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LS42 (7902) Compatibility


Blade Chassis
Server Applications and Middleware
SCSI and RAID Controllers
LAN Adapters
Storage Devices
Expansion Units
System Upgrades
IBM ServerProven® Program Participants


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Blade Chassis
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Enclosure IBM 8677(7902) IBM BladeCenter E
Enclosure IBM 8740(7902) IBM BladeCenter HT - DC
Enclosure IBM 8750(7902) IBM BladeCenter HT - AC
Enclosure IBM 8852/7989(7902) IBM BladeCenter H
Enclosure IBM 8886/7779(7902) IBM BladeCenter S

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Server Applications and Middleware
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Net Mgmt IBM 5724-Q99 Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 7.1.1 - Server
Net Mgmt IBM D59L2LL Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 7.1x - Server
Net Mgmt IBM IBM-Dir-v5.20.2 IBM Director Version 5.20.2
Net Mgmt IBM IBM-Dir-v5.20.3 IBM Director Version 5.20.3
Net Mgmt IBM IBM-Dir-v6.1.1 IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.1
Net Mgmt IBM IBM-Dir-v6.10 IBM Systems Director Version 6.10
Net Mgmt IBM RDM-44 Remote Deployment Manager 4.4
Utility IBM DSA21x IBM Dynamic System Analysis Version 2.1x
Utility Microsoft MS Win PE 2.1 x64 Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 2.1 x64
Utility Microsoft MS Win PE 2.1 x86 Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 2.1 x86

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SCSI and RAID Controllers
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Fibre Channel IBM 39Y9306 QLogic Ethernet and 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter™
Fibre Channel IBM 41Y8527 QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter™
Fibre Channel IBM 43W6859 Emulex 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter
Fibre Channel IBM 44X1940 QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 32R1760 Cisco 4X Infiniband Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 43W4420 Voltaire InfiniBand 4X DDR Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 43W4421 Cisco InfiniBand 4X DDR Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 43W4423 InfiniBand 4X DDR Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 46M6001 2-Port 40Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
SAS/RAID IBM 39Y9190 SAS Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter

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LAN Adapters
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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10Gb Ethernet IBM 42C1830 QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 39R8624 IBM BladeCenter®SFF Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card
Gb Ethernet IBM 39Y9271 NetXen 10 Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 39Y9310 Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter™
Gb Ethernet IBM 44W4465 Broadcom 10Gb Ethernet CFFh Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 44W4466 Broadcom 2-Port 10Gb Ethernet CFFh Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 44W4479 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 46M6164 Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 46M6168 Broadcom 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 73P6000 Myricom (R) Myrinet (R) Expansion Card for BladeCenter
GbE-iSCSI-TOE IBM 32R1923 QLogic™ iSCSI Expansion Card for BladeCenter

