Adapters that support hot swap
Part number Feature code Description
00D8540* A4XH Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA IIIr for System x*
49Y7960 A2EC Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for System x
49Y7970 A2ED Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for System x
00AG500 A56K Intel I350-F1 1xGbE Fiber Adapter for System x
00AG510 A56L Intel I350-T2 2xGbE BaseT Adapter for System x
00AG520 A56M Intel I350-T4 4xGbE BaseT Adapter for System x
* Hot-swap is only supported when the adapter is in pNIC mode. Hot-swap is not supported in either vNIC mode (Virtual Fabric mode or Switch Independent mode).
ML2 adapters
Part number、Feature code、Description、Maximum supported(slot #)
25 Gb Ethernet
00MN990* ATZR Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx ML2 1x25GbE SFP28 Adapter 1* (10)
10 Gb Ethernet
00D2026 A40S Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT 1 (10)
00D2028 A40T Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ 1 (10)
00AG560 AT7U Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter 1 (10)
01CV770 AU7Z Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW 1 (10)
00D1994 A40P Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter 1 (10)
00JY940* ATRH Intel X710-DA2 ML2 2x10GbE SFP+ Adapter 1* (10)
94Y5200 AS74 Intel X710 ML2 4x10GbE SFP+ Adapter 1 (10)
Gigabit Ethernet
00D1998 A40R Intel I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter 1 (10)
InfiniBand
00FP650 A5RK Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE/FDR VPI Adapter 1 (10)
* Not supported in servers with E7 v2 compute books
Network adapters
Part number、Feature code、Description、Maximum supported (slot #)
Omni-Path Architecture (OPA)
00WE027** AU0B Intel OPA 100 Series Single-port PCIe 3.0 x16 HFA 3 (7,8,9)
00WE023 AU0A Intel OPA 100 Series Single-port PCIe 3.0 x8 HFA 2 (7,9)
100 Gb Ethernet
00MM960* ATRP Mellanox ConnectX-4 2x100GbE/EDR IB QSFP28 VPI Adapter 4* (1, 4, 7, 9)
40 Gb Ethernet
00MM950* ATRN Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 1x40GbE QSFP+ Adapter 9* (1-9)
00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE / FDR IB VPI Adapter 9 (1-9)
25 Gb Ethernet
01GR250 AUAJ Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 2x25GbE SFP28 Adapter 9 (1-9)
10 Gb Ethernet
94Y5180 A4Z6 Broadcom NetXtreme Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter 9 (1-9)
44T1370 A5GZ Broadcom NetXtreme 2x10GbE BaseT Adapter 9 (1-9)
00AG570 AT7S Emulex VFA5.2 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter 9 (1-9)
00AG580 AT7T Emulex VFA5.2 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW 9 (1-9)
00JY830 A5UU Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW 9 (1-9)
00D8540 A4M9 Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA III-R 9 (1-9)
49Y7960 A2EC Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter 9 (1-9)
49Y7970 A2ED Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter 9 (1-9)
00MM850† ATRY Intel X550-T1 Single Port 10GBase-T Adapter 9† (1-9)
00MM860* ATPX Intel X550-T2 Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter 9* (1-9)
81Y3520 AS73 Intel X710 2x10GbE SFP+ Adapter 9 (1-9)
00D9690 A3PM Mellanox ConnectX-3 10 GbE Adapter 9 (1-9)
90Y4600 A3MR QLogic 8200 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA 9 (1-9)
Gigabit Ethernet
90Y9370 A2V4 Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter 9 (1-9)
90Y9352 A2V3 Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter 9 (1-9)
49Y4230 5767 Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 9 (1-9)
49Y4240 5768 Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 9 (1-9)
00AG500 A56K Intel I350-F1 1xGbE Fiber Adapter 9 (1-9)
00AG510 A56L Intel I350-T2 2xGbE BaseT Adapter 9 (1-9)
00AG520 A56M Intel I350-T4 4xGbE BaseT Adapter 9 (1-9)
InfiniBand
00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE / FDR IB VPI Adapter 9 (1-9)
00MM960* ATRP Mellanox ConnectX-4 2x100GbE/EDR IB QSFP28 VPI Adapter 4* (1, 4, 7, 9)
00KH924 ASWQ Mellanox ConnectX-4 EDR IB VPI Single-port x16 PCIe 3.0 HCA 4 (1,4,7,9)
* Not supported in servers with E7 v2 compute books
† Only supported in servers with E7 v4 compute books
Supported optical transceivers and DAC cables - 10 Gb Ethernet
Part number、Feature code、Description、Maximum supported
10 GbE SFP+ transceivers (for 10 GbE SFP+ adapters)
46C3447 5053 Lenovo 10GBASE-SR SFP+ Transceiver Per adapter port*
49Y4216 0069 Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver Per adapter port*
49Y4218 0064 QLogic 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver Per adapter port*
10 GbE SFP+ DAC cables (for 10 GbE SFP+ adapters)
00D6288 A3RG Lenovo 0.5m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
90Y9427 A1PH Lenovo 1m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
00AY764 A51N Lenovo 1.5m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
00AY765 A51P Lenovo 2m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
90Y9430 A1PJ Lenovo 3m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
90Y9433 A1PK Lenovo 5m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
00D6151 A3RH Lenovo 7m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
* One transceiver or cable is supported per adapter port. All adapter ports must have the same type of
transceiver or DAC cable selected.
Supported optical transceivers and DAC cables - 40 Gb Ethernet
Part number、Feature code、Description、Maximum supported
40 GbE QSFP+ transceivers (for 40 GbE QSFP+ adapters)
49Y7884 A1DR Lenovo 40GBASE-SR4 QSFP+ Transceiver Per adapter port*
40 GbE QSFP+ DAC cables (for 40 GbE QSFP+ adapters)
49Y7890 A1DP Lenovo 1m Passive QSFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
49Y7891 A1DQ Lenovo 3m Passive QSFP+ DAC Cable Per adapter port*
* One transceiver or cable is supported per adapter port. All adapter ports must have the same type of
transceiver or DAC cable selected.
