List of Chelsio Part Numbers, FAB Numbers, and OEM Equivalents

[bfarnam]

This is my first post here even though I have been trolling for a while now. I figured since I took the time to compile a massive list of Chelsio adapters I would share this with everyone here.

Chelsio seems to make adapters for just about all the major OEMs and assign "new" part numbers based on the same PCB "FAB" number. I am sure that this has to do with slightly modified device id's to ensure that only certain devices are used in certain machines, and in some instances different heatsink/bracket designs based upon the forced cooling requirements of most servers.

If anyone has any corrections please list them here as I am by no means an expert.

Chelsio T4xx Adapters
PCI Express 2.0 x8
Latest OFFICIALLY Supported Windows Drivers are Unified Wire v5.0.0.57 with firmware v1.15.35.0

Spoiler: Supported Windows Versions

|########################|#####################################################|
| Windows Version | Driver/Software |
|########################|#####################################################|
|Server 2016 Technical |NIC,NVGRE,VXLAN,PacketDirect,vRSS,SMB Direct,SR-IOV, |
|Preview |iSCSI,DCB |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|2016 Client |NIC,SMB Direct,iSCSI,DCB |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|Nano Server |NIC,PacketDirect,vRSS,SMB Direct,SR-IOV,DCB |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|10 Client |NIC,iSCSI |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|Server 2012 R2 |NIC,NVGRE,SMB Direct,SR-IOV,iSCSI,DCB,UM* |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*UM: UM and UM for Win PE

Chelsio T420-CR with Passive Cooling
110-1120-40 A0 (Natural Aluminum Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev A
110-1120-40 D0 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev B
110-1120-40 E0 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev B
110-1146-40 01 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev B
IBM 46M2237

Chelsio T420-CR with Active (FAN) Cooling
110-1120-40 FO (Natural Aluminum Heatsink) (OEM Version - FC HBA)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev C
OEM Number Unknown (Has OEM "panel" bracket with 2 screws)

Chelsio T420-LL-CR with Active (FAN) Cooling
110-1146-40 C0 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev C
110-1146-40 E0 (Natural Aluminum Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev C

Chelsio T420-CR Passive Cooling FC HBA
110-1159-40 A0 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev C
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev D
110-1134-40 C0 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev C
PCB FAB 100-1120-00 Rev D
IBM 46M2239/46M2238

Chelsio T420-BT Passive Cooling
110-1152-40 01(?) (Aluminum Heatsink with Small Aluminum Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1150-00 Rev A(?)
110-1152-40 xx(?) (Copper Heatsink with Small Aluminum Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1150-00 Rev C(?)
110-1152-40 D0 (Copper Heatsink with Active Cooling (FAN) Aluminum Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1152-00 Rev C

Chelsio T420-SO-CR Passive Cooling
* Need more information on this card
IBM 81Y8021

Chelsio T440-CR Passive Cooling
* Need more information on this card
110-1122-40 xx(?)
PCB FAB 100-1122-00 Rev A(?)
IBM 46M2241

Chelsio 3 Series for Reference

Chelsio N320E Passive Cooling
110-1088-30 B0 (Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1088-00 Rev B

Chelsio S320E-LP-CR Passive Cooling FC HBA (Low Profile Card)
110-1106-30 A0 (Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1106-01 Rev A
110-1155-31 A0 (Black Heatsink)
110-1155-31 B0 (Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1106-01 Rev A
DELL WM7MN (Low Profile Bracket)
DELL 84FDM (Low Profile Bracket)

Chelsio S310E-CR
* Need more information on this card
IBM 59Y1952

Chelsio S320E-CR Passive Cooling (Full Height Card)
* Need more information on this card
IBM 59Y1956

Chelsio S310E-SR+ (SFP+)
110-1077-30 D2 (Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1060-00 Rev C
IBM 46K7897 (Full Height Bracket)
IBM 46M1809

Chelsio S310E-CXA
110-1081-30 C2 (Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1064-00 Rev ????
IBM 46K7899 (Full Height Bracket)
110-1097-30 B1 (Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1064-00 Rev C
IBM 46M1813 (Full Height Bracket)

