Lenovo ThinkSystem 4350-16i and 4350-8i Internal SAS HBAs User Guide

Think System 4350-16i and 4350-8i Internal SAS HBAs

Product Guide

The Lenovo Think System 4350-8i and 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBAs are high performance host bus adapters manufactured by Lenovo for internal storage connectivity in Think System servers. They integrate the latest SAS technology and offer eight or 16 lanes of 12 Gbps SAS. With a low-profile form-factor design, these adapters offers two or four x4 internal mini-SAS HD connectors.
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA.

Figure 1. Think System 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

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The Think System 4350 HBAs provide high levels of storage performance and scalability. The 16-port adapter can achieve up to 1.7M IOPS (random read using 4KB blocks) and the 8-port adapter can achieve up to 1.5M IOPS.
Rigorous testing of the Think System HBAs by Lenovo through the Server Proven program ensures a high degree of confidence in storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing an additional peace of mind, the controller is covered under Lenovo warranty.

Think System 4350-16i and 4350-8i Internal SAS HBAs > Lenovo Press

Part number information

The following table provides the ordering part numbers for the adapters.

Table 1. Part numbers and feature codes

The part numbers include:

• Host Bus Adapter with 3U full-height bracket attached
• 2U low-profile bracket

The following figure shows the Think System 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA.

Figure 2. Think System 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

Technical specifications

The 4350 HBAs have the following features and specifications:

• PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
• 12 Gbps SAS/SATA host bus adapter, based on the Adaptec HBA 1100-8i and 1100-16i
• PCI low profile, half-length form factor
• 8 or 16 internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
  • 4350-8i support connectivity to 8 internal drives
  • 4350-16i support connectivity to 16 internal drives
• Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
  • Supports 12, 6, or 3 Gbps SAS speeds
  • Supports 6 or 3 Gbps SATA speeds
• Two internal x4 HD Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8643)
• Non-RAID (JBOD mode, known as “raw” or “HBA mode” in Adaptec parlance) support for SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs (RAID not supported)
• Optimized for SSD performance
• High performance architecture with a queue depth of up to 1014
• Advanced power management support
• Supports 512e, 512n and 4K sector formatted drives
• TLR
• SATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• S.M.A.R.T. support.

The specifications of the adapters are listed in the following table.
Table 2. Specifications

To compare these adapters to others in the Think System portfolio, see the Think System RAID Adapter and HBA Reference:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1288-thinksystem-raid-adapter-and-hba-reference

Features

Resiliency and Efficiency
The 4350 SAS/SATA HBA Series delivers enterprise resiliency with its broadly deployed Smart Storage stack. Based on the Adaptec PM8222 8x12G SmartIOC 2100 SAS/SATA protocol controller, the 4350 HBAs provide a robust and stable solution that can handle the toughest system workloads and configurations. The adapters offers over 40% power savings compared to previous generations, and significant power advantages versus competing solutions.

Optimized for New Devices and New Use Cases
The 4350 HBAs support the latest SAS and SATA SSDs. They are also optimized for software-defined storage solutions such as Microsoft Azure Stack HCI and VMware vSAN.

Maximum Performance
The 4350 HBAs provides the highest levels of storage performance and scalability for next-generation data centers. Using the Smart PQI host OS device drivers that are optimized for low-latency solid-state drives, the adapters can aggregate the performance of devices to the limits of the PCIe Gen3 host bus at 6.6 Gbps, and achieve up to 1.7M IOPS and 60% higher IOPS performance with SATA devices without additional overhead or latency.

Ease of Use
The 4350 HBAs, with their broad operating system support and ecosystem compatibility, are easy to implement and scale. The unified maxView management tools and drivers across the 4350 HBA, RAID 5350, and RAID 9350 adapters enable easy manageability across the Adaptec-based storage adapter family.
Support for Lenovo system management tools is listed in the following table.

Table 3. Support for key management features

Function| Lenovo XClarity Controller| Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager| Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI (out- of-band)| Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI (in- band)| Lenovo XClarity Administrator| Bare Metal Update / Bootable Media
Creator
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Adapter FRU Inventory Details| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| No support
Disk Inventory Details| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| No support
Firmware Update| Supported| No support| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported
Monitoring/ Events/ Log Capture| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported*| No support

• No capture of controller firmware log

Server support

The following tables list the Think System servers that are compatible.
Table 4. Server support (Part 1 of 2)

1. Supported in the SR645 and SR665 only with an EPYC 7003 “Milan” processor. Not supported with an EPYC 7002 “Rome” processor.

Table 5. Server support (Part 2 of 2)

Note: The use of both an Intel E810 network adapter and an X350 HBA/RAID adapter (9350, 5350 and 4350) is currently not supported in ThinkSystem servers. Planned support for this combination of adapters is 4Q/2022 (22C).

Operating system support

The following tables list the supported operating systems for the adapters:

• Think System 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA, 4Y37A72480
• Think System 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA, 4Y37A72481

Table 6. Operating system support for Think System 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA, 4Y37A72480

1. Not support with EPYC 7002 processors

Table 7. Operating system support for Think System 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA, 4Y37A72481

1. Not support with EPYC 7002 processors

Warranty

The adapters carry a 1-year limited warranty. When installed in a supported Think System server, the adapters assume the server’s base warranty and any warranty service upgrade.

Physical specification

The adapters have the following dimensions:

• Height: 64 mm (2.5 inches)
• Length: 167 mm (6.6 inches)

Operating environment

The adapters are supported in the following environment:

• Operating:
  • Temperature: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
  • Relative humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)
  • Altitude: Up to 3,000 meters

Agency approvals

The Think System 4350 HBAs have the following agency approvals:

• FCC Part 15 Class A
• Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS 3548)
• Canada (ICES-003 Class B)
• Europe (EN55032/EN55024)
• Japan VCCI
• Korea KCC
• RoHS compliant
• EN/IEC/UL 60950
• USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B)

Related publications and links

For more information, see the following documents:

• Product publications:

  • Adapter Hardware Installation Guide
  • Adapter Software User Guide

• Lenovo ThinkSystem product publications:
  http://thinksystem.lenovofiles.com/help/index.jsp

• ServerProven hardware compatibility:
  http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven

• Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference
  https://lenovopress.com/lp1288-thinksystem-raid-adapter-and-hba-reference

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• Host Bus Adapters

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References

• Lenovo ThinkSystem Documentation
• Welcome | ServerProven
• Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference > Lenovo Press
• ThinkSystem 4350-16i and 4350-8i Internal SAS HBAs Product Guide > Lenovo Press
• Host Bus Adapters > Lenovo Press
• Copyright and Trademark Information | Lenovo US | Lenovo US

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