
Currently available converged FCoE/iSCSI adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with Storwize
V5000 are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the SSIC for details).
Table 18. Converged FCoE/iSCSI adapters
Description
Part number
System x converged adapters
Emulex VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter (Requires 00D8544)
00D1996
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA IIIr (Requires 90Y5178)
00Y7730
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA IIIr (Requires 95Y3760)
00D8540
Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW
00JY830
Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter (Requires 00JY824)
00JY820
Qlogic Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA (Requires 90Y5179)
90Y6454
Qlogic 8200 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA (Requires 00Y5624)
90Y4600
System x FoD upgrades required for FCoE/iSCSI support
Emulex VFA5 ML2 FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (Required for 00D1996)
00D8544
Emulex Mezz VFA III/IIIr FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (Required for 00Y7730)
90Y5178
Emulex VFA III/IIIr FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (Required for 00D8540)
95Y3760
Emulex VFA5 FCoE/iSCSI SW for PCIe Adapter (FoD) (Required for 00JY820)
00JY824
Qlogic Embedded VFA FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (Required for 90Y6454)
90Y5179
Qlogic 8200 VFA FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (Required for 90Y4600)
00Y5624
Flex System converged adapters
Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter
88Y5920
Flex System CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 00JY804)
00JY800
Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 90Y3558)
90Y3554
Flex System CN4054R 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 90Y3558)
00Y3306
Flex System CN4058S 8-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 94Y5164)
94Y5160
Flex System FoD upgrades required for FCoE/iSCSI support
Flex System CN4052 Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD) (Required for 00JY800)
00JY804
Flex System CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter Upgrade (FoD) (Required for 90Y3554, 00Y3306)
90Y3558
Flex System CN4058S Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD) (Required for 94Y5160)
94Y5164
Fibre Channel connectivity
The Storwize V5000 supports direct FC attachments and FC switch-based attachments. Brocade and
QLogic SAN switches can be used to provide FC connectivity with the Storwize V5000 FC storage.
Currently available FC adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Storwize V5000 FC storage
are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the SSIC for details).
Table 19. FC adapters
Description
Part number
System x HBAs: 16 Gb FC
Emulex 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA
81Y1662
Emulex 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
81Y1655
QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
00Y3337
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