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Abstract
The Flex System™ CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet network adapter that supports Ethernet, FCoE, and iSCSI protocols as standard. The EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter is a similar adapter that supports Ethernet protocols. Both adapters also support virtual network interface controller (vNIC) capability, which helps clients to reduce cost and complexity. These adapters are based on the Broadcom BCM57840 controller by QLogic.
Withdrawn: These adapters are now withdrawn from marketing.
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Introduction
The Flex System™ CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet network adapter that supports Ethernet, FCoE, and iSCSI protocols as standard. The EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter is a similar adapter that supports Ethernet protocols. Both adapters also support virtual network interface controller (vNIC) capability, which helps clients to reduce cost and complexity. These adapters are based on the Broadcom BCM57840 controller.
The CN4022 and EN4172 are shown in the following figure. The adapters are physically identical.
Figure 1. Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter and EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
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The CN4022 is based on the industry-standard PCIe architecture and is ideal for clients who use 10 GbE in their network infrastructure and who are looking for an entry price point for FCoE or iSCSI capabilities. The adapter ships standard with support for FCoE and iSCSi and with vNIC features that allow each physical port of the adapter to be virtualized into four vNICs.
Part number information
The following table shows the ordering part numbers and feature codes.
Withdrawn: These adapters are now withdrawn from marketing.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 88Y5920 | A4K3 | Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter |
| 00AG530 | A5RN | Flex System EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter |
The part numbers listed in Table 1 include the following items:
- One adapter
- Documentation package
Features
The CN4022 and EN4172 adapters have these features:
- One Broadcom BCM57840 ASIC
- Connection to either 1 Gb or 10 Gb data center infrastructure (1 Gb and 10 Gb auto-negotiation).
- PCIe 2.0 x8 (CN4022) or PCIe 3.0 x8 (EN4172) host interface
- Full line-rate performance
- Support 10 Gb Ethernet (CN4022 and EN4172)
- Support FCoE, and iSCSI (CN4022 only)
- IBM Flex System Manager™ support (Tier 2 support only, no alerting)
Ethernet features
- Ethernet frame: 1500 byte or 9600 byte (jumbo frame)
- Virtual LAN (VLAN) support with VLAN tagging
- vNIC support:
- Supports Switch Independent Mode (vNIC2 mode)
- Four vNIC/NPAR Ethernet devices per 10Gb physical port
- Support either for two iSCSI ports or for one iSCSI port and one FCoE port, per 10Gb physical port (CN4022 only)
- UFP support
- UFP mode available on all supported compute nodes
- Stacked switch support (EN4093R and CN4093) planned for 2Q/2016
- Supports Flex System Interconnect Fabric
- Stateless offload:
- IP, TCP, and UDP checksum offloads
- IPv4 and IPv6 offloads
- Large send offload (LSO)
- Performance optimization:
- Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
- Transmit Side Scaling (TSS)
- MSI and MSI-X support
- RX/TX multiqueue
- TCP Offload Engine (TOE) support
- SR-IOV-ready
- Wake on LAN
- Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
- Network teaming, failover, and load balancing:
- Smart Load Balancing (SLB)
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and generic trunking
- Management using the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite management application
- Compliance:
- IEEE 802.3ae (10 Gb Ethernet)
- IEEE 802.3ad (Link aggregation)
- IEEE 802.3ap Clause73 1G/10G Autonegotiation for 10GBase-KR channels
- IEEE 802.1q (VLAN)
- IEEE 802.1p (Priority Encoding)
- IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)
- IEEE 802.1au (Congestion Notification)
- IPv4 (RFQ 791)
- IPv6 (RFC 2460)
- IEEE 1588/802.1as (Precision Time Protocol (PTP))
- IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority Flow Control (PFC)
- IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
- IEEE 802.1Qaz Data Center Exchange Protocol (DCBX)
iSCSI Specifications (CN4022 only)
- iSCSI initiator hardware offload and boot support
- Protocols:
- RFC 3347 (iSCSI Requirements and Design Considerations)
- Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
- iSNS
- Service Location Protocol (SLP)
FCoE features (CN4022 only)
- 3,500 N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) interfaces (total for adapter)
- Support for FIP and FCoE EtherTypes
- Fabric Provided Media Access Control (MAC) Addressing (FPMA) support
- 2,048 concurrent port logins (RPIs) per port
- 1,024 active exchanges (XRIs) per port
Notes:
- FCoE support for VLAN discovery only with the port set to PVID = 1, but if VLAN discovery fails, it defaults to VLAN 1002
- SAN boot of the VMware hypervisor over iSCSI or FCoE is supported.
Supported servers
The following table lists the Flex System compute nodes that support the adapters.
| Part number |
Description |
x220 (7906)
|
x222 (7916)
|
x240 (8737, E5-2600)
|
x240 (8737, E5-2600 v2)
|
x240 (7162)
|
x240 M5 (9532)
|
x440 (7917)
|
x440 (7167)
|
x880/x480/x280 X6 (7903)
|
x280/x480/x880 X6 (7196)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88Y5920 | Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter | Y | N | Y | Y* | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 00AG530 | Flex System EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
* Certain models of the x240 -- those with a model of the form 8737-xMx -- have one CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter installed as standard.
See ServerProven® at the following web address 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
These adapters can be installed in any I/O adapter slot of a supported Flex System compute node. Two compatible I/O modules must be installed in the chassis to enable both ports of the adapter. The following table lists the switches that are supported.
