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Abstract
Streamlined installation and management, plus unrivaled scalability and industry-leading virtualization support make the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapters ideal solutions for enterprise and mixed-OS environments. With powerful management tools, they deliver maximum performance in the widest range of applications and environments.
Withdrawn from marketing: The adapters listed in this product guide are now withdrawn from marketing.
Change History
Changes in the March 10, 2023 update:
- The adapters listed in this product guide are now withdrawn from marketing.
Introduction
Streamlined installation and management, plus unrivaled scalability and industry-leading virtualization support make the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapters ideal solutions for enterprise and mixed-OS environments. With powerful management tools, they deliver maximum performance in the widest range of applications and environments.
Figure 1 shows the single-port and dual-port adapters.
Figure 1. Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel single-port and dual-port HBAs
Did you know?
The configuration of the Emulex 8 Gb HBAs is fully integrated in the UEFI interface which results in an easy to use and intuitive way to set up the adapter. The HBAs provide the ability to build high-performance, highly available SANs and are easy to set up and integrate into existing SAN configurations. Emulex 8Gb HBAs use passive cooling devices to deliver enhanced thermal protection for highest reliability and maximum server availability.
Part number information
The following tables list the ordering information.
Withdrawn from marketing: The adapters listed in this product guide are now withdrawn from marketing.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ThinkSystem part numbers and feature codes | ||
| 4XC7A08220* | B0WZ | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12000-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter |
| 4XC7A08221* | B0X0 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12002-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter |
| System x part numbers and feature codes | ||
| 42D0485 | 3580 | Emulex 8Gb FC Single-port HBA |
| 42D0494 | 3581 | Emulex 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA |
* ThinkSystem part numbers are only available in the following countries: China, Japan, and markets in the Asia Pacific region.
The part numbers for the adapters include the following items:
- FC HBA adapter with one or two SFPs installed and 3U bracket attached
- Additional 2U bracket
- Product publication flyer
Features
The adapters have the following features:
- Based on the Emulex LPe12000 (single port) and LPe12002 (dual port) adapters
- Standard PCI Express card with low profile form factor
- One or two independent Fibre Channel ports with optical modules included
- PCI Express 2.0 host interface
- Support for both standard and low-profile PCI Express slots
- Auto-negotiation between 2 Gb, 4 Gb, or 8 Gb link attachments
- Processes over 200K I/O operations per second (IOPS), per port
- Support for up to 1600 MB per second maximum at full-duplex, per port
Fibre Channel specifications
- Full support for all Fibre Channel topologies, including point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), and switched fabric (N_Port)
- Support for F_Port and FL_Port login
- Full support for Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3
- Up to 4096 FC port logins and up to 4096 concurrent exchanges per FC port
Server support - ThinkSystem
Country availability: The ThinkSystem part numbers are only available in the following countries: China, Japan, and markets in the Asia Pacific region.
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part Number | Description | AMD V3 | 2S Intel V3/V4 | 1S V3 | 4S 8S Intel V3/V4 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4XC7A08220 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12000-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XC7A08221 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12002-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | AI Servers | Edge | Super computing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4XC7A08220 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12000-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XC7A08221 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12002-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | Edge | 1S Intel V2 | 2S Intel V2 | AMD V1 | Multi node | AI | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4XC7A08220 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12000-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XC7A08221 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12002-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | SC | Dense V2 | 4S V2 | 8S | 4S V1 | 1S Intel V1 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR150 (7Y54) |
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| 4XC7A08220 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12000-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XC7A08221 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12002-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 2S Intel V1 | Dense V1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4XC7A08220 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12000-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N |
| 4XC7A08221 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe12002-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N |
Operating system support
The following tables list the supported operating systems for the adapters:
Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven. Older systems are not shown in the tables - refer to ServerProven for those systems.
| Operating systems | x3350 (4192,4193) |
x3620 M3 (7376) |
x3550 M4 (7914, E5 v1) |
x3550 M3 (7944) |
x3550 M2 (7946) |
x3550 (7978) |
x3530 M4 (7160, E5 v1) |
x3500 M4 (7383, E5 v1) |
x3500 M3 (7380) |
x3500 M2 (7839) |
x3500 (7977) |
x3455 (7940, 7941) |
x3455 (7984) |
x3400 M3 (7378,7379) |
x3400 M2 (7836,7837) |
x3400 (7973,7974) |
x3400 (7975, 7976) |
x3630 M3 (7377) |
x3300 M4 (7382, E5 v1) |
x3250 M5 (5458) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, for 64Bit Itanium Systems | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86 | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64/EM64T | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for AMD64/EM64T | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for x86 | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 4 | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64/EM64T | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y 4 | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with Xen | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with Xen | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 3.5 | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 4.0 | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 4.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESXi 4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESXi 4.1 | Y | Y | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi) | N | Y | Y 2 | Y | Y | N | Y | Y 3 | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N |
| VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi) | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.0 | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
1 Emulex 8Gb FC Single port and Dual-port HBA does not support bootcode update under VM4.1 ESXi version.
2 Emulex 8Gb FC Single port and Dual-port HBA does not support bootcode updates under VMware vSphere 5.
3 Firmware updates are not supported with VMware vSphere 5.
4 uEFI Linux OS(SLES11 x64 and RHEL6 x64) may fail to SAN boot on Heritage.
