Lenovo 88Y6370 Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter Owner’s Manual

88Y6370 Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter
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Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter

Product Guide (withdrawn product)
The network architecture on the Flex System™ platform has been specifically designed to address network challenges, giving you a very scalable way to integrate, optimize and automate your data center. The Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter enables high-speed access for compute nodes to an external storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on Brocade architecture and offers end-to-end 16 Gb connectivity to SAN. It can auto- negotiate, and also work at 8 Gb and 4 Gb speeds. It has enhanced features like N_Port trunking and N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) as well as boot-from- the-SAN with automatic LUN discovery and end-to-end Server Application Optimization (SAO).
Figure 1 shows the Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter.

Figure 1. Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter

Did you know?
The FC5022 adapter is designed to work best with the Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch and together, these deliver considerable value by simplifying the deployment of server and SAN resources, reducing infrastructure and operational costs, and maximizing server and SAN reliability, availability, and resiliency.
Even with an 8 Gb Fibre Channel SAN fabric, having 16 Gb adapters and switches in the Flex System means that you can eliminate any oversubscription from the SAN fabric to maximize application throughput. Having 16 Gb adapters and switches also offer future investment protection by enabling the density of virtual machines (VMs) to be increased on a compute node and by providing performance headroom to support demanding solid-state drive storage technologies.

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Part number information

Table 1 shows the part number to order this card.
Table 1. The part number and feature code for ordering

The part number includes the following items:

• One Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter
• A documentation CD containing the adapter user’s guide
• The Important Notices document

Features

The Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter has the following features:

• 16 Gbps Fibre Channel
• Utilize 16 Gbps bandwidth to eliminate internal oversubscription
• Investment protection with the latest Fibre Channel technologies
• Reduce the number of ISL external switch ports, optics, cables, and power
• Over 500,000 IOPS per port — maximizes transaction performance and density of VMs per compute node
• Achieves performance of 330,000 IOPS for email exchange and 205,000 IOPS for SQL Database
• Boot from SAN allows the automation SAN Boot LUN discovery to simplify boot from SAN and reduce image management complexity
• Brocade Server Application Optimization (SAO) provides Quality of Service (QoS) levels assignable to VM applications
• Direct I/O enables native (direct) I/O performance by allowing VMs to bypass the hypervisor and communicate directly with the adapter
• Brocade Network Advisor simplifies and unifies the management of Brocade adapter, SAN, and LAN resources through a single-pane-of-glass
• LUN Masking, an Initiator-based LUN masking for storage traffic isolation
• N_Port Id Virtualization (NPIV) allows multiple host initiator N_Ports to share a single physical N_Port, dramatically reducing SAN hardware requirements
• Target Rate Limiting (TRL) throttles data traffic when accessing slower-speed storage targets to avoid back-pressure problems
• Unified driver across all Brocade-based Lenovo adapter products with automated version synchronization capability
• RoHS-6 compliant

Supported servers

The following table lists the Flex System compute nodes that support the FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter.
Table 2. Supported servers

See the ServerProven® website for the latest information about the expansion cards that are supported by each blade server type:
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/flexsystem.shtml
I/O adapter cards are installed in the slot in supported servers, such as the x240, as highlighted in the following figure.

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

Supported I/O modules
The FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter supports the I/O modules listed in the following table. One or two compatible switches must be installed in the corresponding I/O bays in the chassis. Installing two switches means that both ports of the adapter are enabled.
Table 3. I/O modules supported with the FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter

The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes and the switch bays in the chassis.
Table 4. Adapter to I/O bay correspondence

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

The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes and the switch bays in the chassis are shown diagrammatically in the following figure.

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

Supported operating systems

The FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter supports the following 64-bit operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
• VMware ESX 4.1
• VMware ESXi 4.1
• VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi)
• VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
• VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi)

See the OS Interoperability Guide for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs that are supported: http://lenovopress.com/osig

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/COST ME01, IEC-60950-1, COST R 51318.22-99, COST R 51318.24-99, COST R 51317.3.2-2006, COST 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

Physical specifications

The dimensions and weight of the adapter are as follows:

• Width: 100 mm (3.9 in.)
• Depth: 80 mm (3.1 in.)
• 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)

Popular configurations

The FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter can be used in various configurations. The following figure shows the I/O installed in an I/O adapter slot 2 of the x240, which in turn is installed in the chassis. The chassis is connected to an IBM V7000. The RAID functionality is provided by the external storage system.

Figure 4. Example configuration
The following table lists the parts that are used in the configuration.
Table 5. Components used when connecting the FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter to external disk storage

This configuration also requires additional V7000 features, such as drives and software licenses. These are not listed in the table.

Related publications

For more information, see the following resources:

• 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 by Lenovo, SG24-8255
  http://lenovopress.com/sg248255

• System x and Cluster Solutions configurator (x-config)
  https://lesc.lenovo.com/products/hardware/configurator/worldwide/bhui/asit/

• ServerProven for Flex System
  http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/flexsystem.shtml

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:
Blade Storage Adapters

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References

• Flex System Interoperability Guide > Lenovo Press
• Lenovo Flex System Products and Technology > Lenovo Press
• Welcome | ServerProven
• Blade Storage Adapters > Lenovo Press
• Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter Product Guide (withdrawn product) > Lenovo Press
• System x and Cluster Solutions configurator (x-config)
• Copyright and Trademark Information | Lenovo US | Lenovo US

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