Lenovo 7Y37A01091 User Manual

Lenovo ThinkSystem 430-8e and 430-16e External
SAS HBAs

Product Guide

The Lenovo ThinkSystem 430-8e and 430-16e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA are high performance host bus
adapters for external storage connectivity in ThinkSystem servers. The 430-8e provides two x4 external
mini-SAS HD connectors with eight lanes of 12 Gbps SAS. The 430-16e provides four x4 external mini­SAS HD connectors with 16 lanes of 12 Gbps SAS.

The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 430-16e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA.

Figure 1. ThinkSystem 430-16e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

Did you know?

The 430-8e and 430-16e external HBAs offer improved performance over the previous generation N2225
and N2226 HBAs for System x servers, with a faster processor and more memory.

Rigorous testing of the ThinkSystem HBAs by Lenovo through the ServerProven 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.

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Part number information

The following table lists the part numbers and feature codes for the adapters.

Table 1. Ordering information

Part number Feature code Description

7Y37A01090 AUNR ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

7Y37A01091 AUNN ThinkSystem 430-16e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

The option part numbers includes the following items:

Adapter with a full-height (3U) bracket attached

Low-profile (2U) bracket

Documentation flyer

The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA.

Figure 2. ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

Features and specifications

The 430 external HBAs have the following features and specifications:

PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface

12 Gbps SAS/SATA host bus adapter, based on the Broadcom SAS3408 and SAS3416 IOC design

PCI low profile, half-length form factor

External 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports:

430-8e: 8 SAS/SATA ports
430-16e: 16 SAS/SATA ports

Connectivity for up to 1024 external SAS or SATA drives

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Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port

Supports 12, 6, or 3 Gbps SAS speeds
Supports 6 or 3 Gbps SATA speeds

External x4 HD Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8644):

430-8e: 2 external connectors
430-16e: 4 external connectors

Support for external storage systems and tape backup units

High performance architecture with very deep queue depth

Advanced power management support

Support for SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA protocols

End-to-End CRC with Advanced Error Reporting

Spread Spectrum Clocking for EMI reductions

Supports 512e, 512n and 4K (when available) formatted drives

Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (CoD).

S.M.A.R.T. support.

Configuration through

XClarity Provisioning Manager UEFI interface
XClarity Controller web interface
XClarity Administrator Configuration Patterns
StorCLI command-line interface
LSI Storage Authority (LSA) GUI interface
UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure (HII)

The specifications of the adapters are listed in the following table.

Table 2. Specifications

Feature 430-8e 430-16e

Controller chip LSI SAS3408 LSI SAS3416

Host interface PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8

Port interface 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS

Number of ports 8 16

Connectors 2x Mini-SAS HD SFF8644 4x Mini-SAS HD SFF8644

Drive interface SAS/SATA SAS/SATA

Drive type HDD/SSD/SED* HDD/SSD/SED*

Maximum devices 1024 1024

RAID levels None None

JBOD mode Yes Yes

Cache None None

SED support Yes* Yes*

* SED support is by using software on the server (SED commands are passed through the HBA to the
drives).

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Server support

The following table lists the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.

Table 3. ThinkSystem server support

Description and part number

E 1S Intel 2S Intel AMD 4S Intel

Dense/

Blade

ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb
HBA, 7Y37A01090

N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N

ThinkSystem 430-16e SAS/SATA 12Gb
HBA, 7Y37A01091

N N Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N

Drive enclosure support

The HBAs support the following 12 Gbps SAS external drive enclosures:

Lenovo Storage D1212

Lenovo Storage D1224

Lenovo Storage D3284

For details about the D1212 and D1224, see the product guide:

http://lenovopress.com/lp0512

For details about D3284, see the product guide:

http://lenovopress.com/lp0513

Storage system support

The HBAs support connectivity to the following 12 Gb and 6 Gb SAS storage systems:

Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS4200

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS6200

Lenovo Storage S2200

Lenovo Storage S3200

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2

Lenovo Storage V5030

For details about these storage systems, see the relevant product guide:

https://lenovopress.com/storage/san/lenovo?resource_type=product-guide

SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X)

ST50 (7Y48/7Y50)

ST250 (7Y45/7Y46)

SR150 (7Y54)

SR250 (7Y51/7Y52)

ST550 (7X09/7X10)

SR530 (7X07/7X08)

SR550 (7X03/7X04)

SR570 (7Y02/7Y03)

SR590 (7X98/7X99)

SR630 (7X01/7X02)

SR650 (7X05/7X06)

SR670 (7Y36/7Y37/7Y38)

SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99)

SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01)

SR850 (7X18/7X19)

SR860 (7X69/7X70)

SR950 (7X11/12/13)

SD530 (7X21)

SD650 (7X58)

SN550 (7X16)

SN850 (7X15)

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