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Abstract
The QLogic 2770 Series 32 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) are Generation 6 (Gen 6) FC adapters for Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. These adapters offer industry leading native FC performance with extremely low CPU usage with full hardware offloads. With performance of up to 1 million I/O operations per second (IOPS) per port, these adapters can be used to support all-flash arrays (AFAs) -- Fibre Channel storage systems comprised completely of high-speed solid-state drives.
This product guide describes the QLogic 2770 Series HBAs for Lenovo servers and provides essential pre-sales information to understand the products, their key features and specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, and IT architects who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the October 12, 2021 update:
- Added a note that Legacy boot (Fast!UTIL utility) is not supported on these adapters - Key features section
Introduction
The QLogic 2770 (QL2770) Series 32 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) are Generation 6 (Gen 6) FC adapters for Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. These adapters offer industry leading native FC performance with extremely low CPU usage with full hardware offloads. With performance of up to 1 million I/O operations per second (IOPS) per port, these adapters can be used to support all-flash arrays (AFAs) -- Fibre Channel storage systems comprised completely of high-speed solid-state drives.
Powerful management tools automate and simplify SAN provisioning to help reduce cost and complexity, while the unmatched 32 Gbps performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers.
Did you know?
QLogic 2770 Series Adapters incorporate a hardware-based Root of Trust that prevents malicious firmware from hijacking the adapters. The 2770 Series RoT enables both integrity and authenticity during adapter firmware updates by both validating firmware embedded signatures with hardware embedded keys to ensure that only validated firmware executes, and protecting firmware updates that are applied over public networks.
Part numbers
The following table lists the ordering information for the QLogic 2770 Series 32Gb Fibre Channel HBAs.
The part numbers for the QLogic 2770 Series HBAs include the following items:
- An FC HBA adapter with one or two 32 Gb FC SW SFP+ transceivers installed
- 3U (full height) and 2U (low-profile) adapter brackets
- Publications flyer
Fiber optic cables
The following table lists the fiber optic cables that are available from Lenovo.
Key features
The QL2770 32Gb Fibre Channel HBAs have the following features:
- Maximum performance with up to 1 million input/output operations per second (IOPS) per port (2 million IOPS in a dual-port adapter) to support larger server virtualization deployments and scalable cloud initiatives, and performance to match new multicore processors, SSDs/flash storage, and faster server host bus architectures.
- Independent function, transmit and receive buffers, an on-chip CPU, DMA channels, and a firmware image for each port enable complete port-level isolation, prevent errors and firmware crashes from propagating across all ports, and provide predictable and scalable performance across all ports.
- Support for NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe). The adapters support low-latency access to scale out NVMe with full support for the FC-NVMe protocol. The adapters can simultaneously support FC-NVMe and FCP-SCSI storage traffic on the same physical port, enabling customers to migrate to NVMe at their own pace.
- Support forward error correction (FEC) to enhance reliability of transmission and thereby performance.
- Industry-standard class-specific control (CS_CTL)-based frame prioritization Quality of Service (QoS) helps alleviate network congestion by prioritizing traffic for time-sensitive mission critical workloads for optimized performance.
- T10-PI data integrity with high performance offload provides end-to-end data corruption protection.
- Support for Message Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X) improves host utilization and enhances application performance.
- Fabric-assigned port worldwide name (FA-WWN) and fabric-based boot LUN discovery (F-BLD) pre-provisioning services allow servers to be quickly deployed, replaced, and moved across the SAN; the creation of zones, LUNs, and other services can be completed before the servers arrive on site.
- Using the Brocade ClearLink diagnostic port (D_Port) available on the Brocade Gen 5 switches, administrators can quickly run automated diagnostic tests to assess the health of links and fabric components.
- Read diagnostic parameters (RDP) feature provides detailed port, media, and optics diagnostics to easily discover and diagnose link-related errors and degrading conditions on any N_Port-to-F_Port link.
- Link cable beacon (LCB) enables administrators to visually identify both ends of a physical link by flashing HBA's LEDs, simplifying identification of the connection peers within server racks without tracing the cable.
- Single-pane-of-glass management across generations of QLogic FC adapters with QLogic QConvergeConsole (QCC).
- Deployment flexibility and integration with third-party management tools, including the VMware vCenter and Brocade Network Advisor.
- Support for 32 Gb, 16 Gb and 8 Gb FC devices.
- Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV).
- A common driver model allows a single driver to support all QLogic HBAs on a given OS.
- Reduce the number of cards, cables, and PCIe slots required.
- Exceptional performance per watt and price/performance ratios.
- Backward compatibility with existing 8Gb FC and 16Gb FC infrastructure, leveraging existing SAN investments.
- Allow application of SAN best practices, tools, and processes with virtual server deployments.
- Ensure data availability and data integrity.
- Boot from SAN capability reduces the system management costs and increases uptime.
Note: Legacy boot (Fast!UTIL) is not supported on these adapters.
