Lenovo 7ZT7A00547 User Manual
Intel X722 Integrated 10 GbE Controller for Lenovo
ThinkSystem
Product Guide
The Intel Ethernet Connection X722 is a network controller embedded into the Intel C624 "Lewisburg"
PCH chipset of Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. The controller connects to available 10 GbE and 1 Gigabit
Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) adapter cards and onboard connectors to provide a comprehensive
1 GbE / 10 GbE networking solution for ThinkSystem customers.
ThinkSystem servers support either 10 Gb Ethernet copper or optical connections, or Gigabit Ethernet
connections depending on the server model.
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port SFP+ LOM adapter which provides four SFP+
cages for optical or direct-attach copper (DAC) connectivity.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port SFP+ LOM adapter (Port 1 at the top)
Did you know?
The Intel Ethernet Connection X722 shares the same driver package as the Intel X710 adapters making
driver management easier for existing customers.
ThinkSystem LOM adapters are cost-effective adapters that take advantage of the X722 controller
embedded in Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family chipset and offer the flexibility advantages of a PCIe
adapter while supporting integrated networking features, such as Wake-on-LAN and direct connectivity to
the XClarity Controller management processor for NC-SI-compliant systems management.
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Part number information
The following table provides the ordering part numbers and feature codes for the ThinkSystem LOM
adapters.
Table 1. Supported LOM adapters
Part
number
Feature
code Description Ports
Gigabit Ethernet
7ZT7A00544 AUKG ThinkSystem 1Gb 2-port RJ45 LOM 2x RJ45
7ZT7A00545 AUKH ThinkSystem 1Gb 4-port RJ45 LOM 4x RJ45
10 Gb Ethernet
7ZT7A00546 AUKJ ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port SFP+ LOM 2x SFP+
7ZT7A00547 AUKK ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port SFP+ LOM 4x SFP+
7ZT7A00548 AUKL ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port Base-T LOM 2x RJ45 (10GBASE-T)
7ZT7A00549 AUKM ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port Base-T LOM 4x RJ45 (10GBASE-T)
EIOM modules for D2 Enclosure for use with SD530 servers
7M17A04001 AUYA ThinkSystem D2 10Gb 8-port Base-T (RJ45) 8x RJ45
7M17A04000 AUY9 ThinkSystem D2 10Gb 8-port SFP+ 8x SFP+
Note: The SFP+ LOM adapters ship without any SFP+ transceivers or direct attach cables. These items
must be ordered separately as described in the following section.
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port Base-T LOM adapter which provides four RJ45
10GBASE-T ports.
Tip: Ports are numbered sequentially starting with Port 1 at the top of the adapter (furthest away from the
edge connector)
Figure 2. ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port Base-T LOM
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Supported transceivers and cables
The 2-port and 4-port SFP+ LOM adapters have empty SFP+ cages that support SFP+ SR and LR
transceivers as listed in the following table.
Table 2. Supported SFP+ transceivers - 2-port and 4-port SFP+ LOM adapters
Part number Feature code Description
49Y4216 0069 Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver
46C3447 5053 SFP+ SR Transceiver (10Gb)
90Y9412 A1PM SFP+ LR Transceiver
00FE331 B0RJ 10GBASE-LR SFP+Transceiver
The ThinkSystem D2 10Gb 8-port SFP+ module, 7M17A04000, supports SFP+ SR and LR transceivers as
listed in the following table.
Table 3. Supported SFP+ transceivers - D2 10Gb 8-port SFP+ EIOM module
Part number Feature code Description
46C3447 5053 SFP+ SR Transceiver (10Gb)
90Y9412 A1PM SFP+ LR Transceiver
The following table lists the fiber optic cables and Active Optical Cables supported by the SFP+ adapters.
Table 4. Optical cables
Part number Feature code Description
LC-LC 0M3 Fiber Optic Cables (requires transceivers)
00MN499 ASR5 Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN502 ASR6 Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN505 ASR7 Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN508 ASR8 Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN511 ASR9 Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN514 ASRA Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN517 ASRB Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN520 ASRC Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
SFP+ 10Gb Active Optical Cables
00YL634 ATYX Lenovo 1M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable
00YL637 ATYY Lenovo 3M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable
00YL640 ATYZ Lenovo 5M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable
00YL643 ATZ0 Lenovo 7M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable
00YL646 ATZ1 Lenovo 15M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable
00YL649 ATZ2 Lenovo 20M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable
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The following table lists the direct-attach copper (DAC) cables supported by the SFP+ adapters.
