Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 Installation Guide

10 CN4093 Installation Guide
TheCN4093providessupportforLayer 2andLayer 3switching,aswellasafull
setofconvergefeatures:
 ConvergedEnhancedEthernet(CEE)includingFibreChanneloverEthernet
(FCoE)overallEthernetports,includingOmniPortsactinginEthernetmode.
 Priority‐basedFlowControl(PFC),EnhancedTransmissionSelection(ETS)and
DataCenterBridgingCapabilityExchange(DCBX).
 N_PortVirtualization(NPV)GatewayandFullFabricFibreChannelForwarder
(FCF).
 FullfabricFibreChannel(FC)services,includingNameServerand
hardware‐basedZoning.
 LenovoVirtualNetworkInterfaceCard(vNIC)VirtualFabricAdapterwith
SingleRootI/OVirtualization(SR‐IOV)capability.
TheCN4093providespay‐as‐you‐growscalability.Withoptionallicensing,you
caneasilyandcost‐effectivelyexpandthenumberofavailableports.
Thebaselicenseprovidessupportforthefollowing:
 Singlecomputenodeportcapability,consistingoffourteeninternal10Gigabit
Ethernet(GbE)withFCoEandauto‐negotiationcapability)
 Twoexternal10GbE/FCoESmallForm‐factorPluggablePlus(SFP+)ports
whichalsosupportlegacy1GbE/FCoEconnections
 SixOmniPorts,allowingeachportpairtobeusedaseithertwo10GbE/FCoE
SFP+opticalportsorasFCportsindependentlycapableof4or8Gigabitsper
second(Gbps)
Additionalportsareavailable withoptionallicenses.Therearetwoupgradesthat
areavailablefortheCN4093(see“A cq ui ri ng 
FeatureLicenses”onpage 51).
Upgrade1addssupportsforthefollowing:
 Fourteenadditionalinternal10GbE/FCoEcomputenodeports
 Twoexternal40GbE/FCoEQuadSmallFormPluggablePlus(QSFP+)ports,
eachofwhichcanbeoptionallyusedasfour10GbE/FCoESFP+ports
Upgrade2addssupportforthefollowing:
 Fourteenadditionalinternal10GbE/FCoEcomputenodeports
 SixadditionalOmniPorts
Note: Upgrade1andUpgrade2areindependentandcanbeinstalledinanyorder,
withorwithouttheother.
SFP+ports
canbepopulatedwith10GbopticalorcopperSFP+transceivermodules
orDirect‐AttachCables(DACs),orlegacy1GbopticalorcopperSFPtransceiver
modules.
Omniportsports canbepopulatedwith10GbopticalSFP+transceiv ermodulesor
DACs.
QSFP+portscanbepopulatedwithopticalQSFP+modulesorDACs
,including
somethatacceptSFP+orSFPmodules.

Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 Specifications

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