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List of Latest networking Models

DELL 400 AEEU 600GB 10K RPM 6GBPS SAS HOT PLUG HARD DRIVE CARR KIT

Manufacturer Part Number: 400-AEEU, Product Name: 600GB 10K RPM SAS 6GBPS 2.5 inch Hp Hard Drive CARR Kit 400-AEEU, Storage Capacity: 600GB, Product Type: Hard Drive CARR Kit, Drive Interface: SAS, Drive Interface Standard: 6Gbs SAS, Spindle Speed (RPM): 10000, Compatibility Models: Dell PowerEdge R430 Dell PowerEdge T430 Dell PowerEdge R530

DELL HIVEMANAGER NG CLOUD MANAGEMENT

Next generation network management:

Cloud-based wired and wireless management for Dell Networking switches and Aerohive APs.

Flexible network management:

HiveManager NG allows administrators to plan, configure and deploy wired and wireless networks and maintain complete control through a powerful cloud platform. The HiveManager NG architecture sets a new standard for simplicity and flexibility by combining:

Public or private cloud deployment
Streamlined user experience
Simplified troubleshooting
Operational intelligence

DELL OPENMANAGE NETWORK MANAGER

Powerful converged network management:

Easily discover, configure, monitor and manage your networking devices with OpenManage Network Manager.

Key benefits:

Automates the discovery of IPv4 and IPv6 network devices and addresses and provides detailed information on their connectivity, including the ability to draw physical and logical topology maps.

Easily configure and manage groups of network devices; configuration changes and firmware deployments can be made to multiple devices in one operation, and many network operations can be scheduled for pre-determined times.

Network administrator can monitor health and performance of their network, create dashboards to capture important events and trends, and display them over time.

Helps reduce TCO by proactively monitoring for network problems, automating common configuration actions and enabling easy firmware deployment.

Pay as you grow by only purchasing the licenses you need now and stacking new licenses you purchase in the future.

Ensure you’re supported with automated hardware warranty and support expiration alerts and reports.

Streamline troubleshooting with Dell SupportAssist automation. Ensure your Dell Networking switches are communicating with Dell support to reduce troubleshooting steps and speed up resolution time.

View the Datacenter by integrating with Dell OpenManage Essentials to view server and networking information in one place.

Key features:

Multi-platform support with installations for Windows, Linux, and VMware virtual appliance
Multi-vendor management for devices from Dell plus key vendors like Cisco, Juniper, HP, Arista, Extreme and Brocade
Compliance auditing and remediation that pinpoints and corrects configuration issues to stay compliant
Comprehensive and flexible reporting capabilities for inventory, firmware, interfaces, ports and more
Traffic flow analysis reports that allow sFlow data export to .csv
Multi tenancy with support for multiple client organizations from a single instance
One-to-many device configuration management and templates for backup, restore and deployment of switches
Advanced scheduling schedules key tasks, such as backup and configuration changes

NEW DELL EMC RUCKUS WIRELESS SOFTWARE

WiFi tools for better customer experience:

Ruckus software tools Zone Planner, Cloudpath and Smart Cell Insight help deliver superior wireless connectivity.

Features:

Simply better WiFi indoor or outdoor even in most hostile environments
Dell EMC Ruckus Software provide wireless planning, secure, reliable-connectivity and analytics to ensure superior customer experience.
Deploy bandwidth-hungry enterprise applications, provide wireless connectivity and enhance employee productivity with Dell EMC Networking Access Points.
Benefit from self-organizing and self-healing connectivity, reduced operational cost and complexity, and greater data insight.

DELL EMC RUCKUS WIRELESS CONTROLLERS

WiFi tools for better customer experience:

Ruckus ZoneDirector, SmartZone and virtual SmartZone offer simple, reliable, secure, scalable wireless management

Features

Wireless management. Simple. Secure. Scalable.

Ruckus offers large industry selection of control and management platforms to address the feature, capacity and architectural requirements of organizations of all types and sizes.
The common element: simplicity. Ruckus access points (APs) are interoperable with all architectures, so if your business or technical needs change, your APs can change with you.

Choose from:

ZoneDirector appliances for small and medium enterprises
SmartZone and Virtual SmartZone and for maximum flexibility with the ultimate enterprise-grade/carrier-grade feature set

Dell EMC Networking Ruckus Zone Director 1200:

The Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1200 delivers advanced features such as smart wireless meshing, high availability, hotspot authentication, elegant guest networking and dynamic Wi-Fi security.
The Ruckus ZoneDirector easily integrates with network, security and authentication infrastructure already in place, automatically discovers and configures APs and offers an easy, point-and-click web-based wizard.
Redundant and secure, the Ruckus ZoneDirector provides WLAN-wide network, security, RF and location management within a single, easy-to-use and affordable WLAN system.

NEW DELL EMC NETWORKING AEROHIVE ACCESS POINTS

Productivity boost, untethered:

Cloud managed, state-of-the-art access points with enterprise-grade performance and resilience.

Features

Modernize wireless access:

Deploy bandwidth-hungry enterprise applications, provide wireless connectivity and enhance employee productivity with Dell EMC Networking Access Points. Centralized management in the cloud using Hive Manager NG protects your digital assets with advanced security and device lifecycle management. Benefit from self-organizing and self-healing connectivity, reduced operational cost and complexity, and greater data insight.

