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LS21 (7971) Compatibility


Blade Chassis
Server Applications and Middleware
SCSI and RAID Controllers
Host Attach / Mainframe and ESCON Adapters
LAN Adapters
Switches
Rack Enclosures & Rack Tower Conversion Kits
Storage Devices
Expansion Units
System Upgrades
Bridge Modules
IBM ServerProven® Program Participants


There is also Operating System Compatibility Information, links to Drivers and other information, and links to IBM System x™, BladeCenter® and xSeries® Systems Management Software information.

Blade Chassis
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Enclosure IBM 7967(7971) IBM BladeCenter
Enclosure IBM 8677(7971) IBM BladeCenter E
Enclosure IBM 8720(7971) IBM BladeCenter T - DC
Enclosure IBM 8730(7971) IBM BladeCenter T - AC
Enclosure IBM 8740(7971) IBM BladeCenter HT - DC
Enclosure IBM 8750(7971) IBM BladeCenter HT - AC
Enclosure IBM 8852/7989(7971) IBM BladeCenter H
Enclosure IBM 8886/7779(7971) 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 5641-ISM IBM Tivoli Storage Manager version 5.4
Net Mgmt IBM 5641-ISX IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition Version 5.4
Net Mgmt IBM IBM-Dir-v5.20 IBM Director Version 5.20
Net Mgmt IBM IBM-Dir-v5.20.1 IBM Director Version 5.20.1
Net Mgmt IBM IBM-Dir-v5.20.2 IBM Director Version 5.20.2
Net Mgmt IBM IBMCSM16x IBM Cluster Systems Management V1.6.x
Net Mgmt IBM RDM-43 Remote Deployment Manager 4.3
Net Mgmt IBM RDM-44 Remote Deployment Manager 4.4
Utility IBM DSA20x IBM Dynamic System Analysis Version 2.0x
Utility Microsoft MS Win PE 2005 x64 Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 2005 x64
Utility Microsoft MS Win PE 2005 x86 Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 2005 x86

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SCSI and RAID Controllers
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Fibre Channel IBM 13N2203 IBM HS20 Fibre Channel Expansion Card
Fibre Channel IBM 26K4841 IBM eServer BladeCenter SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card
Fibre Channel IBM 26R0884 QLogic 4Gb Standard Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
Fibre Channel IBM 26R0890 QLogic 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
Fibre Channel IBM 39Y9186 Emulex® 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion card for IBM BladeCenter®
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
iSCSI IBM 26K6487 QLogic™ iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 26K6457 Topspin Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 32R1760 Cisco 4X Infiniband Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter
Infiniband IBM 32R1896 Cisco Systems® InfiniBand HCA 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
SAS/RAID IBM 25R8064 IBM ServeRAID 8k SAS Controller
SAS/RAID IBM 39Y9190 SAS Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter

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Host Attach / Mainframe and ESCON Adapters
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Adapter IBM iSeries fc 5783 System i5 Integrated xSeries PCI-x iSCSI HBA (copper)
Adapter IBM iSeries fc 5784 System i5 Integrated xSeries PCI-x iSCSI HBA (fiber)

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LAN Adapters
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Gb Ethernet IBM 26K4842 IBM eServer BladeCenter SFF Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card
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 73P6000 Myricom (R) Myrinet (R) Expansion Card for BladeCenter
Gb Ethernet IBM 73P9030 IBM BladeCenter® Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card
GbE-iSCSI-TOE IBM 32R1923 QLogic™ iSCSI Expansion Card for BladeCenter

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Switches
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Fibre Channel IBM 2005-B32 IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Fabric Switch
Fibre Channel IBM 2005H08 IBM TotalStorage Fibre Channel Switch H08
Fibre Channel IBM 2005H16 IBM TotalStorage Fibre Channel Switch H16
Fibre Channel IBM 2026-224 IBM TotalStorage SAN 24M-1 Fabric Switch (24-port)
Fibre Channel IBM 2026-E12 IBM TotalStorage SAN 12M-1 Fabric Switch (12 port)
Fibre Channel IBM 2027-140 IBM TotalStorage SAN 140M-1 Enterprise Director (140-port)
Fibre Channel IBM 2027-232 IBM TotalStorage SAN 32M-1 Fabric Switch (32-port)
Fibre Channel IBM 2031-016 McData Spherion 3016 Fabric Switch (16-port) model 2031-016
Fibre Channel IBM 2031-032 McData Spherion 3032 Fabric Switch (32-port) model 2031-032
Fibre Channel IBM 2031-216 McData Spherion 3216 Fabric Switch (16-port) model 2031-216
Fibre Channel IBM 2032-064(2Gb) McData Intrepid 6064 Director switch 2Gb (64-port) model 2032-064(2Gb)
Fibre Channel IBM 2062-D01 Cisco MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric Switch model 2062-D01
Fibre Channel IBM 2062-D04/T04 Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Fabric Switch model 2062-D04/T04
Fibre Channel IBM 2062-D07/T07 Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Fabric Switch model 2062-D07/T07
Fibre Channel IBM 2109-M12 IBM SAN Switch Model M12 (2x64 ports)
Fibre Channel IBM 2109-M14 IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch M14 (128-port)

