Lenovo ThinkSystem 450W-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 24Gb HBA: технические характеристики и документация
Abstract
The ThinkSystem 450W-16e 24Gb SAS/SATA HBA is a high performance 24Gb SAS/SATA host bus adapter for external storage connectivity in ThinkSystem servers. The adapters provide four x4 external mini-SAS HD connectors to provide connectivity to external storage devices such as the ThinkSystem D4390 Direct Attached Storage Enclosure.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the 450W-16e and it key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the HBA and consider its use in IT solutions.
Introduction
The ThinkSystem 450W-16e 24Gb SAS/SATA HBA is a high performance 24Gb SAS/SATA host bus adapter for external storage connectivity in ThinkSystem servers. The adapters provide four x4 external mini-SAS HD connectors to provide connectivity to external storage devices such as the ThinkSystem D4390 Direct Attached Storage Enclosure.
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 450W-16e 24Gb SAS/SATA HBA.

Figure 1. ThinkSystem 450W-16e 24Gb SAS/SATA HBA
Did you know?
The ThinkSystem 450W-16e 24Gb SAS/SATA HBA is an ideal interface for the ThinkSystem D4390 Direct Attached Storage Enclosure, since the combination enables end-to-end 24Gb SAS connectivity. This maximizes the overall performance of your external storage subsystem.
Rigorous testing of the ThinkSystem HBAs by Lenovo through the ServerProven program ensures a high degree of confidence in storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing an additional peace of mind, the controller is covered under Lenovo warranty.
Part number information
The following table lists the ordering information.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4Y37A85156 | BWKP | ThinkSystem 450W-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 24Gb HBA |
The option part number includes the following items:
- Adapter with a full-height (3U) bracket attached
- Low-profile (2U) bracket
- Documentation flyer
Features and specifications
The 450W-16e has the following features and specifications:
- PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface
- PCI low profile, half-length form factor
- Based on the Broadcom 9600W-16e adapter and the SAS4016W IOC controller
- Four SFF-8674 x4 connectors
- Non-RAID (JBOD mode) support for SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs
- Connectivity for up to 240 external SAS or SATA drives
- Up to 24 Gbps throughput per port
- Supports 24, 12, 6, or 3 Gbps SAS speeds
- Supports 6 or 3 Gbps SATA speeds
- Support for external storage systems and tape backup units
- High performance architecture with very deep queue depth
- Advanced power management support
- Support for SSP, SMP, STP, and SATA protocols
- End-to-End CRC with Advanced Error Reporting
- Spread Spectrum Clocking for EMI reductions
- Supports 512e, 512n and 4K formatted drives
- Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (CoD).
- S.M.A.R.T. support.
- Secure boot and attestation
The specifications of the adapters are listed in the following table.
| Feature | 450W-16e |
|---|---|
| Adapter type | HBA |
| Part number | 4Y37A85156 |
| Controller chip | Broadcom SAS4016W |
| Broadcom equivalent | 9600W-16e |
| Host interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Port interface | 24 Gb SAS |
| Number of ports | 16 |
| Port connectors | 4x 24Gbps Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8674) |
| Drive interface | SAS/SATA |
| Drive type | HDD/SSD/SED* |
| Hot-swap drives | Yes |
| Max devices | 240 |
| RAID levels | None |
| JBOD mode | Yes |
| Cache | None |
| CacheVault cache protection | None |
| Performance Accelerator (FastPath) | No |
| SSD Caching (CacheCade Pro 2.0) | No |
| SED support | Yes* |
* SED support is by using software on the server (SED commands are passed through the HBA to the drives).