When connected to the EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch, the internal switch ports will operate at 1 Gb speeds. When connected to the NE2552E 25Gb Switch, the internal switch ports will operate at 10 Gb speeds.
Table 3. I/O modules and upgrades for use with the CN4022 and EN4172 adapters
| Description | Part number | Feature code |
| 25 Gb Ethernet switches (connects to the adatper at 10Gb speeds) | ||
| Lenovo ThinkSystem NE2552E Flex Switch | 4SG7A08868 | B2VW |
| 10 Gb Ethernet switches and I/O modules | ||
| Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch | 00FM514 | ASUU |
| Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch | 00FM510 | ASUT |
| Lenovo Flex System SI4091 10Gb System Interconnect Module | 00FE327 | ARZM |
| Lenovo Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module | 00FM518 | ASUV |
| Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch | 00D5823 | A3HH |
| Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch | 95Y3309 | A3J6 |
| Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch | 49Y4270 | A0TB |
| Flex System EN4091 10Gb Ethernet Pass-thru | 88Y6043 | A1QV |
| Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module | 95Y3313 | A45T |
| Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch | 90Y9346 | A3HJ |
| Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Flex System | 94Y5350 | ESWB |
| Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch | 94Y5212 | ESWD |
| 1 Gb Ethernet switches (connects to the adatper at 1Gb speeds) | ||
| Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch* | 49Y4294 | A0TF |
* CN4022 supports 1 Gbps links with the EN2092 with firmware 2.4.1D1 and driver nx2-2.2.5f-1.710.11 or later levels. For additional information, refer to http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5094970
The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis.
Table 4. Adapter to I/O bay correspondence
| I/O adapter slot in the server |
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 | |
| Slot 3 (x440 only) |
Port 1 | Module bay 1 |
| Port 2 | Module bay 2 | |
| Slot 4 (x440 only) |
Port 1 | Module bay 3 |
| Port 2 | Module bay 4 |
The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis are shown diagrammatically in the following figure. The figure shows both standard nodes, such as the x240 with two adapters, and double-wide nodes, such as the x440 with four adapters.
Figure 3. Logical layout of the interconnects between I/O adapters and I/O modules
Operating system support
The following tables list the supported operating systems for each part number:
- Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter, 88Y5920
- Flex System EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter, 00AG530
Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
| Operating systems | x220 (7906) |
x222 (7916) |
x240 (8737, E5 v2) |
x240 (7162) |
x240 (8737, E5 v1) |
x240 M5 (9532) |
x280/x480/x880 X6 (7196) |
x280/x480/x880 X6 (7903) |
x440 (7917) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | N | Y 7 | Y 1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | N | N | Y 1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y 7 | Y 1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 | Y 1 | Y 1 | N | Y | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y 7 | Y 1, 8 |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition | Y 2 | N | N | N | Y 2 | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition | Y 3, 2 | Y 2 | Y 3, 2 | N | Y 3, 2 | N | N | N | Y 3, 2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T | Y 4, 2 | Y 2 | N | N | Y 4, 2 | N | N | N | Y 4, 2 |
| VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi) | Y 5 | Y 5 | Y 5 | N | Y 5 | N | N | N | Y 5 |
| VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi) | Y 5 | Y 5 | Y 5 | N | Y 5 | Y 6 | N | Y 7 | Y 5 |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 | N | N | Y | Y | Y 5 | Y 6 | Y | Y 7 | N |
1 1 Gb functionality and uEFI FCoE SAN boot not supported at this time.
2 1 Gb functionality and SR-IOV not supported at this time. iSCSI hardware offload, FCoE Data LUN, and uEFI FCoE SAN boot not supported.
3 1 Gb functionality and SR-IOV not supported at this time. iSCSI hardward offload, FCoE Data LUN, and uEFI FCoE SAN boot not supported.
4 1 Gb functionality and SR-IOV not supported at this time. FCoE Data LUN, and uEFI FCoE SAN boot not supported.
5 1 Gb functionality, uEFI FCoE SAN boot, and SR-IOV not supported at this time.
6 FCoE and HW iSCSI SAN install is not supported with VMware in 88Y5920
7 Legacy iSCSI boot not supported
8 [1Gb functionality not supported at this time]
| Operating systems | x240 (8737, E5 v2) |
x240 (7162) |
x240 M5 (9532) |
x280/x480/x880 X6 (7196) |
x280/x480/x880 X6 (7903) |
x440 (7167) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi) | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
Warranty
There is a 1-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When installed in a server, these adapters assume your system’s base warranty and any Lenovo Services warranty upgrade.
Physical specifications
The dimensions and weight of the adapter are specified:
- Width: 100 mm (3.9 inches)
- Depth: 80 mm (3.1 inches)
- Weight: 136 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: 400 g (0.89 lb)
Regulatory compliance
The adapters conform 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/GOST ME01, IEC-60950-1, GOST R 51318.22-99, GOST R 51318.24-99, GOST R 51317.3.2-2006, GOST 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
Popular configurations
The adapter can be used in various configurations. The following figure shows two CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapters installed in both slots of the x240, which in turn is installed in the chassis. The chassis also has four Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches installed.
Figure 4. Example configuration
The following table lists the parts that are used in the configuration.
Table 5. Components used when connecting the adapter to the 10 GbE switches
| Part number | Description | Quantity |
| 8737-x1x or x2x | Flex System x240 Compute Node (without Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter) or other supported server | 1 to 14 |
| 90Y3554 | Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter | 2 per server |
| 8721-A1x | Flex System Enterprise Chassis | 1 |
| 95Y3309 | Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch | 4 |
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