Table 5. Copper cables
Part number Feature code Description
SFP+ Passive DAC Cables
00D6288 A3RG 0.5m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
90Y9427 A1PH 1m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
00AY764 A51N 1.5m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
00AY765 A51P 2m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
90Y9430 A1PJ 3m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
90Y9433 A1PK 5m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
SFP+ Active DAC Cables
00VX111 AT2R Lenovo 1m Active DAC SFP+ Cables
00VX114 AT2S Lenovo 3m Active DAC SFP+ Cables
00VX117 AT2T Lenovo 5m Active DAC SFP+ Cables
SFP28 25Gb Passive DAC Cables
7Z57A03557 AV1W Lenovo 1m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable
7Z57A03558 AV1X Lenovo 3m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable
7Z57A03559 AV1Y Lenovo 5m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable
The following table lists the Category 6 (CAT 6) cables supported by the 1Gb and 10Gb RJ45 adapters.
Table 6. CAT6 cables
Part number Feature code Description
CAT6 Green Cables
00WE123 AVFW 0.75m CAT6 Green Cable
00WE127 AVFX 1.0m CAT6 Green Cable
00WE131 AVFY 1.25m CAT6 Green Cable
00WE135 AVFZ 1.5m CAT6 Green Cable
00WE139 AVG0 3m CAT6 Green Cable
90Y3718 A1MT 10m CAT6 Green Cable
90Y3727 A1MW 25m CAT6 Green Cable
CAT6 Blue Cables
90Y3721 A1MU 10m CAT6 Blue Cable
90Y3730 A1MX 25m CAT6 Blue Cable
CAT6 Yellow Cables
90Y3724 A1MV 25m CAT6 Yellow Cable
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The following table lists the supported Category 5e (CAT 5e) cables supported by the 1Gb RJ45 adapters
Table 7. CAT5e cables
Part number Feature code Description
CAT5e Blue Cables
40K5679 3801 0.6m Blue Cat5e Cable
00WE111 AVFT 0.75m Blue Cat5e Cable
00WE115 AVFU 1.0m Blue Cat5e Cable
00WE119 AVFV 1.25m Blue Cat5e Cable
40K8785 3802 1.5m Blue Cat5e Cable
40K5581 3803 3m Blue Cat5e Cable
40K8927 3804 10m Blue Cat5e Cable
40K8930 3805 25m Blue Cat5e Cable
CAT5e Green Cables
40K5563 3796 0.6m Green Cat5e Cable
00WE099 AVFQ 0.75m Green Cat5e Cable
00WE103 AVFR 1.0m Green Cat5e Cable
00WE107 AVFS 1.25m Green Cat5e Cable
40K5643 3797 1.5m Green Cat5e Cable
40K5793 3798 3m Green Cat5e Cable
40K5794 3799 10m Green Cat5e Cable
40K8869 3800 25m Green Cat5e Cable
CAT5e Yellow Cables
40K8933 3791 0.6m Yellow Cat5e Cable
40K8951 3792 1.5m Yellow Cat5e Cable
40K8957 3793 3m Yellow Cat5e Cable
40K8801 3794 10m Yellow Cat5e Cable
40K8807 3795 25m Yellow Cat5e Cable
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The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port Base-T LOM adapter which provides two RJ45
10GBASE-T ports.
Tip: Ports 1 is at further away from the edge connector and Port 2 is at the bottom, closer to the edge
connector.
Figure 3. ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port Base-T LOM
Features
The Intel X722 controller is optimized for data center, cloud, and mobile applications and includes the
following features:
VXLAN/NVGRE Hardware Offloads: These stateless offloads preserve application performance for
overlay networks. With these offloads, it is possible to distribute network traffic across CPU cores.