Designed for efficiency:

HiveManager NG provides a single pane of glass to manage Dell EMC N-series switches and Aerohive Access Points from an intuitive graphical user interface, available for deployment as public cloud, or private cloud on-premises network management solution.
Innovative cloud managed Wi-Fi, switching technology and world-class support
Unified access experience from a highly integrated wired and wireless management interface for simple and efficient network management
Support for Dell EMC N1100, N1500, N2000 and N3000 series switches

DELL HIVEMANAGER NG CLOUD MANAGEMENT

Next generation network management:

Cloud based wired and wireless management for Dell Networking switches and Aerohive APs.

Flexible network management:

Public or private cloud deployment
Streamlined user experience
Simplified troubleshooting
Operational intelligence

Simplified deployment:

HiveManager NG offers a simplified deployment workflow and seamless transition from demo to production, featuring:
Guided workflow for network policy deployment
Interactive step-by-step configuration assistance
Ability to swap simulated devices with real devices on RF planner map
Automatic connection to HiveManager NG for provisioning
Auto-provisioning for devices with network policy and firmware updates

DELL EMC NETWORKING VIRTUAL EDGE PLATFORM

Next generation access High performance:

High-performance purpose-built open uCPE platform to host VNFs (virtual networking functions). Ideal access platform for SD-WAN.

High-performance purpose-built uCPE (universal customer premise equipment) platform for open and disaggregated networking
The Dell EMC Networking Virtual Edge Platform 4600 is high-performance optimized to host VNFs (Virtual Network Functions) and is ideal for SD-WAN. Single-socket, 1RU platform is perfect for the service provider edge or enterprise branch.

Upgradable with expansion cards

Accelerates packet processing with Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) and security encryption with Intel® Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
Zero touch provisioning
Short-depth chassis design excellent for telco use cases

Navigate network complexity with Dell EMC Services:

Our global team of network experts understands the complexities of IT ecosystems, including multi-vendor environments. We have the skillset and experience to not only quickly resolve performance issues but also transform your network to meet the demands of your business.

DELL SONICPOINT SERIES

Delivers unparalled wireless security and performance:

SonicPoint Wireless access points use 802.11 wireless technology to provide high-speed wireless connectivity that is easy to set up and manage.

Take advantage of high-speed secure wireless solutions:

Get enterprise-speed access to data and use bandwidth-intensive mobile apps such as HD video and voice over high-bandwidth wireless LANs, with SonicWall Wireless Network Security. Gain the enhanced wireless signal quality and reliability available through the 802.11ac wireless standard.

Build a solution that’s right for you:

Combine one or more SonicPoint Series wireless access points with a SonicWall SuperMassive 9000, E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA), NSA or TZ Series next-generation firewall to create a secure wireless solution that fits your needs. You’ll have secure, high-speed wireless connectivity, Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection technology, and encrypted, protected and decontaminated wireless traffic.

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Control user access to the internet:

Provide visitors or customers with a guest password for secure wireless Internet access using wireless guest services. Let employees securely access network resources from within your wireless network by separating trusted wireless users from unknown users using virtual access points.

DELL SONICWALL NSA SERIES

Comprehensive network defense.

A single platform that integrates automated and dynamic security capabilities for outstanding next-generation firewall protection.

Features

Protection without compromise

Applying the same security engine and services as our SuperMassive series, Network Security Appliance (NSA) next-gen firewalls boost performance and reduce costs and complexity for distributed enterprises, SMBs, branch offices, school campuses and other public institutions.

Next-generation security:

The NSA Series combines Dell’s patented Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection* (RFDPI) single-pass threat prevention engine with a powerful, scalable multi-core architecture. By combining on-the-fly SSL decryption and inspection, an intrusion prevention system (IPS) with sophisticated anti-evasion technology and a network-based malware protection system that leverages the power of the cloud, the NSA Series provides next-generation threat protection . It offers ultralow latency and among the highest number of concurrent connections and connections-per-second rates in its class .

As many as 24 specialized security cores spread the network’s load evenly, so you won’t find your performance lessening when you are exposed to heavy traffic conditions or malicious content.

DELL SONICWALL TZ SERIES

Security and performance hand in hand:

Highly secure Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewall for small office and home offices. Wireless available.

Features:

SonicWall TZ Series Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewalls deliver high-speed wired and wireless performance and proven best-in-class protection to small businesses with integrated intrusion prevention, anti-malware and content/URL filtering capabilities.

Full-featured, advanced security:

Deliver full-featured security that combines intrusion prevention, gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, content filtering and anti-spam services, with intuitive, easy-to-use SonicWall TZ Series firewalls.

Fast, reliable, enhanced performance:

Examine all wired and wireless traffic for threats, without slowing down your network, using the patented SonicWall Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) technology. TZ Series firewalls also ensure bandwidth for critical business applications, while blocking unproductive applications.

Broad, flexible remote access

Provide mobile users with native VPN remote access clients for Apple iOS, Google Android, Windows 8.1,

Mac OS X, Kindle Fire and Linux, via your small-business firewall. This unique client also supports the firewall’s capability to decontaminate threats from VPN traffic.

Easy to deploy, all-in-one solution

Enjoy the convenience and affordability of deploying your TZ Series appliance as a SonicWall TotalSecure solution. This combines the hardware and all the services needed for comprehensive network protection from viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans, key loggers and more — before they enter your network — and without the complexity of building your own security package.

DELL SONICWALL WAN ACCELERATION SERIES

Noticeably enhance WAN performance:

Optimize your existing bandwidth and help improve the end-user experience for increased productivity.