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Storage Devices
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Enclosure IBM 17401xx IBM TotalStorage DS4000 EXP700 Expansion Unit (all models)
Enclosure IBM 17407xx IBM TotalStorage DS4000 EXP710 Storage Expansion Unit (all models)
Enclosure IBM 18128xx IBM System Storage EXP810 Storage Expansion Unit (all models)
Enclosure IBM 2107-92E/9AE IBM TotalStorage DS8000 Expansion Unit 2107 model 92E/9AE
Enclosure IBM 39R7563 IBM BladeCenter Storage and I/O Expansion Blade
HDD IBM 43W7614 IBM 15.8GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
HDD IBM 43W7618 IBM 31.4GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
HDD IBM 43W7706 IBM 50GB SATA 2.5'' SFF NHS SSD
HDD-SAS IBM 26K5777 73GB 10K Non Hot-Swap SAS SFF
HDD-SAS IBM 42D0421 IBM ServerBlade 146GB SAS 10K 2.5" SFF NHS
HDD-SAS IBM 42D0627 IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5” SFF NHS HDD
HDD-SAS IBM 42D0667 IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5” SFF NHS HDD
HDD-SAS IBM 43X0845 IBM ServerBlade 73GB SAS 15K 2.5" SFF NHS
HDD-USB IBM 41Y8268 IBM USB Memory Key for VMware Hypervisor ESXi 3.5 U3
HDD-USB IBM 41Y8269 IBM USB Memory Key for VMware Hypervisor ESXi 3.5 U4
HDD/S-ATA IBM 42D0737 IBM 160GB 7200 NL SATA 2.5'' SFF NHS HDD
HDD/S-ATA IBM 42D0742 IBM 500GB 7200 NL SATA 2.5'' SFF NHS HDD
HDD/S-ATA IBM 43W7666 300GB 10K SATA 2.5" NHS HDD
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17226xx IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Midrange Disk Systems (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17241xx IBM TotalStorage DS4100 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 172631X iSCSI - SAS Single Controller DS3300
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 172632X iSCSI - SAS Dual Controller DS3300
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 172641X FC - SAS Single Controller DS3400
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 172642X FC - SAS Dual Controller DS3400
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17421xx IBM TotalStorage DS4400 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17429xx IBM TotalStorage DS4500 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 18147Vx IBM System Storage DS4200 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 18147xx IBM System Storage DS4700 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 18158xx IBM System Storage DS4800 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 181851x IBM System Storage DS5100 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 181853x IBM System Storage DS5300 Midrange Disk System (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2107-xxx IBM TotalStorage DS8100 2107 (all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2107-xxx IBM TotalStorage DS8300 2107(all models)
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2145 v4.2.x IBM SAN Volume Controller version 4.2.x
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2145 v4.3.x IBM SAN Volume Controller version 4.3.x
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 24P82xx IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Model 60U with Turbo
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2858-A10, A20 IBM System Storage N6040 model A10/A20 and Gateway feature
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2858-A11, A21 IBM System Storage N6070 model A11/A21 and Gateway feature
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2858-A12, A22 IBM System Storage N6060 model A12/A22 and Gateway feature
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2859-A10, A20 IBM System Storage N3300 model A10/A20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2862-A10, A20 IBM System Storage N3600 model A10/A20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2863-A10, A20 IBM System Storage N3700 model A10, A20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2864-A10,A20,G10,G20 IBM System Storage N5200 model A10, A20, G10, G20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2865-A10,A20,G10,G20 IBM System Storage N5500 model A10, A20, G10, G20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2866-A11,A21,G11,G21 IBM System Storage N7700 model A11, A21, G11, G21
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2867-A11,A21,G11,G21 IBM System Storage N7900 model A11, A21, G11, G21
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2868-A10,A20,G10,G20 IBM System Storage N5600 model A10, A20, G10, G20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2869-A10,A20,G10,G20 IBM System Storage N5300 model A10, A20, G10, G20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 9406-xxx IBM System i (all models) Integration with BladeCenter and System x
Tape IBM 362516X IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System - External USB 160GB Bundle
Tape IBM 362532X IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System - External USB 320GB Bundle
Tape IBM 362550X IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System - External USB 500GB Bundle
Tape IBM 46C5364 IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System - Internal USB 160GB Bundle
Tape IBM 46C5387 IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System - Internal USB 320GB Bundle
Tape IBM 46C5388 IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System - Internal USB 500GB Bundle
Tape Lib IBM 3572-Sxx IBM System Storage TS2900 Tape Autoloader
Tape Lib IBM 3573-xxx IBM System Storage TS3100/TS3200 Tape Library (all models)
Tape Lib IBM 3576-xxx IBM System Storage TS3310 Modular Tape Library (all models)
Tape Lib IBM 3580-S3E IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model
Tape Lib IBM 3580-S4E IBM System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive Model S4E
Tape Lib IBM 3584-xxx IBM Ultrium3 Ultra Scalable Tape Library (all models)

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Expansion Units
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Expansion IBM 25K8373 IBM BladeCenter PCI Expansion Unit 2
Expansion IBM 43W4391 IBM BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit

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System Upgrades
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Opteron AMD 44R4971 Quad Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 8356
Opteron AMD 44X1552 Quad Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 8347 HE
Upgrade IBM 44X1685 LS42 Multi Processor Expansion Unit: Processor Model 8384 (2 x 2.7 GHz)
Upgrade IBM 46M6817 LS42 Multi Processor Expansion Unit: Processor Model 8380 (2 x 2.5 GHz)
Upgrade IBM 46M6885 LS42 Multiprocessor Expansion Unit: Processor Model 8374 HE (2 x 2.2 GHz)
Upgrade IBM 46M6890 LS42 Multiprocessor Expansion Unit: Processor Model 8376 HE (2 x 2.3 GHz)
Upgrade IBM 49Y4748 MP EXPANSION UNIT PROCESSOR MODEL 8431( 2 X 2.4GHz ) for 7902
Upgrade IBM 49Y4749 MP EXPANSION UNIT PROCESSOR MODEL 8435 ( 2 X 2.6GHz ) for 7902
RDIMM IBM 44T1547 16GB (2x8GB kit) PC2-4200 CL4 ECC DDR2 VLP RDIMM
RDIMM IBM 46C0512 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 667MHz SR VLP RDIMM
RDIMM IBM 46C0522 2GB(2x1GB)PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 667 VLP DIMM
RDIMM IBM 46C7524 8GB (2x4GB kit) PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 667 VLP RDIMM
RDIMM IBM 46C7525 8GB (2x4GB kit) PC2-6400 CL6 ECC DDR2 800 VLP RDIMM
Adapter IBM 26K5939 cKVM Feature Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter

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ServerProven Program Participants
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