Lenovo Storage V7000 2076-524 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapter ports and indicators

You have the option to install 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapters for your Lenovo Storage V7000 2076-524 system, the adapter is preinstalled in each node canister.

The 4 port FCoE/iSCSI host interface adapter is used for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) or Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) connections to host systems or for Fibre Channel over Ethernet connections to host system or storage systems. Each port can support simultaneous FCoE and iSCSI connections. The Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers that are installed on the adapter support data transfer speeds of 10 Gbps.

Note: This adapter can be installed only in slots 2 and 3. Figure 1 shows two 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapters, both installed in slot 3.

Figure 1. Example of installed 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapters

Rear view of Lenovo Storage V7000 2076-524 showing two installed 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapters

1 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapter

Lenovo Storage V7000 2076-524 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapter ports

The adapter has four Ethernet ports, none of which are used for system management. The ports are named 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Figure 2) when installed in a slot.

Figure 2. 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapter ports

1 Port 1
2 Port 2
3 Port 3
4 Port 4

Lenovo Storage V7000 2076-524 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapter indicators

Each port has two LED indicators, one green and one amber (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet/iSCSI host interface adapter indicator LEDs

1 Green LED
2 Amber LED

The LED states and their meanings are explained in Table 1.

Table 1. Lenovo Storage V7000 2076-524host interface adapter LED states and meanings.
Green LED	Amber LED	Meaning
OFF	OFF	The port is not configured in flex hardware and the port is not active in the current profile. For example, in the 2-by-16 Gbps profile, two ports are not active.
OFF	ON	The port is configured, but is not connected or the negotiation of the link failed (the link is not detected at the transport layer).
ON	OFF	The link is up and is running at the configured speed. Note: This does not indicate logical connectivity, such as the completion of FLOGI (Fabric ogin) or FIP (Fibre Channel over Ethernet Initialization Protocol).
ON	ON	The link is up and is running at less than the configured (degraded) speed.