The SonicWALL solution for fast application performance:

Transmitting a growing number of files across your WAN is part of business daily life, but it doesn’t mean your network has to slow down. Instead of adding more bandwidth for remote and branch offices, conserve your present bandwidth and help your wide area network (WAN) applications run quickly with the SonicWALL® WAN Acceleration Appliance (WXA) Series.

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Help eliminate duplications in your bandwidth:

The SonicWALL WXA appliance remembers data that's been previously transferred across your network and replaces repeated byte sequences with an identifier. Subsequent transmissions need only send new or changed data, which cuts down on duplicate information and helps reduce latency for peak network performance.

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Seamless integration for flexible deployments:

Unlike standalone WAN acceleration products that are deployed either behind the firewall or between the firewall and WAN router, SonicWALL WXA solutions seamlessly integrate with SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls. This helps maximize security and performance by enabling comprehensive scanning for intrusions and malware before accelerating the traffic across the virtual private network (VPN) or dedicated WAN link. It also helps simplify the placement, deployment, configuration, routing, management and integration of WXA with other parts of your security solution.

DELL SONICWALL GLOBAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM GMS SERIES

Flexible. Powerful. Intuitive.

Simplify and automate management, monitoring and reporting for your SonicWall® infrastructure with powerful and intuitive administration tools.

Solutions that fit your needs:

The SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) provides organizations, distributed enterprises and service providers with a powerful and intuitive solution to rapidly deploy and centrally manage SonicWall firewall, anti-spam, backup and recovery and secure remote access solutions. For enterprise customers, SonicWall GMS helps minimize administration overhead by streamlining security policy management and appliance deployment. Service providers can help create additional revenue opportunities by using GMS to simplify the security management of multiple clients. For added redundancy and scalability, GMS can be deployed in a cluster configuration.

SonicWall GMS can be flexibly implemented using three deployment options:

As a software application on a third- party Windows server (leveraging existing infrastructure),
As a SonicWall E-Class Universal Management Appliance (UMA) EM5000 (leveraging a hardened, high-performance appliance)
As a SonicWall GMS Virtual Appliance in a VMware® environment (further leveraging shared computing resources to optimize server utilization, ease migration and reduce capital costs)

DELL SECURE MOBILE ACCESS APPLIANCES

Secure mission critical resource access for mobile users:

Solutions that give up to 20,000 of your employees policy enforced access from managed or personal BYO mobile devices, anywhere, anytime — without escalating costs or complexity.

Secure access for the entire mobile and remote enterprise:

Secure Mobile Access, including the award-winning, industry leading Secure Mobile Access (SMA) Appliance and SonicWall Mobile Connect application give you a complete solution for mobile users to access allowed company applications, data and resources without compromising security. Employees and business partners benefit from simple, policy-enforced per-app SSL VPN access to the resources they need from managed or unmanaged BYO mobile devices, anywhere. With Secure Mobile Access, VPN access can be restricted to an authorized set of trusted mobile apps, and IT can manage and enforce BYOD personal device authorization policy terms. SMA Appliances integrate with all leading Enterprise Mobility Management products, including Dell Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) to provide the most secure end-to-end mobile management and security solution.

There's a mobility solution for every device:

The SMA Appliance provides a single gateway for all platforms including Windows, Macintosh and Linux — from almost any device, whether it’s an "in-office" experience or browser-based access. Mobile Connect provides an "in-office" remote access experience for users of iOS, Mac OSX, Google Android, Kindle Fire and Windows 8.1 devices. SMA also supports HTML 5 browser access for true clientless access – without Java or Active X to Citrix Xendesktop and Xenapps (ICA support), RDP published apps and desktops, and gives smart phone, tablet and laptop users fast, easy access to allowed resources.

DELL SONICWALL SRA APPLIANCE SERIES

Simple,secure mobile and remote access:

Powerful solutions for small- to midsized organizations offer you simple, easy-to-manage mobile and remote access to files, business resources and more.

Mobile and remote access to allowed business apps and data:

The SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access solution, which includes both the SonicWALL Mobile Connect application and SonicWALL Secure Remote Access (SRA) series appliances, provides mobile and remote workers using smart phones, tablets or laptops — whether managed or unmanaged — with policy-enforced SSL-VPN access to mission-critical applications, data and resources without compromising security.
The intuitive, easy to use Mobile Connect application provides iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows, and now, Mac OSX laptops secure access to allowed network resources, including shared folders, client-server applications, intranet sites and email.

Easy to provision and manage:

For system administrators, provisioning and managing is easy with unified policy management. The SRA series management console consolidates network access control of all web resources, file shares and client-server resources into a single location, with central administration and a single rule set for all resources and access methods. Unlike other access solutions, the SRA series appliances allow system administrators to set role-based policy for end-users of mobile and laptop devices with a single rule across all objects. As a result, policy management takes minutes instead of hours. This reduces the complexity of managing multiple policy sets for the different access methods that SSL VPN provides. It also significantly decreases the time spent initiating setup and ongoing policy management.

DELL SONICWALL ENFORCED ANTI VIRUS AND ANTI SPYWARE

Powerful, award-winning protection against email threats:

Innovative, multilayered protection against spyware, viruses, malware and more — inside your network and out.

Features

A multilayered approach for better protection:

A firewall’s anti-virus solution stops most attacks — but viruses can still enter your network through laptops, thumb drives or unprotected systems. The SonicWall layered approach to anti-virus and anti-spyware protection begins at your network’s entrances, and extends across your network’s perimeter.

Automated installation and updates keep you safe:

SonicWall Enforced Client Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware software is easily deployed, automatically enforced and updated network-wide on Windows devices through a powerful, easy-to-use policy-driven engine. When a noncompliant endpoint tries to connect to your network, your firewall will redirect the user to install the latest SonicWall Enforced Client Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware software.