At the same time, the controller offloads LSO, GSO, and checksum from the host software, which
reduces CPU overhead.
Low latency: Intel Ethernet Flow Director delivers hardware-based application steering and Intel
Data Direct I/O makes the processor cache the primary destination and source of I/O data rather
than main memory.
Virtualization performance: With Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), the controller delivers
outstanding I/O performance in virtualized server environments. The controller reduces I/O
bottlenecks by providing intelligent offloads for networking traffic per virtual machine (VM), which
enables near-line rate speeds for small packets and supports almost an unlimited amount of
isolated traffic flows so that you can scale your cloud environment.
Next-generation VMDq: The controller support up to 128 VMDq VMs and offer enhanced Quality of
Service (QoS) feature by providing weighted round-robin servicing for the Tx data. The controller
offloads the data-sorting functionality from the hypervisor to the network silicon, which improves
data throughput and CPU usage.
SR-IOV implementation: Provides an implementation of the PCI-SIG standard for I/O Virtualization.
The physical configuration of each port is divided into multiple virtual ports. Each virtual port is
assigned to an individual VM directly by bypassing the virtual switch in the Hypervisor, which
results in near-native performance.
iWarp RDMA support implements kernel bypass and direct data placement and allows for more
efficient high-speed networking by eliminating queues and network related interrupts
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VM load balancing: Provides traffic load balancing (Tx and Rx) across VMs that are bound to the
team interface. It also provides fault tolerance of a switch, port, or cable.
Auto-detect (PnP) feature for the LOM adapters, enabling you to change LOM adapters (eg from a
1Gb LOM to 10 Gb LOM) and the network interface will automatically reconfigure during the boot
process
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port SFP+ LOM adapter which provides two SFP+
cages for optical or direct-attach copper (DAC) connectivity.
Tip: Ports 1 is at further away from the edge connector and Port 2 is at the bottom, closer to the edge
connector.
Figure 4. ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port SFP+ LOM adapter
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Specifications
The ThinkSystem LOM adapters support 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet speeds as shown in the following
table.
Note: None of the adapters support 100 Mbps and 10 Mbps Ethernet speeds.
Table 8. Supported network speeds and PHY chip used in each LOM adapter
Part number Description PHY chip 10Gb 1Gb 100Mb 10Mb
Gigabit Ethernet
7ZT7A00544 ThinkSystem 1Gb 2-port RJ45 LOM 2x Marvell 88E1514 No Yes No No
7ZT7A00545 ThinkSystem 1Gb 4-port RJ45 LOM Marvell 88E1543 No Yes No No
10 Gb Ethernet
7ZT7A00546 ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port SFP+ LOM Inphi CS4227 Yes No No No
7ZT7A00547 ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port SFP+ LOM Inphi CS4223 Yes No No No
7ZT7A00548 ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port 10GBASE-T
LOM
Intel X557-AT2 Yes Yes No No
7ZT7A00549 ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port 10GBASE-T
LOM
Intel X557-AT4 Yes Yes No No
EIOM modules for D2 Enclosure for use with SD530 servers
7M17A04000 ThinkSystem D2 10Gb 8-port SFP+ 4x Inphi CS4227 Yes No No No
7M17A04001 ThinkSystem D2 10Gb 8-port 10GBASE-T 4x Intel X557-AT2 Yes Yes No No
The Intel Ethernet Connection X722 has the following specifications:
Adapter connectors:
Gigabit adapters: RJ45 connectors
10 GbE 10GBASE-T adapters: RJ45 connectors
10 GbE SFP+ adapters: Empty SFP+ cages supporting SFP+ transceivers or DAC cables
Host interface:
PCI Power Management/ACPI Extensions
TLP Processing Hint (TPH) Support
MSI-X Support - up to 1168 MSI-X vectors
Virtualization features:
Microsoft Network Virtualization that uses Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE)
VMware Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
Intel Virtual Technology (VT) with VMDq for virtualization
VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ support
VEB enhancement
SR-IOV support - 4 physical functions, 128 virtual functions
Virtual Bridging Support: VEPA/802.1Qbg
iWarp RDMA support
Note: These virtualization features are only supported at 10 Gbps speeds
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