2024年3月19日发(作者：说清淑)

Emulex CN4052S and CN4054S 10Gb VFA5.2 Adapters

for Flex System

Product Guide

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.

The adapters are shown in the following figure. The CN4054S and CN4052S look the same.

Figure 1. Flex System CN4054S and CN4052S 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters

Did you know?

The CN4054S and CN4052S are based on the new Emulex XE100-P2 "Skyhawk P2" ASIC which enables

better performance, especially with the new RDMA over Converged Ethernet v2 (RoCE v2) support. In

addition, these adapters are supported by Lenovo XClarity Administrator, which allows you to deploy

adapter settings easier and incorporate the adapters in configuration patterns.

The CN4052S adapter now supports 8 vNICs per port using UFP or vNIC2 and with adapter firmware 10.6

or later. This means a total of 16 vNICs are supported. The CN4054S still supports 4 vNICs per port.

Click here to check for updates

Emulex CN4052S and CN4054S 10Gb VFA5.2 Adapters for Flex System1

Part number information

The part numbers to order the adapters are listed in the following table.

The software upgrade licenses listed are only for Flex System compute nodes, not ThinkSystem compute

nodes. The licenses are Features on Demand field license upgrades that enable the FCoE and iSCSI

converged networking capabilities of the supported adapters. Adapters 01CV780 and 01CV790 already

have these features enabled and do not need the FoD upgrades.

Table 1. Ordering information

Part number

01CV780

00AG540

00AG590

00JY804

00AG594

Feature code

AU7X

ATBT

ATBS

A5RV

ATBU

Description

Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced

Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

Flex System CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

Flex System CN4052 Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD)

Flex System CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD)

Adapters with FCoE and iSCSI standard

Adapters without FCoE and iSCSI (optional for Flex System compute nodes)

Features on Demand upgrades - not supported with ThinkSystem compute nodes

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).

Full hardware storage offloads

These adapters support an FCoE hardware offload engine, which is either standard with the adapter

or optionally enabled via Lenovo Features on Demand (FoD), depending on the adapter selected.

The offload engine accelerates storage protocol processing and delivers up to 1.5 million I/O

operations per second (IOPS). This enables the server’s processing resources to focus on

applications and improves the server’s overall performance.

Lenovo Features on Demand (not supported with ThinkSystem compute nodes)

Emulex CN4052S and CN4054S 10Gb VFA5.2 Adapters for Flex System2

2024年3月19日发(作者：说清淑)

Emulex CN4052S and CN4054S 10Gb VFA5.2 Adapters

for Flex System

Product Guide

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.

The adapters are shown in the following figure. The CN4054S and CN4052S look the same.

Figure 1. Flex System CN4054S and CN4052S 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters

Did you know?

The CN4054S and CN4052S are based on the new Emulex XE100-P2 "Skyhawk P2" ASIC which enables

better performance, especially with the new RDMA over Converged Ethernet v2 (RoCE v2) support. In

addition, these adapters are supported by Lenovo XClarity Administrator, which allows you to deploy

adapter settings easier and incorporate the adapters in configuration patterns.

The CN4052S adapter now supports 8 vNICs per port using UFP or vNIC2 and with adapter firmware 10.6

or later. This means a total of 16 vNICs are supported. The CN4054S still supports 4 vNICs per port.

Click here to check for updates

Emulex CN4052S and CN4054S 10Gb VFA5.2 Adapters for Flex System1

Part number information

The part numbers to order the adapters are listed in the following table.

The software upgrade licenses listed are only for Flex System compute nodes, not ThinkSystem compute

nodes. The licenses are Features on Demand field license upgrades that enable the FCoE and iSCSI

converged networking capabilities of the supported adapters. Adapters 01CV780 and 01CV790 already

have these features enabled and do not need the FoD upgrades.

Table 1. Ordering information

Part number

01CV780

00AG540

00AG590

00JY804

00AG594

Feature code

AU7X

ATBT

ATBS

A5RV

ATBU

Description

Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced

Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

Flex System CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

Flex System CN4052 Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD)

Flex System CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD)

Adapters with FCoE and iSCSI standard

Adapters without FCoE and iSCSI (optional for Flex System compute nodes)

Features on Demand upgrades - not supported with ThinkSystem compute nodes

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).

Full hardware storage offloads

These adapters support an FCoE hardware offload engine, which is either standard with the adapter

or optionally enabled via Lenovo Features on Demand (FoD), depending on the adapter selected.

The offload engine accelerates storage protocol processing and delivers up to 1.5 million I/O

operations per second (IOPS). This enables the server’s processing resources to focus on

applications and improves the server’s overall performance.

Lenovo Features on Demand (not supported with ThinkSystem compute nodes)

Emulex CN4052S and CN4054S 10Gb VFA5.2 Adapters for Flex System2