Innovative, multilayered protection against spyware, viruses, malware and more — inside your network and out.

Because the software is client-based and maintained across the network, it protects against threats inside and outside the corporate network for those connected via VPN.

Premium anti-virus technology

Protect every device against sophisticated virus threats, spyware and productivity-draining adware. With McAfee anti-virus technology, you can deploy the right solution for your network environment and needs.
You can also combine SonicWall Enforced Client service with best-in-class server protection: McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise for Windows servers, NetShield for Novell servers and GroupShield for Exchange servers.

LENOVO THINKSYSTEM QLOGIC QML2692 16 GB ENHANCED GEN 5 FIBRE CHANNEL ADAPTER FOR FLEX SYSTEM

Introduction

The ThinkSystem QLogic QML2692 Mezz 16Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter is an Enhanced Generation 5 (Gen 5) 16 Gb FC adapter for ThinkSystem blade servers. The adapter, based on Cavium technology, offer industry leading native FC performance with extremely low CPU usage with full hardware offloads. Enhanced Gen 5 FC technology provides advanced storage networking features capable of supporting the most demanding virtualized and private cloud environments, while fully leveraging the capabilities of high-performance 16 Gb FC (16GFC) and all-flash arrays (AFAs).
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem QLogic QML2692 Mezz 16Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter.

Key features

The ThinkSystem QLogic QML2692 Mezz 16Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter has the following features:Maximum performance with up to 1.3 million input/output operations per second (IOPS) to support larger server virtualization deployments and scalable cloud initiatives, and performance to match new multicore processors, SSDs/flash storage, and faster server host bus architectures.

Independent function, transmit and receive buffers, an on-chip CPU, DMA channels, and a firmware image for each port enable complete port-level isolation, prevent errors and firmware crashes from propagating across all ports, and provide predictable and scalable performance across all ports.
Support forward error correction (FEC) to enhance reliability of transmission and thereby performance.
Industry-standard class-specific control (CS_CTL)-based frame prioritization Quality of Service (QoS) helps alleviate network congestion by prioritizing traffic for time-sensitive mission critical workloads for optimized performance.
T10-PI data integrity with high performance offload provides end-to-end data corruption protection.
Support for Message Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X) improves host utilization and enhances application performance.
Fabric-assigned port worldwide name (FA-WWN) and fabric-based boot LUN discovery (F-BLD) pre-provisioning services allow servers to be quickly deployed, replaced, and moved across the SAN; the creation of zones, LUNs, and other services can be completed before the servers arrive on site.
Using the Brocade ClearLink diagnostic port (D_Port) available on the Brocade Gen 5 switches, administrators can quickly run automated diagnostic tests to assess the health of links and fabric components.
Read diagnostic parameters (RDP) feature provides detailed port, media, and optics diagnostics to easily discover and diagnose link-related errors and degrading conditions on any N_Port-to-F_Port link.
Single-pane-of-glass management across generations of QLogic FC adapters with QLogic QConvergeConsole (QCC).
Deployment flexibility and integration with third-party management tools, including the VMware vCenter and Brocade Network Advisor.
Support for 16 Gb, 8 Gb, and 4 Gb FC devices.
Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV).
A common driver model allows a single driver to support all QLogic HBAs on a given OS.
Exceptional performance per watt and price/performance ratios.
Backward compatibility with existing 4Gb and 8Gb FC infrastructure, leveraging existing SAN investments.
Allow application of SAN best practices, tools, and processes with virtual server deployments.
Ensure data availability and data integrity.
Boot from SAN capability reduces the system management costs and increases uptime.

LENOVO EMULEX 16GB FIBRE CHANNEL ADAPTERS FOR LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM

Abstract

The Emulex 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter family for Lenovo Flex System enables the highest FC speed access for Flex System compute nodes to an external storage area network (SAN). The adapters described here are the Emulex LPm16002B-L and LPm16004B-L Mezz Adapters and the Flex System FC5052 and FC5054 Adapters. These adapters are based on the proven Emulex Fibre Channel stack, and work with 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switch modules.

Change History

Changes in the Novmeber 26 update:
Updated the list of supported operating systems

Introduction

The Emulex 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter family for Lenovo Flex System enables the highest FC speed access for Flex System compute nodes to an external storage area network (SAN). These adapters are based on the proven Emulex Fibre Channel stack, and work with 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switch modules.
As the only 4-port HBAs for Flex System and ThinkSystem respectively, the FC5054 and LPm16004B-L provide unmatched scalability and redundancy. In addition, these two 4-port adapters have two separate ASICs with no bridge chip, so data flows directly to an independent PCIe bus for high availability without a single point of failure.

I/O module support

The adapters support the I/O modules that are listed in the following table. One or two compatible switches must be installed in the corresponding I/O bays in the chassis. Installing two switches means that all ports of the adapter are enabled.
The FC5022 switches include a base number of port licenses, 12 or 24, depending on the part number that is ordered. Switch port licenses for the FC5022 switches can be used for internal or external ports. Each two-port adapter requires one internal switch port for each of the two switches that are installed. Each four-port adapter requires two internal switch ports for each of the two switches that are installed. Additional ports might be needed depending on your configuration.