| Operating systems | x3250 M4 (2583) |
x3250 M3 (4251,4252) |
x3250 M2 (4190, 4191, 4194) |
x3200 M3 (7327,7328) |
x3200 M2 (4367,4368) |
x3100 M5 (5457) |
x3100 M4 (2582) |
nx360 M4 (5455, E5 v1) |
dx360 M4 (7912, E5 v1) |
dx360 M3 (6391) |
dx360 M2 (7323) |
x3850 X5/x3950 X5 (7143) |
x3250 M6 (3633) |
x3850/3950 X6 (3837) |
x3850/3950 X6 (6241, E7 v2) |
x3850/3950 X6 (6241, E7 v3) |
x3850/3950 X6 (6241, E7 v4) |
x3755 M3 (7164, 6300) |
x3650 M4 (7915, E5 v2) |
x3550 M4 (7914, E5 v2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, for 64Bit Itanium Systems | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y 3 | Y 3 | Y 3 | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64/EM64T | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for AMD64/EM64T | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for x86 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y 4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y 4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with Xen | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with Xen | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 3.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 4.1 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESXi 4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESXi 4.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi) | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y 1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y 5 |
| VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi) | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.0 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
1 VMware vSphere 5 does not support the firmware upgrade for the Emulex 8Gb Single-port HBA.
2 Detail information please refer to Support Tip HT506708
3 [in box driver support only]
4 Bootcode Update does not support on SLES11 SP3
5 Emulex 8Gb FC Single port and Dual-port HBA does not support bootcode updates under VMware vSphere 5.
| Operating systems | x3530 M4 (7160, E5 v2) |
x3630 M4 (7158, E5 v2) |
dx360 M4 (7912, E5 v2) |
x3500 M4 (7383, E5 v2) |
x3650 M5 (5462) |
x3650 M5 (8871) |
x3550 M5 (5463) |
x3550 M5 (8869) |
nx360 M4 (5455, E5 v2) |
x3500 M5 (5464) |
x3850 X5/3950 X5 (7145) |
x3850 M2/x3950 M2 (7141) |
x3850 M2/x3950 M2 (7233) |
x3755 M3 (7164, 6200) |
x3755 (7163) |
x3755 (8877) |
x3750 M4 (8722, E5 v1) |
x3750 M4 (8752, E5 v2) |
x3750 M4 (8753, E5 v2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, for 64Bit Itanium Systems | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for x86 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y 2 | N | Y 2 | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with Xen | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with Xen | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 3.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 4.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y 3 | Y | N | Y | N | N |
| VMware ESXi 4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESXi 4.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y 3 | Y | N | Y | N | N |
| VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi) | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.0 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
1 Detail information please refer to Support Tip HT506708
2 Supported with RHEL6.1 or greater
3 Please refer to Retain Tip H201639 & H201769 for additional support information
| Operating systems | x3690 X5 (7147) |
x3690 X5 (7148) |
x3655 (7943) |
x3655 (7985) |
x3650 M4 HD (5460, E5 v2) |
x3650 M4 (7915, E5 v1) |
x3650 M3 (7945) |
x3650 M2 (7947) |
x3650 (7979) |
x3630 M4 (7158, E5 v1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, for 64Bit Itanium Systems | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition x64 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86 | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for x86 | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with Xen | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with Xen | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESX 3.5 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| VMware ESX 4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| VMware ESX 4.1 | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware ESXi 4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware ESXi 4.1 | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi) | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi) | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.0 | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Operating systems | SD530 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR530 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR550 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR590 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SD530 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR630 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR650 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR570 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR530 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR550 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR570 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR590 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR630 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR650 (Xeon Gen 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 with Xen | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 with Xen | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.0 U3 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U1 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1 The WWPN show wrong when created by excute FC-NPIV test under VM6.5.2 os.
Operating environment
The adapters are supported in this environment:
- Temperature:
- Operating: 0° to 55°C (32° to 131°F) at 0 to 914 m (0 to 3,000 ft)
- Storage: -40° to 70°C (-40° to 158°F) at 914 to 2,133 m (3,000 to 7,000 ft)
- Relative humidity:
- 5% to 95%, non-condensing
Warranty
These adapters have a one-year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, these cards assume the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrade.
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:
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