Lenovo 90Y6456 User Manual
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II and III family
Product Guide (withdrawn product)
As server virtualization technology becomes more prevalent within data centers, more dynamic
performance is needed for network bandwidth to satisfy these demands. The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric
Adapters II and III for can help you break the I/O bottleneck by allowing you to allocate bandwidth where
it’s needed, delivering maximum application agility. Offering a full range of virtualization and convergence
capabilities, the same network hardware offers Ethernet, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel over Ethernet with
bandwidth that is allocated in increments from 100 Mb to 10 Gb.
The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II, Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA III, and Emulex Dual Port
10 GbE SFP+Virtual Fabric Adapter IIIr look the same and are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Emulex VFA II, VFA III and VFA IIIr adapter (shown with optional SFP+ transceivers installed)
Did you know?
With Virtual Fabric, up to eight virtual network ports (vNICs) can be created with a single two-port 10 GbE
network adapter. Converged protocols such as iSCSI and FCoE are also supported on selected
configurations. By using a common infrastructure for Ethernet and SAN, and by virtualizing your network
adapter, you can reduce your infrastructure capital expense.
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Part number information
All adapters in the Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter family listed in Table 1 offer the same features
and functions. There is a difference in the manner that they are field-upgradeable from an Ethernet-onlymode-of-operation to an Ethernet, FCoE and iSCSI mode-of-operation:
VFA II adapters are designed to use a paper-key license where Lenovo provides a license security to
be used at the Emulex web site once registered. Emulex provides the user with a different license
key that is subsequently administered to the server.
VFA III and VFA IIIr adapters provide a much easier and efficient software license enablement
process. Lenovo’s Feature on Demand process reduces the complexity of activating the license to
just a few clicks of the mouse.
Customers and system designers need to note that VFA II and VFA III adapters, as well as the subset of
VFA III PCIe, Integrated, and Mezzanine form-factors have different FCoE license key part numbers.
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Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
Description Part number Feature code
VFA III adapters for System x M4 and X6 servers
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA III 95Y3762 A2U1
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Integrated VFA III* SBB 95Y3768* A2UN
Emulex Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+ Virtual Fabric Adapter IIIr 00D8540 A4XH
Emulex VFA III/IIIr FCoE/iSCSI License for (FOD)
(Features on Demand upgrade for 95Y3762, SBB 95Y3768, and 00D8540)
95Y3760 A2U2
Embedded VFA III adapters for System x M4 servers (do not consume a regular PCIe slot)
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter 90Y6456 A22J
Emulex Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA IIIr 00Y7730 A4MC
Emulex Mezz VFA III/IIIr FCoE/iSCSI License for (FoD)
(Features on Demand upgrade for 90Y6456 and 00Y7730)
90Y5178 A2TE
VFA II adapters for System x M3 and X5 servers
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II 49Y7950 A18Z
Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II SBB 49Y7940# A148
Emulex VFA II FCoE/iSCSI License (for 49Y7950 and SBB 49Y7940) 49Y4274 5715
Emulex Dual-port VFA II Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI License 95Y3751 A348
* This adapter can only be ordered via the configure-to-order (CTO) processor or via special bid.
# This adapter comes standard with the most models of the System x3850 X5, x3950 X5 and x3690 X5. It
can also can be ordered via CTO or via special bid for those systems only.
The adapters, when shipped as stand-alone options, include the following items:
One Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter
3U bracket attached with 2U bracket included in the box (95Y3762, 49Y7950 and 00D8540 only)
Quick Install Guide
Warranty information and Important Notices flyer
Documentation CD
The Emulex Embedded Adapters are designed to fit into a special slot in selected servers (see Table 4),
allowing you to use the PCIe slots for other technologies. The adapters are shown in Figure 2.