LENOVO MELLANOX CONNECTX 3 AND IB6132 2 PORT FDR INFINIBAND ADAPTERS FOR FLEX SYSTEM

Abstract

The Flex System IB6132 2-port FDR InfiniBand Adapter and Mellanox ConnectX-3 Mezz FDR 2-Port InfiniBand Adapter deliver low latency and high bandwidth for performance-driven server clustering applications in enterprise data centers, high-performance computing (HPC), and embedded environments. The adapters are designed to operate at InfiniBand FDR speeds (56 Gbps or 14 Gbps per lane).
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the Mellanox adapters and their key features, specifications and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.

Introduction

The Flex System IB6132 2-port FDR InfiniBand Adapter and Mellanox ConnectX-3 Mezz FDR 2-Port InfiniBand Adapter deliver low latency and high bandwidth for performance-driven server clustering applications in enterprise data centers, high-performance computing (HPC), and embedded environments. The adapter is designed to operate at InfiniBand FDR speeds (56 Gbps or 14 Gbps per lane).
Clustered databases, parallelized applications, transactional services, and high-performance embedded I/O applications potentially achieve significant performance improvements, helping to reduce completion time and lower the cost per operation. These Mellanox ConnectX-3 adapters simplify network deployment by consolidating clustering, communications, and management I/O, and helps provide enhanced performance in virtualized server environments.

Performance

Mellanox ConnectX-3 technology provide a high level of throughput performance for all network environments by removing I/O bottlenecks in mainstream servers that are limiting application performance. Servers can achieve up to 56 Gbps transmit and receive bandwidth. Hardware-based InfiniBand transport and IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) stateless off-load engines handle the segmentation, reassembly, and checksum calculations that otherwise burden the host processor.
RDMA over the InfiniBand fabric further accelerates application run time while reducing CPU utilization. RDMA allows very high-volume transaction-intensive applications typical of HPC and financial market firms, as well as other industries where speed of data delivery is paramount to take advantage. With the ConnectX-3-based adapter, highly compute-intensive tasks running on hundreds or thousands of multiprocessor nodes, such as climate research, molecular modeling, and physical simulations, can share data and synchronize faster, resulting in shorter run times. High-frequency transaction applications are able to access trading information more quickly, making sure that the trading servers are able to respond first to any new market data and market inefficiencies, while the higher throughput enables higher volume trading, maximizing liquidity and profitability.
In data mining or web crawl applications, RDMA provides the needed boost in performance to search faster by solving the network latency bottleneck associated with I/O cards and the corresponding transport technology in the cloud. Various other applications that benefit from RDMA with ConnectX-3 include Web 2.0 (Content Delivery Network), business intelligence, database transactions, and various Cloud computing applications. Mellanox ConnectX-3's low power consumption provides clients with high bandwidth and low latency at the lowest cost of ownership.

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM CN4058S AND CN4052 10GB VIRTUAL FABRIC ADAPTERS

Abstract

The Flex System CN4058S 8-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter and CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter are part of the VFA5 family of System x and Flex System adapters. These adapter supports up to four virtual NIC (vNIC) devices per port (for a total of 32 for the CN4058S and 8 for the CN4052), where each physical 10 GbE port can be divided into four virtual ports with flexible bandwidth allocation. These adapters also feature RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) capability, and support iSCSI, and FCoE protocols with the addition of a Features on Demand (FoD) license upgrade.

Introduction

The Flex System CN4058S 8-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter and CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter are part of the VFA5 family of System x and Flex System adapters. These adapter supports up to four virtual NIC (vNIC) devices per port (for a total of 32 for the CN4058S and 8 for the CN4052), where each physical 10 GbE port can be divided into four virtual ports with flexible bandwidth allocation. These adapters also feature RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) capability, and support iSCSI, and FCoE protocols with the addition of a Features on Demand (FoD) license upgrade.
With hardware protocol offloads for TCP/IP and FCoE, the CN4058S and CN4052 provides maximum bandwidth with minimum use of CPU resources and enables more VMs per server, which provides greater cost saving to optimize return on investment. With up to eight ports, the CN4058S in particular makes full use of the capabilities of all supported Ethernet switches in the Flex System portfolio.

Specifications

The Flex System CN4058S 8-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter features the following specifications:
Eight port 10 Gb Ethernet adapter
Dual ASIC controller using the Emulex XE104 design
Two PCIe Express 3.0 x8 host interfaces (8 GT/s)
MSI-X support
Fabric Manager support
Power consumption: 25 W maximum

The CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter has these specifications:

Two port 10 Gb Ethernet adapter
Single-ASIC controller using the Emulex XE104 design
One PCIe Express 3.0 x8 host interface (8 GT/s)
MSI-X support
Fabric Manager support
Power consumption: 25 W maximum

LENOVO EMULEX CN4052S AND CN4054S 10GB VFA5 2 ADAPTERS FOR FLEX SYSTEM

Abstract

The CN4054S 4-port and CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters are VFA5.2 adapters that are supported on ThinkSystem and Flex System compute nodes.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the CN4054S and CN4052S adapters and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in a Flex System solution.

Change History

Changes in the November 8 & 9 update:

Updated the server support table Server support section
Updated the list of supported operating systems Operating system support section
Clarified that INTD1 ports are not available on Lenovo switches currently available - I/O module support section

Introduction

The CN4054S 4-port and CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters are VFA5.2 adapters that are supported on ThinkSystem and Flex System compute nodes.
The CN4052S can be divided into up to eight virtual NIC (vNIC) devices per port (for a total of 16 vNICs) and the CN4054S can be divided in to four vNICs (for a total of 16 vNICs). Each vNIC can have flexible bandwidth allocation. These adapters also feature RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) capability, and support iSCSI, and FCoE protocols, either as standard or with the addition of a Features on Demand (FoD) license upgrade.