Last Edit 11-17-2021 Updated T420-LL-CR numbers
Edit 11-13-2021 Updated T420-CR Active Cooling OEM info

 

[bfarnam]

Chelsio T5xx Adapters
PCI Express 3.0 x8 (T502-BT is PCIe 3.0 x4 ?)
Latest OFFICIALLY Supported Windows Drivers are Unified Wire v6.15.58.0 with firmware v1.25.6.0

Spoiler: Supported Windows Versions

|########################|#####################################################|
| Windows Version | Driver/Software |
|########################|#####################################################|
|Server 2019 |NIC,NVGRE,VXLAN,Timestamps,PacketDirect,VMMQ/vRSS,ND,|
| |SMB Direct*,S2D,SR,Mesh,SR-IOV,Guest RDMA,iSCSI,iSER,|
| |NVMe,DCB |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|Server 2016 |NIC,NVGRE,VXLAN,PacketDirect,VMMQ/vRSS,ND,SMB Direct*|
| |S2D,SR,Mesh,SR-IOV,Guest RDMA,iSCSI,iSER,NVMe,DCB |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|10 Client |NIC,ND^,SMB Direct†^,Mesh,iSCSI,iSER,NVMe^,DCB |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

* SMB Direct and RDMA with Virtual Switch (Mode 2).
† SMB Direct Mode 2 not supported.
^ Enterprise and "Pro for Workstations" editions.

Chelsio T520-CR Passive Cooling
110-1160-50 B0 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1160-50 D0 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1160-50 E0 (Small Black Heatsink)
110-1160-50 F0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B
DELL J6VY6
DELL V1XRN

110-1182-50 D0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B
DELL HTTG1 (Low Profile Bracket)

110-1192-50 B0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B
DELL JF0FV (Low Profile Bracket)
DELL VV004 (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)

Chelsio T520-LL-CR Passive Cooling
110-1167-50 D1 (Small Black Heatsink)
110-1167-50 E0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
110-1167-50 F0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B

Chelsio T520-SO-CR Passive Cooling (Long Board)
110-1169-50 E0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B (NO RAM POPULATED)

Chelsio T520-SO-CR Passive Cooling (Short Board)
110-1188-50 A0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1186-00 Rev A
DELL F9YF8
DELL 9VKR1 (Low Profile Bracket)

Chelsio T520-BT Passive Cooling Small Heatsink
110-1181-50 B0 (Two Passive Heatsinks)
110-1181-50 B1 (Two Passive Heatsinks)
PCB FAB 100-1181-00 Rev A

Chelsio T520-BT Passive Cooling Small Heatsink
110-1194-50 C0 (Two Passive Heatsinks + Heat Spreader bar)
110-1194-50 D0 (Two Passive Heatsinks + Heat Spreader bar)
PCB FAB 100-1181-00 Rev B
DELL 50KWX (Full Height Bracket - Says 10G/1G)
DELL MTJ5N (Low Profile Bracket)
DELL V88MT (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)
(The Dell #s are usually labeled as a T502-BT but I believe this is really a T520-BT because the T502-BT does not have the second heatsink AND the PCB FAB is that of a T520-BT)

Chelsio T520-BT Passive Cooling
100-1198-50 A1 (Two Passive Heatsinks)
PCB FAB 100-1198-00 Rev A
110-1243-50 A0 (Two Passive Heatsinks + Heat Spreader bar)
PCB FAB 100-1198-00 Rev A
DELL K89HJ (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)
(The Dell #s are usually labeled as a T502-BT but I believe this is really a T520-BT because the T502-BT does not have the second heatsink and are not PCIe x8 like a T520-BT)

Chelsio T502-BT Passive Cooling (Dual 1Gb)
110-1177-50 B0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1177-00 Rev A
(PCIe x4 and NO second heatsink)

