QLE2662-LNV/Lenovo 00Y3341/3343/3344 Fiber Channel HBA Product Introduction

1. Product Overview

            This series is a 16Gbps Fiber Channel (16GFC) adapter developed in collaboration between Lenovo and Marvel (formerly QLogic), specifically optimized for Lenovo ThinkSystem and System x servers, providing enterprise grade SAN connectivity solutions. Includes the following models:

          QLE2662-LNV: Standard Retail Model (Universal Server)

          00Y3341: Single port (full height/low baffle optional)

           00Y3343: Dual port (full height/low baffle optional)

           00Y3344: Dual port short profile (Low Profile, space optimized)

2. Comparison of core features

          Model, Port Number, Host Interface, Special Design, Typical Application Scenarios

QLE2662-LNV Dual Port PCIe 3.0 x8 Standard Full Height Universal Enterprise Storage Environment

          00Y3341 Single Port PCIe 3.0 x8 Optional Low Barrier Basic SAN Connection Requirements

         00Y3343 dual port PCIe 3.0 x8 optional low barrier high availability/redundant configuration

         00Y3344 Dual Port PCIe 3.0 x8 Forced Short Block 1U/2U Rack Server

Common advantages:

         16GFC performance (3.2GB/s full duplex), compatible with 8GFC/4GFC

         QLogic 5th generation architecture: Hardware accelerated I/O, latency<1.2 microseconds

          End to end data integrity: Supports T10 PI (DIF/DIX)

          Virtualization optimization: NPIV (128+virtual ports), SRIOV support

3. Technical specifications

Protocol support:

          Native FCP-4 (SCSI)

          Optional FC NVMe (NVMe enabled storage required)

SFP+interface:

            Support hot plugging, maximum transmission distance:

           Multimode (OM3/OM4): 100m @ 16GFC

           Single mode (OS2): 10km (requires authentication module)

Management function:

          Lenovo XClarity Integration

           QLogic SANsurfer Management Suite

          VMware HANA plugin support

4. Typical application scenarios

           Full flash storage acceleration: connected to Lenovo DM5000F/IBM FlashSystem

           Virtualization infrastructure: VMware vSAN, Microsoft S2D FC backend

           Database cluster: shared storage for SAP HANA and Oracle RAC

           Blade server: 00Y3344 compatible with ThinkSystem SR650/SR670

5. Compatibility Matrix

Authentication Server:

         ThinkSystem SR/SD/ST series

         Old System x3650/x3850

Storage compatibility:

         Lenovo Storage D Series

         IBM DS8000/FlashSystem

         NetApp/EMC Unity (switch compatibility needs to be verified)

Operating System:

         Windows Server 2012 R2-2019

        RHEL 7/8, SLES 12/15

        VMware ESXi 6.5-7.0U3

        AIX 7.2+(requires special drivers)