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM CN4022 2 PORT 10GB CONVERGED ADAPTER AND EN4172 2 PORT 10GB ETHERNET ADAPTER

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.

Change History

Changes in the September 14 update:

Updated the list of supported operating systems - Operating system support section

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.

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)

LENOVO EMULEX CN4052S AND CN4054S 10GB VFA5.2 ADAPTERS FOR FLEX SYSTEM

Abstract

The CN4054S 4-port and CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters are VFA5.2 adapters that are supported on ThinkSystem and Flex System compute nodes.

Change History

Updated the server support table - Server support section
Updated the list of supported operating systems - Operating system support section
Clarified that INTD1 ports are not available on Lenovo switches currently available - I/O module support section

Introduction

The CN4054S 4-port and CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters are VFA5.2 adapters that are supported on ThinkSystem and Flex System compute nodes.

The CN4052S can be divided into up to eight virtual NIC (vNIC) devices per port (for a total of 16 vNICs) and the CN4054S can be divided in to four vNICs (for a total of 16 vNICs). Each vNIC can have flexible bandwidth allocation. These adapters also feature RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) capability, and support iSCSI, and FCoE protocols, either as standard or with the addition of a Features on Demand (FoD) license upgrade.

Features

The CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter and CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter, which are part of the VFA5.2 family of System x and Flex System adapters, reduce cost by enabling a converged infrastructure and improve performance with powerful offload engines. The adapters have the following features and benefits:
Multiprotocol support for 10 GbE
The adapters offer two (CN4052S) or four (CN4054S) 10 GbE connections and are cost- and performance-optimized for integrated and converged infrastructures. They offer a “triple play” of converged data, storage, and low latency RDMA networking on a common Ethernet fabric. The adapters provides customers with a flexible storage protocol option for running heterogeneous workloads on their increasingly converged infrastructures.

Virtual NIC emulation

The Emulex VFA5.2 family supports three NIC virtualization modes as standard: Virtual Fabric mode (vNIC1), switch independent mode (vNIC2), and Unified Fabric Port (UFP). With NIC virtualization, each of the physical ports on the adapter can be logically configured to emulate up to four or eight virtual NIC (vNIC) functions with user-definable bandwidth settings. With UFP or vNIC2, the CN4052S supports eight vNICs per port. Both adapters support four vNICs per port with vNIC1 and vNIC2. Additionally, each physical port can simultaneously support a storage protocol (FCoE or iSCSI).

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM EN6131 40GBE SWITCH AND EN6132 40GBE ADAPTER

Description:
As transaction volumes rise, your existing compute and storage clustering interconnects may have trouble keeping up. Yet you

know that response time matters—you have to keep up with the competition and new regulations demand real-time risk analysis.

You need to be able to scale your network and storage capabilities to meet the demands of your applications.

Meet Demands

The Lenovo Flex System EN6131 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Switch in conjunction with the Flex System EN6132 40 GbE Adapter is designed to offer the performance you need to support clustered databases, parallel processing, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications, reducing task completion time and lowering cost per operation. This switch offers 14 40 Gb internal ports and up to 18 external QSFP 40 Gb ports that enables a non-blocking network design. It supports all Layer 2 functions so servers can communicate within the chassis without going to a top-of-rack switch. This feature helps improve performance and latency.

Efficient Computing

This switch and adapter are designed for low latency, high bandwidth, and computing efficiency for performance-driven server

and storage clustering applications. With this combination, your organization can achieve efficient computing by offloading from the CPU protocol processing and data movement overhead such as RDMA and Send/Receive semantics allowing more processor power for the application.

As clients look for higher performance,power usage has emerged as a key concern in data centers. The Flex System 40 Gb solution offers the highest bandwidth without adding any significant power overhead.

More Workloads

Clients are also looking for higher utilization of their existing hardware by leveraging virtualization and cloud computing models. As workload density per server increases, it needs to be balanced by appropriate I/O throughput. The 40 Gb solution offered by Flex System can deploy more workloads per server without running into I/O bottlenecks. In case of failures or server maintenance, clients can also move their virtual machines much faster using 40 Gb interconnects within the chassis.

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM EN4132 2 PORT 10GB ETHERNET ADAPTER

Abstract

The Flex System EN4132 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter delivers high-bandwidth and industry-leading Ethernet connectivity for performance-driven server applications in enterprise data centers, high-performance computing (HPC), and embedded environments. Clustered databases, web infrastructure, and high frequency trading are just a few applications that achieve significant throughput and latency improvements, resulting in faster access, real-time response, and more users per server. Based on Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN technology, this adapter improves network performance by increasing available bandwidth while decreasing the associated transport load on the processor.

Change History

Changes in the August 31 update:

Connectivity with the ThinkSystem NE2552E Flex Switch is now supported - Supported I/O modules section
Updated the list of supported operating systems - Operating system support section

Introduction

The Flex System EN4132 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter delivers high-bandwidth and industry-leading Ethernet connectivity for performance-driven server in enterprise data centers, high-performance computing (HPC), and embedded environments. Clustered databases, web infrastructure, and high frequency trading are just a few applications that achieve significant throughput and latency improvements, resulting in faster access, real-time response, and more users per server. Based on Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN technology, this adapter improves network performance by increasing available bandwidth while decreasing the associated transport load on the processor. The following figure shows the adapter.

