Lenovo Flex System EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
Simple and Cost-effective
The EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet network adapter that supports Ethernet, FCoE, and iSCSI protocols as standard. The adapter also supports virtual network interface controller (vNIC) capability, which helps clients to reduce cost and complexity. This adapter is based on the Broadcom BCM57840 controller.
Flex System EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
Provides advanced features that improve performance and reduce complexity and costs.
Virtualization at a Value
- 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)
Ethernet Features:
- Ethernet frame: 1500 byte or 9600 byte (jumbo frame)
- Virtual LAN (VLAN) support with VLAN tagging
- vNIC support:
- UFP support
- Stateless offload
- Performance optimization
- SR-IOV-ready
- Wake on LAN
- Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
- Network teaming, failover, and load balancing: •Smart Load Balancing (SLB)
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and generic trunking
- Management using the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite management application
Did You Know?
The EN4172 is based on the industry-standard PCIe architecture and is ideal for clients who use 10 GbE in
their network infrastructure and who are looking for an entry price point for FCoE or iSCSI capabilities. The
adapter ships standard with support for FCoE and iSCSi and with vNIC features that allow each physical
port of the adapter to be virtualized into four vNICs.
Tech Specs
Supported Servers:
- Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter
- Flex System EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
Supported I/O Modules:
10 Gb Ethernet connectivity:
- Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 00FM514 ASUU
- Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 00FM510 ASUT
- Lenovo Flex System SI4091 10Gb System Interconnect Module 00FE327 ARZM
- Lenovo Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module 00FM518 ASUV
- Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 00D5823 A3HH
- Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 95Y3309 A3J6
- Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch 49Y4270 A0TB
- Flex System EN4091 10Gb Ethernet Pass-thru 88Y6043 A1QV
- Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module 95Y3313 A45T
- Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch 90Y9346 A3HJ
- Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Flex System 94Y5350 ESWB
- Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch 94Y5212 ESWD
1 Gb Ethernet connectivity:
- Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch
Operating System Support:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12
- VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi)
- VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
- VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi)
- VMware vSphere 6.0 (ESXi)
Warranty: There is a 1-year, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty. When installed in a server, these adapters assume your system’s base warranty and any Lenovo Services warranty upgrade.
Physical Specifications:
The dimensions and weight of the adapter are specified:
- Width: 100 mm (3.9 inches)
- Depth: 80 mm (3.1 inches)
- Weight: 136 g (0.3 lb)
Shipping dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 58 mm (2.3 in)
- Width: 229 mm (9.0 in)
- Depth: 208 mm (8.2 in)
- Weight: 400 g (0.89 lb)