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Figure 2. Emulex VFA III and VFA IIIr Embedded Adapters
The Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II (Figure 3) has the same functional characteristics as
the Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II (Figure 1). This adapter must be purchased at the same time as
the server. It is factory installed into a standard PCIe slot, and is offered at a price savings compared to the
Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II . There is a limit of one Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric
Adapter II per system. The Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter II (without optional SFP+ transceivers)
Similarly, the Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Integrated VFA III has the same functional characteristics as
the Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA III. The integrated adapter must be purchased at the same time as
the new supported server (see Table 4). The integrated adapter is factory installed into a standard PCIe
slot, and is offered at a price savings compared to the Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA III. There is a
limit of one Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Integrated VFA III per system.
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Supported transceivers and direct-attach cables
The Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapters have two empty SFP+ cages that support SFP+ SR
transceivers and twin-ax direct-attached copper cables as listed in Table 2 and Table 3 respectively.
Table 2. Supported transceivers
Description Part number Feature Code
Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 49Y4216 0069
QLogic 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 49Y4218 0064
10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver 46C3447 5053
SFP RJ45 Transceiver 81Y1618 3268
Table 3. Supported direct-attach cables
Description Part
number
Feature
Code
Supported switches
Brocade
VDX 6730
Lenovo
switches
Juniper
EX4500
Passive direct-attach cables
0.5m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable 00D6288 A3RG No Yes No
1 m Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable 90Y9427 A1PH No Yes No
3 m Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable 90Y9430 A1PJ No Yes No
5 m Passive DAC-SFP+ Cable 90Y9433 A1PK No Yes No
1m Juniper DAC SFP+ Cable 68Y6927 5986 No No Yes
3m Juniper DAC SFP+ Cable 68Y6947 5987 No No Yes
Active direct-attach cables
1m Active DAC SFP+ Cable 95Y0323 A25A No Yes No
3m Active DAC SFP+ Cable 95Y0326 A25B No Yes No
5m Active DAC SFP+ Cable 95Y0329 A25C No Yes No
1m 10GE Twinax Act Copper SFP+ 81Y8295 A18M Yes No Yes
3m 10GE Twinax Act Copper SFP+ 81Y8296 A18N Yes No Yes
5m 10GE Twinax Act Copper SFP+ 81Y8297 A18P Yes No Yes
For a complete list of supported SFP+ transceivers and DAC cables refer to RETAIN tip H203108, Support
list matrix for SFP and Twinax DAC cables - Converged Network Adapters, available from:
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5087884
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Features
The members of the Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter family have the following features and benefits:
Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller
Line-rate 10 GbE performance
2 SFP+ empty cages to support either SFP+ SR or twin-ax copper connections
SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR optical module with LC connectors
SFP+ twin-ax copper link is with SFP+ direct attached copper module/cable
TCIP/IP stateless offloads
TCP chimney offload
Hardware parity, CRC, ECC, and other advanced error checking
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
Low-profile form-factor or slot-less mezzanine card form-factor design
IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload
VLAN insertion and extraction
Support for jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) 2.0 network boot support
Interrupt coalescing
Load balancing and failover support
Based on Emulex OneConnect technology and including FCoE and iSCSI support as a feature
entitlement upgrade
Simplifies I/O hardware choices for IT managers
Maximizes I/O consolidation with high-performance 10GbE ports
One network infrastructure reduces CapEx
One management console reduces OpEx
Leverages existing IT investments
Deploy and manage this and other Emulex OneConnect-based adapters with OneCommand
Manager
The Emulex VFA II, VFA III, and VFA IIIr adapters can be upgraded in the field to enable FCoE and iSCSI
hardware initiator. Option part number 95Y3751 already has the upgrade installed in the factory.
You can deploy faster and manage less when you combine Virtual Fabric adapters (VFAs) and Host Bus
Adapters (HBAs) that are developed by Emulex. Lenovo VFAs and HBAs that are developed by Emulex use
the same installation and configuration process, streamlining the effort to get your server running, and
saving you valuable time. They also use the same Fibre Channel drivers, reducing time to qualify and
manage storage connectivity. With Emulex's OneCommand Manager, you can manage Lenovo VFAs and
HBAs that are developed by Emulex through the data center from a single console.
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