| Marketing Description |
| The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter 5 Generation 2 (VFA5.2) Network Adapter Family for system x builds on the foundation of the previous generation of Emulex VFA5 adapters by delivering performance enhancements, including RoCE v2 support and management enhancements with improved support for Lenovo XClarity. These features help reduce complexity, reduce cost, and improve performance with Lenovo servers. |
| Product Features |
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Virtual NIC emulation
The Emulex VFA5.2 supports three NIC virtualization modes right out of the box: Virtual Fabric mode (vNIC1), switch independent mode (vNIC2), and Unified Fabric Port (UFP). With NIC virtualization, each of the two physical ports on the adapter can be logically configured to emulate up to four virtual NIC (vNIC) functions with user-definable bandwidth settings. Additionally, each physical port can simultaneously support a storage protocol (FCoE or iSCSI).
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Common drivers and tools
You can deploy faster and manage less when you use both Virtual Fabric Adapters (VFAs) and Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) that are developed by Emulex. VFAs and HBAs developed by Emulex use the same installation and configuration process, streamlining the effort to get your server configured and running, saving you valuable time. They also use the same Fiber Channel drivers, reducing time to qualify and manage storage connectivity. With Emulex's OneCommand Manager, you can manage VFAs and HBAs that are developed by Emulex through the data center from a single console.
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VXLAN/NVGRE offload technology
Emulex supports Microsoft's network virtualization using generic routing encapsulation (NVGRE) and VMware's virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN). These technologies create more logical LANs (for traffic isolation) that are needed by cloud architectures. Because these protocols increase the processing burden on the server's CPU, the VFA5.2 has an offload engine specifically designed for processing these tags. The resulting benefit is that cloud providers can leverage the benefits of VXLAN/NVGRE with no reduction in the server's performance.
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| General |
| Device Type |
Network adapter |
| Form Factor |
Plug-in card - low profile |
| Interface (Bus) Type |
PCI Express 3.0 x8 |
| Networking |
| Ports |
10Gb Ethernet / FCoE x 2 |
| Connectivity Technology |
Wired |
| Cabling Type |
Fibre Channel |
| Data Link Protocol |
10 Gigabit Ethernet, iSCSI, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) |
| Fibre Channel |
FC-BB-5 |
| Data Transfer Rate |
10 Gbps |
| Capacity |
MAC addresses per port: 128 |
| Network / Transport Protocol |
TCP/IP, UDP/IP |
| Features |
Virtual Fabric mode, Switch Independent mode, UFP, VXLAN, NVGRE, RoCE v2, SR-IOV, VEB, QoS, MSI-X, NDIS 6 IPSec task offload compliant, TCP/IP checksum offload, UDP/IP checksum offload, IPv6 support, RSS, IPv4 and IPv6 Large Send Offload and Checksum Offload (LSO/TCO), MAC address filtering, Jumbo Frames support, PFC, DCBX support, enhanced transmission selection, EVB, LACP, DCB, CEE, FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP), FPMA, iSCSI Protocol Offload, iSCSI crash memory dump support, iSCSI boot, iSNS |
| Compliant Standards |
IEEE 802.1Qbb, IEEE 802.1Qaz, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.1Qbg, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP), IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3p |
| Expansion / Connectivity |
| Interfaces |
2 x 10Gb Ethernet / FCoE - SFP+ |
| Power |
| Power Consumption Operational |
14.4 Watt |
| Software / System Requirements |
| OS Required |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 6 x64 Edition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86/AMD64/Intel EM64T, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with Xen, VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi), VMware vSphere 6.0 (ESXi) |
| Dimensions & Weight |
| Width |
1.7 cm |
| Depth |
16.7 cm |
| Height |
6.9 cm |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Service & Support |
Limited warranty - 1 year |
| Environmental Parameters |
| Min Operating Temperature |
0 °C |
| Max Operating Temperature |
55 °C |
| Humidity Range Operating |
5 - 95% (non-condensing) |
| Compatibility Information |
| Designed For |
Lenovo NeXtScale nx360 M5 5465
Lenovo System x3500 M5 5464
Lenovo System x3550 M5 5463
Lenovo System x3650 M5 5462
Lenovo System x3750 M4 8753
Lenovo System x3850 X6 6241
Lenovo System x3950 X6 6241
Lenovo ThinkSystem SD530
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR530
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR550
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR570
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR590
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950
Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250
Lenovo ThinkSystem ST550 |
