once the indicated upgrades are applied. Switches should be installed in pairs to maximize the number of ports enabled and to provide redundant network connections.

Table 3. I/O modules and upgrades for use with the EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter

Description| Part number| Port count (per pair

**of switches)***

---|---|---
1 Gb switches
Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch| 49Y4294| 4
+ EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)| 90Y3562|
10 Gb switches
Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch| 00FM514| 4
+ EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)| 49Y4798|
Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch| 00FM510| 4
+ CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)| 49Y4798|
Lenovo Flex System SI4091 10Gb System Interconnect Module| 00FE327| 2
Lenovo Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module| 00FM518| 4
+ SI4093 System Interconnect Module (Upgrade 1)| 95Y3318|
Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch| 00D5823| 4
+ CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)| 49Y4798|
Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch| 95Y3309| 4
+ EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)| 49Y4798|
Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch| 49Y4270| 4
+ EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)| 49Y4798|
Flex System EN4091 10Gb Ethernet Pass-thru| 88Y6043| 2
Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module| 95Y3313| 4
+ SI4093 System Interconnect Module (Upgrade 1)| 95Y3318|
Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch| 94Y5212| 4
+ Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)| 94Y5158|
or Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch (Upgrade 2)| 94Y5159|
Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Flex System| 94Y5350| 2

This column indicates the number of adapter ports that will be active if indicated upgrades are installed.

The adapter does not support the following I/O modules:

Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch

The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis.

Table 4. Adapter to I/O bay correspondence

I/O adapter slot in the server| Port on the adapter| Corresponding I/O module bay in the chassis
---|---|---
Slot 1| Port 1| Module bay 1
Port 2| Module bay 2
Port 3| Module bay 1
Port 4| Module bay 2
Slot 2| Port 1| Module bay 3
Port 2| Module bay 4
Port 3| Module bay 3
Port 4| Module bay 4
Slot 3

(full-wide compute nodes only)

(full-wide compute nodes only)

Ports 3 and 4 require Upgrade 1 of either the EN2092 1Gb or EN4093 10Gb switch. The EN4091 Pass-thru only supports ports 1 and 2 (and only when two I/O modules are installed).

The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis are shown diagrammatically in the following figure. The figure shows both half-wide servers, such as the x240 with two adapters, and full-wide servers, such as the x440 with four adapters.

Connections

Figure 3. Logical layout of the interconnects between I/O adapters and I/O modules

Operating system support

The Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter supports the following operating systems.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server version 1709
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with Xen
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.0
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7

Support for operating systems is based on the combination of the expansion card and the blade server on which it is installed. See the ServerProven website for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs supported. Select the blade server, and then select the expansion card to see the supported operating systems: http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/

Warranty

There is a 1-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When installed in a server, these adapters assume your system’s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac® upgrade.

Physical specifications

The dimensions and weight of the adapter are as follows:

Width: 100 mm (3.9 inches)
Depth: 80 mm (3.1 inches)
Weight: 13 g (0.3 lb)

Shipping dimensions and weight (approximate):

Height: 58 mm (2.3 in)
Width: 229 mm (9.0 in)
Depth: 208 mm (8.2 in)
Weight: 0.4 kg (0.89 lb)

Regulatory compliance

The adapter conforms to the following standards:

United States FCC 47 CFR Part 15, Subpart B, ANSI C63.4 (2003), Class A
United States UL 60950-1, Second Edition
IEC/EN 60950-1, Second Edition
FCC – Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
Canada ICES-003, issue 4, Class A
UL/IEC 60950-1
CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1-03
Japan VCCI, Class A
Australia/New Zealand AS/NZS CISPR 22:2006, Class A
IEC 60950-1(CB Certificate and CB Test Report)
Taiwan BSMI CNS13438, Class A
Korea KN22, Class A; KN24
Russia/GOST ME01, IEC-60950-1, GOST R 51318.22-99, GOST R 51318.24-99, GOST R 51317.3.2-2006, GOST R 51317.3.3-99
IEC 60950-1 (CB Certificate and CB Test Report)
CE Mark (EN55022 Class A, EN60950-1, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3)
CISPR 22, Class A

Popular configurations

The adapters can be used in various configurations. The following figure shows EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapters installed in both slots of the x240 (a model without the Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter), which in turn is installed in the chassis. The chassis also has four Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switches, each with Upgrade 1 installed to enable 28 internal ports

Popular configurations

Figure 4. Example configuration

The following table lists the parts that are used in the configuration.

Table 5. Components used when connecting the adapter to the 10 GbE switches

Part number	Description	Quantity
8737-x1x	Flex System x240 Compute Node (without Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric
Adapter) or other supported server	1 to 14
90Y3554	Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter	2 per server
8721-A1x	Flex System Enterprise Chassis	1
49Y4294	Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch	4
90Y3562	Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)	4

For more information refer to the following resources:

Product Guides for all Flex System switches:
http://lenovopress.com/flexsystem/iomodules
Product Guides for Flex System compute nodes:
http://lenovopress.com/flexsystem/nodes
Flex System Information Center (User’s Guides for servers and options)
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information
Flex System Interoperability Guide
http://lenovopress.com/fsig
Flex System Products and Technology for x86 Systems , SG24-8255
http://lenovopress.com/sg248255
Product Guides for Flex System servers and options
http://lenovopress.com/flexsystem
System x and Cluster Solutions configurator (x-config)
http://ibm.com/products/hardware/configurator/americas/bhui/asit/
System x Configuration and Options Guide:
http://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/
ServerProven for Flex System
http://ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/flexsystems.html

Product families related to this document are the following:

1 Gb Embedded Connectivity
Blade Network Adapters

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