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Rack Enclosures & Rack Tower Conversion Kits
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Console Switch IBM 17353LX IBM 1 x 8 Console Switch
Console Switch IBM 17354LX IBM 2 x 16 Console Switch

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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 18128Vx IBM System Storage EXP420 Storage Expansion Unit (all models)
Enclosure IBM 18128xx IBM System Storage EXP810 Storage Expansion Unit (all models)
Enclosure IBM 39R7563 IBM BladeCenter Storage and I/O Expansion Blade
HDD IBM 43W7614 IBM ServerBlade 15.8GB SSD SATA 2.5" NHS
HDD IBM 43W7618 IBM ServerBlade 31.4GB SSD SATA 2.5" NHS
HDD-SAS IBM 26K5776 36GB 10K SFF SAS NHS
HDD-SAS IBM 26K5777 73GB 10K SFF SAS NHS
HDD-SAS IBM 42D0421 146GB SAS 10K SFF NHS
HDD-SAS IBM 43X0845 73GB SAS 15K SFF Blade Option
HDD-SAS IBM 43X0853 73GB SAS 15K SFF BSE-3
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17001RS IBM TotalStorage DS400 - Single Controller
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17002RD IBM TotalStorage DS400 - Dual Controller
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17011RL IBM Total Storage DS300 - Single Controller VL
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 17011RS IBM TotalStorage DS300 - Single Controller
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 1750-511 IBM TotalStorage DS6800 1750 model 511
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 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 v4.1.x IBM SAN Volume Controller version 4.1.x
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2145 v4.2.x IBM SAN Volume Controller version 4.2.x
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 24P82xx IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Model 60U with Turbo
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-A10,A20,G10,G20 IBM System Storage N7600 model A10, A20, G10, G20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 2867-A10,A20,G10,G20 IBM System Storage N7800 model A10, A20, G10, G20
Shared Storage Subsystem IBM 9406-xxx IBM System i (all models) Integration with BladeCenter and System x
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-E4S IBM System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive Model H4S
Tape Lib IBM 3580-S3E IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model
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 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 25R8897 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2218
Opteron AMD 25R8898 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2212 HE
Opteron AMD 25R8899 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2216 HE
Opteron AMD 25R8931 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2212
Opteron AMD 40K1263 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2210 EE
Opteron AMD 40K1264 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2220
Opteron AMD 40K1269 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2210 HE
Opteron AMD 44E5246 Opteron (TM) Dual Core Processor Model 2218 HE
Opteron IBM 44R4946 Dual Core AMD Opteron (TM) Processor Model 2222
DIMM IBM 39M5870 8GB (2x 4GB Kit) PC2-4200 CL4 ECC DDR2 SDRAM VLP RDIMMs
RDIMM IBM 39M5861 1GB (2x512MB Kit) PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 SDRAM VLP RDIMMs
RDIMM IBM 39M5864 2GB (2x 1GB Kit) PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 SDRAM VLP RDIMMs
RDIMM IBM 39M5867 4GB (2x 2GB Kit) PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 SDRAM VLP RDIMMs
RDIMM IBM 46C0512 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 667MHz SR VLP RDIMM
RDIMM IBM 46C0513 8GB(2x4GB)PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 667 VLP RDIMM
Adapter IBM 25R5778 IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
Adapter IBM 26K5939 cKVM Feature Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter

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Bridge Modules
Product Type Manufacturer Part Number Product Description
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Module IBM 39Y9207 QLogic™ InfiniBand Ethernet Bridge Module for IBM BladeCenter®
Module IBM 39Y9211 QLogic™ InfiniBand Fibre Channel Bridge Module for IBM BladeCenter®

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ServerProven Program Participants
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