Features

The Flex System EN4132 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter has the following features:
RDMA over Ethernet
ConnectX-3 provides efficient RDMA services, delivering low-latency and high-performance to bandwidth and latency sensitive applications.
Sockets acceleration
Applications using TCP/UDP/IP transport can achieve industry-leading throughput over 10 GbE. The hardware-based stateless off load and flow steering engines in ConnectX-3 reduce the processor overhead of IP packet transport, freeing more processor cycles to work on the application. Sockets acceleration software further increases performance for latency sensitive applications.

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM EN2024 4 PORT 1GB ETHERNET ADAPTER

Abstract

The Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter is a quad-port Gigabit Ethernet network adapter. When it is combined with the Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch, clients can leverage an end-to-end 1 Gb solution on the Flex System Enterprise Chassis. The EN2024 adapter is based on the Broadcom 5718 controller and offers a PCIe 2.0 x1 host interface with MSI/MSI-X. It also supports I/O virtualization features like VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ technologies.

Introduction

Features

The Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter has these features:
Dual Broadcom BCM5718 ASICs
Quad-port Gigabit 1000BASE-X interface
Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 host interfaces, one per ASIC
Full-duplex (FDX) capability, enabling simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet network
MSI and MSI-X capabilities, up to 17 MSI-X vectors
I/O virtualization support for VMware NetQueue, and Microsoft VMQ
Seventeen receive queues and 16 transmit queues
Seventeen MSI-X vectors supporting per-queue interrupt to host
Function Level Reset (FLR)
ECC error detection and correction on internal SRAM
TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offload
Large Send offload, TCP segmentation offload
Receive-side scaling
Virtual LANs (VLANs): IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging
Jumbo frames (9 KB)
IEEE 802.3x flow control
Statistic gathering (SNMP MIB II, Ethernet-like MIB [IEEE 802.3x, Clause 30])
Comprehensive diagnostic and configuration software suite
ACPI 1.1a-compliant: multiple power modes
Wake-on-LAN (WOL) support
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support
RoHS-compliant

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM FC3172 2 PORT 8GB FC ADAPTER

Abstract

The Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter enables high-speed access for Flex System compute nodes to connect to a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on the proven QLogic 2532 8Gb ASIC design and works with the 8 Gb and 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switches and pass-thru modules.

Change History

Changes in the November 26 update:

Updated the list of supported operating systems

Introduction

The Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter enables high-speed access for Flex System compute nodes to connect to a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on the proven QLogic 2532 8Gb ASIC design and works with the 8 Gb and 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switches and pass-thru modules.

Features

The Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter has the following features and specifications
QLogic ISP2532 controller
PCI Express 2.0 x4 host interface
Bandwidth: 8 Gb per second maximum at half-duplex and 16 Gb per second maximum at full-duplex per port
8/4/2 Gbps auto-negotiation
Support for FCP SCSI initiator and target operation
Support for NPIV
Support for full-duplex operation
Support for Fibre Channel protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet protocol (FCP-IP)
Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)
Support for Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL) public loop profile: Fibre Loop-(FL-Port)-Port Login
Support for Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3
Configuration and boot support in UEFI
APIs supported: SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI
Support for Fabric Manager
Power usage: 3.7 W typical
RoHS 6 compliant

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM FC3052 2 PORT 8GB FC ADAPTER

Abstract

The network architecture on the Flex System platform has been specifically designed to address network challenges, giving you a very scalable way to integrate, optimize and automate your data center. The Flex System™ FC3052 2-port 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter enables high speed access for Flex System compute nodes to an external storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on the proven Emulex Fibre Channel stack, and works with any of the 8 Gb or 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switch and pass-thru modules.

Change History

Changes in the November 26 update:

Updated the list of supported operating systems

Introduction

The network architecture on the Flex System platform has been specifically designed to address network challenges, giving you a scalable way to integrate, optimize, and automate your data center. The Flex System™ FC3052 2-port 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter enables high-speed access for Flex System compute nodes to an external storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on the proven Emulex Fibre Channel stack, and works with any of the 8 Gb or 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switch and pass-thru modules.

Features

The Flex System FC3052 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter has the following features and specifications:
Based on the Emulex "Saturn" 8Gb Fibre Channel I/O Controller (IOC) chip
Multifunction PCIe 2.0 device with two independent FC ports
Auto-negotiation between 2-Gbps, 4-Gbps, or 8-Gbps FC link attachments
Complies with the PCIe base and CEM 2.0 specifications
Enablement of high-speed and dual-port connection to a Fibre Channel SAN
Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and Virtual Fabric
Simplified installation and configuration using common HBA drivers
Common driver model that eases management and enables upgrades independent of HBA firmware

Warranty

The adapter has a 1-year limited warranty. When installed on an Flex System Compute Node, the adapter assumes the system’s base warranty and any Lenovo warranty service upgrade.

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM FC5172 2 PORT 16GB FC ADAPTER

Abstract

The Flex System FC5172 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter enables high-speed access for Flex System compute nodes to connect to a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on the proven QLogic 16Gb ASIC design and works with the 8 Gb and 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switches and pass-thru modules.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the QLogic 16Gb FC adpater and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about FC5172 adapter and consider its use in IT solutions.

Change History

Changes in the November 26 update:

Updated the list of supported operating systems

Introduction

The Flex System FC5172 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter enables high-speed access for Flex System compute nodes to connect to a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN). This adapter is based on the proven QLogic 16Gb ASIC design and works with the 8 Gb and 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switches and pass-thru modules.

Did you know?