To compare the 450W-16e to other external adapters, see the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference
https://lenovopress.com/lp1288-lenovo-thinksystem-raid-adapter-and-hba-reference#internal-or-external-ports=External
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part Number | Description | AMD V3 | 2S Intel V3/V4 | 1S V3 | 4S 8S Intel V3/V4 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G) |
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E) |
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C) |
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A) |
SD535 V3 (7DD8 / 7DD1) |
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A) |
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73) |
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76) |
SR630 V4 (7DG8 / 7DG9) |
SR650 V4 (7DGC / 7DGD) |
SR650a V4 (7DGC / 7DGD) |
ST45 V3 (7DH4 / 7DH5) |
ST50 V3 (7DF4 / 7DF3) |
ST250 V3 (7DCF / 7DCE) |
SR250 V3 (7DCM / 7DCL) |
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96) |
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93) |
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4) |
SR850 V4 (7DJT / 7DJS) |
SR860 V4 (7DJQ / 7DJN) |
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| 4Y37A85156 | ThinkSystem 450W-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 24Gb HBA | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | AI Servers | Edge | Super computing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R) |
SR680a V3 B200 (7DM9) |
SR685a V3 (7DHC) |
SR780a V3 (7DJ5) |
SR680a V4 (7DMK) |
SE100 (7DGR) |
SE455 V3 (7DBY) |
SC750 V4 (7DDJ) |
SC777 V4 (7DKA) |
SD665 V3 (7D9P) |
||
| 4Y37A85156 | ThinkSystem 450W-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 24Gb HBA | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | Edge | 1S Intel V2 | 2S Intel V2 | AMD V1 | Multi node | AI | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X) |
SE350 V2 (7DA9) |
SE360 V2 (7DAM) |
SE450 (7D8T) |
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J) |
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F) |
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q) |
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74) |
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71) |
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73) |
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99) |
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01) |
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X) |
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V) |
SD530 V3 (7DDA / 7DD3) |
SD550 V3 (7DD9 / 7DD2) |
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23) |
SR680a V3 (7DHE) |
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| 4Y37A85156 | ThinkSystem 450W-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 24Gb HBA | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | SC | Dense V2 | 4S V2 | 8S | 4S V1 | 1S Intel V1 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ) |
SD650 V3 (7D7M) |
SD650-I V3 (7D7L) |
SD650-N V3 (7D7N) |
SD630 V2 (7D1K) |
SD650 V2 (7D1M) |
SD650-N V2 (7D1N) |
SN550 V2 (7Z69) |
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32) |
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60) |
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12) |
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19) |
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G) |
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70) |
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50) |
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46) |
SR150 (7Y54) |
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51) |
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| 4Y37A85156 | ThinkSystem 450W-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 24Gb HBA | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 2S Intel V1 | Dense V1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10) |
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08) |
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04) |
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03) |
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99) |
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02) |
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06) |
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37) |
SD530 (7X21) |
SD650 (7X58) |
SN550 (7X16) |
SN850 (7X15) |
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| 4Y37A85156 | ThinkSystem 450W-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 24Gb HBA | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Drive enclosure support
The 450W-16e is planned to support the following SAS external drive enclosures:
- ThinkSystem D4390 Direct Attached Storage Enclosure
For details about D4390, see the product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1681-lenovo-storage-thinksystem-d4390-high-density-expansion-enclosure
For interoperatility, refer to the Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC):
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/lsic
Operating system support
The following table lists the supported operating systems.
Tip: The table is automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
| Operating systems | SR665 V3 |
SR650 V3 (4th Gen Xeon) |
SR655 V3 |
SR650 V3 (5th Gen Xeon) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2025 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 with Xen | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS or later with HWE kernel | N | N | N | Y |
| Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS or later with HWE kernel | Y | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or later with HWE kernel | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or later with HWE kernel | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS or later with HWE kernel | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 9.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 9.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Warranty
The adapters carry a 1-year limited warranty. When installed in a supported ThinkSystem server, the adapters assume the server’s base warranty and any warranty service upgrade.
Physical specification
The 450W-16e has the following dimensions:
- Height: 69 mm (2.7 inches)
- Length: 168 mm (6.6 inches)
Operating environment
The adapters are supported in the following environment:
- Operating:
- Temperature: 10°C to 55°C (50°F to 131°F)
- Relative humidity: 20% to 90% (non-condensing)
- Storage
- Temperature with package: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
- Relative humidity: 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Agency approvals
The adapters have the following agency approvals:
- FCC Part 15 Class A
- Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22)
- Canada (ICES-003 Class B)
- Europe (EN55022/EN55024)
- Japan (VCCI V-3)
- Korea (RRA no 2013-24 & 25)
- RoHS compliant
- EN/IEC/UL 60950
- Taiwan (CNS 13438)
- USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B)
- WEEE
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:
- Host Bus Adapters
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