Network Cabling Requirements - Lenovo Intel X520 Product Manual

Support for System x and NeXtScale servers with Intel Xeon v2 processors
Table 10. Support for System x and NeXtScale servers with Intel Xeon v2 processors
Part
number Description
49Y7960 Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter
49Y7980 Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter
00MM880 Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ OCP Mezz
49Y7970 Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter
49Y7990 Intel X540 Dual Port 10GBase-T Embedded Adapter
00D1994 Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter
For the latest information about the servers that support each adapter, see ServerProven at:
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/xseries/lan/matrix.shtml
The following tables list the ThinkServer systems that are compatible.
Support for ThinkServer Gen 5 servers (including the sd350)
Table 11. Support for ThinkServer Generation 5 servers
Part
number Description
4XC0F28733 ThinkServer X520-SR2 PCIe 10Gb 2 Port SFP+ Ethernet Adapter
4XC0F28734 ThinkServer X520-DA2 PCIe 10Gb 2 Port SFP+ Ethernet Adapter
4XC0F28742 ThinkServer X520-DA2 AnyFabric 10Gb 2 Port SFP+ Ethernet
Adapter
4XC0F28732 ThinkServer X540-T2 PCIe 10Gb 2 Port Base-T Ethernet Adapter
4XC0F28741 ThinkServer X540-T2 AnyFabric 10Gb 2 Port Base-T Ethernet
Adapter
00MM880 Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ OCP Mezz

Network cabling requirements

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