Chelsio T540-CR Passive Cooling (SFP+) (Full Height Card)
110-1168-50 C0 (Large Black Heatsink) - (NON STANDARD BRACKET)
PCB FAB 100-1168-00 Rev B
110-1178-50 A0 (Medium Black Heatsink) - (NON STANDARD BRACKET)
PCB FAB 100-1178-00 Rev A
110-1172-50 B0 (Large Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1168-00 Rev B
IBM 46W0617 (Large Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar)
110-1212-50 B0 (Medium Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar)
PCB FAB 100-1200-00 Rev A
DELL PMXRW (Full Height Bracket)

Chelsio T540-BT Passive Cooling (Full Height Card)
110-1202-50 01 (Black Heatsink) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev 01
110-1218-50 02 (Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev 04
110-1218-50 A0 (Black Heatsink) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev A
DELL M30P5 (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)
110-1219-50 A0 (Black Heatsink) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev A
DELL 5MHDP (Full Height Bracket)
110-1245-50 A0 (Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev A
DELL 2RGPF (Full Height Bracket)

Chelsio T580-LP-CR Active (FAN) Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card)
110-1164-50 01 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-01 Rev 01

Chelsio T580-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Full Height Card)
110-1171-50 03 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1171-50 B0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1171-00 Rev A
110-1171-50 B0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1171-00 Rev B

Chelsio T580-LP-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card)
110-1164-50-D0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
110-1187-50 D1 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-01 Rev B
DELL YPM2J (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)

Chelsio T580-SO-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card) (Long Board)
110-1175-50 B0 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1175-50 D0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-00 Rev A (NO RAM POPULATED)
110-1175-50 E0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
110-1175-50 E1 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-00 Rev B (NO RAM POPULATED)

Chelsio T580-SO-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card) (Short Board)
110-1189-50 A0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1189-00 Rev A

Last Edit Nov 17, 2021 Added T540 series and some additional T520/T580 inforomation

 

[etorix]

Thanks for these useful lists!
Is there an update for T6 parts?

 

[bfarnam]

Here are some updates on the T6 parts. I recently bought 5x of the T6225-CR for $28.00 a piece on eBay...

A warning on T6 Card Cooling: For the T6 cards, I have not found a version which is "active cooling" with an onboard fan. That is because all T6 Unified Wire Adapters were designed for server use and Chelsio defined the airflow velocity, operating temp range, and typical power requirements on the respective PDFs. I have changed the format below and now listed the unique information under each adapter.

COMMON Chelsio T6 Adapter Card Physical and Environmental:

• Operating Temp: 0 to +55 C (+32 to +131 F)
• Required Airflow Velocity: 200 LFM
• Listed Low Profile Dimensions: 2.731in x 6.6in (69.4mm x 167.6mm) (This does not include the bracket and the height is from the edge of the PCIe tab to the top of the card. The actual PCB from the top of the PCIe slot is approximately 67mm)
• Standard Heatsink is a Black 50mm x 84mm Heatsink with 4x Brass Push Pins and Tension Springs
• The T6225 Low Profile Cards use the SAME PCIe brackets as the T520 and T420 cards.

T6x25 vs T62100 Revision Identification - Changed from a letter number combination to just a two digit number. i.e. A0 -> 01

Chelsio T6225-CR Dual SFP28 1/10/25Gbe, PCIe 3x8 Low Profile Card
Typical Power Usage: 13W

110-1209-60 Ax, Bx, Cx (Standard T6 Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1209-00 Rev A

DELL 47T46
DELL XN4H9 (ADDS a heat spreader/air flow guide between the heatsink and PCIe slot)
(DELL 5TX3G is really a T6225-LL-CR - see below)

Chelsio T6225-LL-CR Dual SFP28 1/10/25Gbe, PCIe 3x8 Low Profile Card (LOW LATENCY)
Typical Power Usage: 16W

110-1232-60 Ax, Bx, Cx (Standard T6 Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1209-00 Rev A
DELL 5TX3G (ADDS a heat spreader/air flow guide between the heatsink and PCIe slot)

Chelsio T6225-SO-CR Dual SFP28 1/10/25Gbe, PCIe 3x8 Low Profile Card (SERVER OFFLOAD)
Typical Power Usage: 10W

110-1214-60 Ax, Bx, Cx (Standard T6 Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1209-00 Rev A (NO RAM POPULATED)

Chelsio T6425-CR Quad SFP28 1/10/25Gbe, PCIe 3x8 "Half Size" (FULL HEIGHT) Card
Typical Power Usage: 26W
Dimensions Without Bracket: 6.6in x 3.95in (167.6mm x 100.3mm)

This is the same size as the T62100-CR but does not use the same heatsink common to all the other T6 cards. Instead, there are two separate T6 ASICS with each having their own heatsink.