Technical specifications
The QLogic 2770 Series 32Gb Fibre Channel HBAs have the following specifications:
- Based on the QLogic QLE2770 (single port) and QLE2772 (dual port) adapters
- Host interface: PCIe 4.0 x8
- Ports: Single-port and dual-port SFP+ based adapters
- Link speed: Support for 32 Gb, 16 Gb and 8 Gb link speeds, which are automatically negotiated
- Data rate: 28.05 (3200 MBps), 14.025 Gbps (1600 MBps), and 8.5 Gbps (800 MBps) autosensing (per port), with full duplex
- Performance: Up to 2,000,000 IOPS (up to 1,000,000 IOPS per port)
- Fibre Channel standards compliance:
- SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol-4 (FCP-4)
- Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) Profile
- Fibre Channel Generation Services-8 (FC-GS-8)
- Fibre Channel-Physical Interface-5 (FC-PI5)
- Fibre Channel-Physical Interface-6 (FC-PI6)
- Fibre Channel Link Services 4 (FC-LS-4)
- Fibre Channel Framing and Signalling-4 (FC-FS-4)
- Fibre Channel-NVMe (FC-NVMe)
- Topology: Point-to-point and switched fabric
- Hot-pluggable 32 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP+ short wave optical transceivers (850 nm) with LC connectors (included with the adapters). Note: Other transceivers are not supported.
- Distance support:
- Operating at 32 Gbps:
- Up to 20 m on 50/125 µm OM2 Multi-Mode Fiber (MMF)
- Up to 70 m on 50/125 µm OM3 MMF
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Up to 100 m on 50/125 µm OM4 MMF
- Operating at 16 Gbps:
- Up to 35 m on 50/125 µm OM2 Multi-Mode Fiber (MMF)
- Up to 100 m on 50/125 µm OM3 MMF
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Up to 125 m on 50/125 µm OM4 MMF
- Operating at 8 Gbps:
- Up to 50 m on 50/125 µm OM2 MMF
- Up to 150 m on 50/125 µm OM3 MMF
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Up to 190 m on 50/125 µm OM4 MMF
- Operating at 32 Gbps:
- Management software:
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The QLogic unified management application, QLogic QConvergeConsole (QCC), provides single-pane-of-glass management across generations of QLogic FC adapters.
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QLogic supports all major APIs for deployment flexibility and integration with third-party management tools, including the VMware vCenter and Brocade Network Advisor.
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Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
Operating system support
The following tables list the supported operating systems for each part number:
- ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2770 32Gb 1-Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter, 4XC7A08279
- ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2772 32Gb 2-Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter, 4XC7A08276
Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
1 For limitation, please refer Support Tip 104278
2 The OS is not supported with EPYC 7003 processors.
1 For limitation, please refer Support Tip 104278
1 The OS is not supported with EPYC 7003 processors.
SAN switches
Lenovo offers the ThinkSystem DB Series of Fibre Channel SAN switches for high-performance storage expansion. See the DB Series product guides for models and configuration options:
- ThinkSystem DB Series SAN Switches:
https://lenovopress.com/storage/switches/rack#rt=product-guide
Warranty
The adapters carry a one-year limited warranty. When installed in a supported server, the adapters assume the server's base warranty and any Lenovo Services warranty upgrade.
Physical specifications
The adapters have the following dimensions (approximate):
- Low profile form factor card
- 168 mm x 69 mm (6.60 in. x 2.7 in.)
- Standard (3U) and low-profile (2U) brackets included
Operating environment
The adapters are supported in the following environment:
- Temperature:
- Operating: 0 - 55 °C (32 - 131 °F)
- Storage: -20 - 70 °C (-4 - 185 °F)
- Relative humidity:
- Operating: 10 - 90% (non-condensing)
- Storage: 5 - 95% (non-condensing)
Agency approvals
The adapters conform to the following regulations:
- Safety:
- UL 60950-1
- CSA C22.2
- TUV EN60950-1
- TUV IEC 60950-1
- CB Certified
- EMI and EMC (Class A)
- FCC Rules, CFR Title 47, Part 15, Subpart Class A
- Industry Canada, ICES-003: Class A
- EN55032
- EN55024
- EN61000-3-2
- EN61000-3-3
- Japan VCCI: Class A
- New Zealand and Australia AS/NZS: Class A
- Korea KC-RRA Class A
- Taiwan BSMI CNS 13438
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following resources:
- Lenovo ThinkSystem networking options product web page
https://lenovopress.com/lp0765-networking-options-for-thinksystem-servers - Lenovo support
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com - Lenovo ServerProven
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven - Marvell home page for Lenovo products
https://www.marvell.com/lenovo
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Full Change History
Changes in the October 12, 2021 update:
- Added a note that Legacy boot (Fast!UTIL utility) is not supported on these adapters - Key features section
Changes in the February 18, 2021 update:
- The adapter supports the FC-NVMe (NVMe over Fibre Channel) protocol - Key features section
- The server support tables are now automatically updated - Server support section
Changes in the October 13, 2020 update:
- Added the SR850 V2 and SR860 V2 servers - Server support section
Changes in the August 25, 2020 update:
- The adapters are now supported in the SR635 and SR655 - Server support section
Changes in the July 10, 2020 update:
- Added tables to the Operating system support section
First published: 5 May 2020
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