Add Hic; Upgrade Hic - Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

Controller model
DE2000
DE4000
DE6000
Important: If the controller has SFP+ (optical) baseboard ports and you add an SFP+ (optical) HIC, the new
HIC ports usually default to the host protocol used by the baseboard host ports. For example, if you add a
four-port SFP+ HIC to a controller that has FC baseboard ports, the new HIC ports should default to FC.
However, you must confirm the protocol of the new SFP+ HIC ports before connecting them to data hosts. In
certain cases, you might need to apply a feature pack to convert the HIC ports from iSCSI to FC or from FC
to iSCSI.

Add HIC

You can add host interface cards (HICs) to controller shelves that have only baseboard host ports. Adding
HICs allows you to increase the number of host ports in your storage array and can provide additional host
protocols. The following figures show a 2U controller shelf with two controller canisters before and after
adding a HIC into each controller.
Figure 8. Without a HIC
Figure 9. With a HIC
Note: The figures show example controller canisters with example HICs. You might have different types and
numbers of baseboard ports and HIC ports.

Upgrade HIC

You change the host protocol by upgrading the HIC currently installed in a controller canister with a different
type of HIC. The following figures show a 2U dual controller shelf before and after a HIC upgrade. The two
HICs in the first figure have four SFP+ (optical) host ports, and the two HICs in the second figure have four
SAS ports.
Supported HIC
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000 HIC, 10BaseT, 2-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000 HIC, 12Gb SAS, 2-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000 HIC, 10/25GbE iSCSI, 4-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000 HIC, 12Gb SAS, 4-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000 HIC, 16Gb FC/10GbE iSCSI,4-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000 HIC, 32Gb FC, 4-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000 HIC, 10/25GbE iSCSI, 4-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000 HIC, 12Gb SAS, 4-ports
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000 HIC, 32Gb FC, 4-ports
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