These QLogic adapter supports nearly twice the throughput and 2.5 times the I/O operations per second (IOPS) per port compared to 8 Gb adapters. The adapter is ideal for high bandwidth and I/O-intensive applications, such as media streaming, backup/recovery, data warehousing, OLTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, and server virtualization. Through rigorous testing carried out using the ServerProven program, you can maintain a high degree of confidence that your storage subsystem is compatible and functions reliably when using this Flex System adapter.

EMULEX 16GB FIBRE CHANNEL ADAPTERS FOR LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM

Abstract

Change History

Changes in the Novmeber 26 update:

Updated the list of supported operating systems

Introduction

The Emulex 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter family for Lenovo Flex System enables the highest FC speed access for Flex System compute nodes to an external storage area network (SAN). These adapters are based on the proven Emulex Fibre Channel stack, and work with 16 Gb Flex System Fibre Channel switch modules.
As the only 4-port HBAs for Flex System and ThinkSystem respectively, the FC5054 and LPm16004B-L provide unmatched scalability and redundancy. In addition, these two 4-port adapters have two separate ASICs with no bridge chip, so data flows directly to an independent PCIe bus for high availability without a single point of failure.

Did you know?

You can deploy faster and manage less when you combine Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Virtual Fabric Adapters (VFAs) that are developed by Emulex. Lenovo HBAs and VFAs use the same installation and configuration process, streamlining the effort to get your system up and running, and saving you valuable time. They also use the same Fibre Channel drivers, reducing the time to qualify and manage storage connectivity. And with the Emulex OneCommand Manager, you can manage Lenovo HBAs and VFAs that are developed by Emulex through the data center from a single console.

I/O module support

The adapters support the I/O modules that are listed in the following table. One or two compatible switches must be installed in the corresponding I/O bays in the chassis. Installing two switches means that all ports of the adapter are enabled.
The FC5022 switches include a base number of port licenses, 12 or 24, depending on the part number that is ordered. Switch port licenses for the FC5022 switches can be used for internal or external ports. Each two-port adapter requires one internal switch port for each of the two switches that are installed. Each four-port adapter requires two internal switch ports for each of the two switches that are installed. Additional ports might be needed depending on your configuration.

LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM IB6131 INFINIBAND SWITCH

Abstract

The Flex System IB6131 InfiniBand Switch is designed to offer the performance you need to support clustered databases, parallel processing, transactional services, and high-performance embedded I/O applications, helping to reduce task completion time and lower the cost per operation. The switch supports 40 Gbps QDR InfiniBand and can be upgraded to 56 Gbps FDR InfiniBand.

Introduction

The Flex System IB6131 InfiniBand Switch is designed to offer the performance you need to support clustered databases, parallel processing, transactional services, and high-performance embedded I/O applications, helping to reduce task completion time and lower the cost per operation. The switch supports 40 Gbps QDR InfiniBand and can be upgraded to 56 Gbps FDR InfiniBand.
The Flex System IB6131 InfiniBand Switch can be installed in the Flex System chassis, which provides a high bandwidth, low latency fabric for Enterprise Data Centers (EDC), high-performance computing (HPC), and embedded environments. When used in conjunction with IB6132 InfiniBand QDR and FDR dual-port mezzanine I/O cards, these switches will achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation.

Benefits:

Ultra high performance with full bisectional bandwidth at both Fourteen Data Rate (FDR) and Quad Data Rate (QDR) speeds
Capability of up to 18 uplink ports for 14 servers allowing high-speed throughput with zero oversubscription
Suited for clients running InfiniBand infrastructure in High Performance Computing and Financial Services
When operating at FDR speed, less than 170 nanoseconds measured latency node to node — nearly half of the typical QDR InfiniBand latency
Forward Error Correction–resilient
Low power consumption
Capability to scale to larger node counts to create a low latency clustered solution and reduce packet hops

SEAGATE EXOS 2TB 512N SATA HARD DISK

Features

Capacity-Optimized Enterprise Hard Drive for Bulk-Data Applications

- 8TB, 3.5-inch enterprise drive with industry-leading 6-disk technology, resulting in 33% more storage in the same storage slot

- Advanced Write Caching feature to utilize enhanced algorithms, resulting in the industry's highest nearline storage workload performance efficiencies - 100% performance improvement in random writes over last-generation drive

- Widely accepted, proven ninth-generation conventional perpendicular recording technology for reliable access to unstructured data in bulk storage applications

- 12Gb/s SAS and SATA 6Gb/s interfaces in industry-standard advanced formats for easy integration into replicated and RAID multi-drive storage servers and systems

- State-of-the-art cache, on-the-fly error-correction algorithms, super parity and end-to-end SAS-based data integrity for accurate data storage

- Industry-leading rotational vibration tolerance design helps ensure consistent performance in dense multi-drive systems

- Engineered for 24x7 workloads of 550TB/yr - 10x that of desktop drives

- Robust performance with dual processors, ramp load technology, top-cover-attached motor and humidity sensor for optimum performance in all chassis

- Seagate Secure Self-Encrypting Drive featuring Instant Secure Erase for cost-saving drive retirement and secure data-at-rest protection

- Seagate SeaTools diagnostic software to provide drive self-tests ensuring unnecessary downtime and maximizing TCO

Best-Fit Applications

- Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers with replicated storage

- Massive scale-out data centers and big data analytics

- High-capacity density RAID storage

- Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays (SAN, NAS, DAS)

- Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph

- Enterprise backup and restore - D2D, virtual tape

- Centralized surveillance

SEAGATE EXOS 1TB 512N SATA HARD DISK