Genuine Lenovo ThinkSystem High-Performance 16Gb/s Dual-Port FC Storage Adapter

Lenovo Part Number: 01KR586 | Lenovo FRU: 01KR587 | QLogic Model: QLE2672

The Lenovo 01KR586 (QLogic QLE2672) is an enterprise-class, dual-port Gen5 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) custom-engineered to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency storage networking for Lenovo ThinkSystem and System x servers. Operating over a high-speed PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, this premium controller provides two independent 16Gb/s Fibre Channel ports. Driven by QLogic's multi-port isolation architecture, it eliminates performance bottlenecks and ensures maximum data reliability, making it an excellent choice for connecting critical enterprise servers to high-speed SAN fabrics, virtualized environments, and all-flash storage arrays.

• Port Configuration: 📈 Dual-Port SFP+ FC Bays

• Data Rate: 🏎️ 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel per port (Gen5 FC, auto-negotiating down to 8Gb/s and 4Gb/s)

• Interface (Bus) Type: ⚡ PCI Express 3.0 x8

• Controller Processor: 🧠 QLogic In-House ASIC Architecture

• Performance Matrix: 📉 Up to 1.3 Million IOPS (650,000 IOPS per port)

• Topology Support: Point-to-point (N_Port), Switched fabric (N_Port), Arbitrated loop (NL_Port)

• Core Protocols: FC-Tape (FCP-2), SCSI-FCP, FC-NVMe ready

• Lenovo Certified Infrastructure Pull: Sourced directly from factory-assembled Lenovo hardware environments. It carries authentic Lenovo system tags (P/N: 01KR586 / FRU: 01KR587), guaranteeing seamless integration with Lenovo XClarity management suites and native system BIOS handshakes.

• Gen5 16Gb Storage Performance: Engineered to meet the demanding IOPS requirements of modern data centers. With up to 1.3 million IOPS across dual ports, it drastically reduces data latency bottlenecks during heavy sequential tracking and intensive file transfers.

• Overlapping Multi-Port Isolation: Unlike combined-architecture controller chips, QLogic’s isolated port design ensures that if one channel experiences a network error or signal disruption, the adjacent port continues operating at full bandwidth without interruption.

• Virtualized Data Optimization: Fully supports Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). This allows a single physical HBA to present multiple virtual ports to hypervisors like VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V, streamlining multi-tenant virtual machine traffic.

• Target Infrastructures:

  • Lenovo ThinkSystem & System x Servers: A native match for high-performance server frames including the ThinkSystem SR650, SR550, SR630, ST550, and System x3650 M5 lines.

• Ideal Workloads: