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- Description
- Specifications
90Y5178 is a Features on Demand (FoD) licence, not a card. Lenovo lists it as the Emulex Mezz VFA III/IIIr FCoE/iSCSI License, feature code A2TE, and it unlocks FCoE and iSCSI on two embedded adapters: 90Y6456 (Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter) and 00Y7730 (Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded VFA IIIr).
Those embedded adapters sit in a dedicated connector on System x M4 servers and do not use a PCIe slot. Without the key they run as 10GbE Ethernet adapters.
The VFA III generation moved licensing to the FoD process, which Lenovo says reduces activation to a few clicks, in place of the paper key used by VFA II. PCIe, integrated and mezzanine forms each have a different FCoE key part number.
Lenovo lists support in the x3550 M4 and x3650 M4 (E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 models), x3650 M4 HD, dx360 M4 and nx360 M4, with a limit of one key per server. The Storwize V3700 guide lists 90Y5178 as required when 00Y7730 is used for FCoE host attachment.
Fit check: the key works only with 90Y6456 or 00Y7730; for the PCIe VFA III the key is 95Y3760. 00Y7730 is the embedded VFA IIIr this licence upgrades, and 95Y3762 is the PCIe VFA III adapter.
| 90Y5178 Specs | |
| Part | 90Y5178 |
| Feature code | A2TE |
| Type | Features on Demand licence key |
| Enables | FCoE and iSCSI |
| For adapters | 90Y6456 and 00Y7730 (embedded) |
| Max per server | 1 |
| PCIe VFA III key | 95Y3760 (different part) |