For more information about SAS HBAs, see the list of Product Guides in the Host bus adapters category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
Fibre Channel host bus adapters
The following table lists Fibre Channel HBAs that are supported by the x3500 M5 server.
Table 28. Storage adapters
Part number
Feature
code
16 Gb Fibre Channel
81Y1668*
A2XU
81Y1662
A2W6
81Y1655
A2W5
00Y3341
A3KX
00Y3337
A3KW
8 Gb Fibre Channel
46M6050*
3591
46M6049*
3589
42D0494
3581
42D0485
3580
42D0510
3579
42D0501
3578
* Withdrawn from marketing
For more information, see the list of Lenovo Press Product Guides in the Host bus adapters category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
PCIe SSD adapters
The server currently does not support High IOPS SSD adapters.
GPU adapters
Lenovo System x3500 M5
Description
Brocade 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
Emulex 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA
Emulex 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
QLogic 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA
QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA
Emulex 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
Emulex 8Gb FC Single-port HBA
QLogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port HBA
Maximum
supported (1 CPU / 2 CPUs)
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
4 / 7
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