110-????-??

PCB FAB 100-1213-00 Rev 01 (TWO Silver Heatsinks)
PCB FAB 100-1213-00 Rev 02 (TWO Copper Heatsinks)

Chelsio T62100-LP-CR Dual QSFP28 40/50/100Gbe, PCIe 3x16 Low Profile Card
Typical Power Usage: 19W

110-1210-60 xx (Standard T6 Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1210-00 Rev 01

Chelsio T62100-SO-CR Dual QSFP28 40/50/100Gbe, PCIe 3x16 Low Profile Card (SERVER OFFLOAD)
Typical Power Usage: 16W

110-?????-60 xx (Standard T6 Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1210-00 Rev 01 (NO RAM POPULATED)

Chelsio T62100-CR Dual QSFP28 40/50/100Gbe, PCIe 3x16 "Half Size" (FULL HEIGHT) Card
Typical Power Usage: 22W
Dimensions Without Bracket: 6.6in x 3.95in (167.6mm x 100.3mm)

This is a completely different animal than the LP version. It uses the same 50mm x 84mm heatsink as the others, but it is a full height PCB and a shorter in length PCB with a PCIe "locking tab". Chelsio refers to this card as the "half size" card. You can use an LP card in a full height slot with a bracket change, but you can not put this card in a LP slot. (It's actually as tall as the LP card is long)

110-1221-60 xx (Standard T6 Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1221-00 Rev xx



Edited Reason: Added More adapters and Added other Important Information on the T6

 

[JNASMAN]

can you please provide a link to where you found this info? It would be MUCH appreciated.

Chelsio T5xx Adapters
PCI Express 3.0 x8 (T502-BT is PCIe 3.0 x4 ?)
Latest OFFICIALLY Supported Windows Drivers are Unified Wire v6.15.58.0 with firmware v1.25.6.0

Spoiler: Supported Windows Versions

|########################|#####################################################|
| Windows Version | Driver/Software |
|########################|#####################################################|
|Server 2019 |NIC,NVGRE,VXLAN,Timestamps,PacketDirect,VMMQ/vRSS,ND,|
| |SMB Direct*,S2D,SR,Mesh,SR-IOV,Guest RDMA,iSCSI,iSER,|
| |NVMe,DCB |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|Server 2016 |NIC,NVGRE,VXLAN,PacketDirect,VMMQ/vRSS,ND,SMB Direct*|
| |S2D,SR,Mesh,SR-IOV,Guest RDMA,iSCSI,iSER,NVMe,DCB |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|10 Client |NIC,ND^,SMB Direct†^,Mesh,iSCSI,iSER,NVMe^,DCB |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

* SMB Direct and RDMA with Virtual Switch (Mode 2).
† SMB Direct Mode 2 not supported.
^ Enterprise and "Pro for Workstations" editions.

Chelsio T520-CR Passive Cooling
110-1160-50 B0 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1160-50 D0 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1160-50 E0 (Small Black Heatsink)
110-1160-50 F0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B
DELL J6VY6
DELL V1XRN

110-1182-50 D0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B
DELL HTTG1 (Low Profile Bracket)

110-1192-50 B0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B
DELL JF0FV (Low Profile Bracket)
DELL VV004 (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)

Chelsio T520-LL-CR Passive Cooling
110-1167-50 D1 (Small Black Heatsink)
110-1167-50 E0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
110-1167-50 F0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B

Chelsio T520-SO-CR Passive Cooling (Long Board)
110-1169-50 E0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B (NO RAM POPULATED)

Chelsio T520-SO-CR Passive Cooling (Short Board)
110-1188-50 A0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1186-00 Rev A
DELL F9YF8
DELL 9VKR1 (Low Profile Bracket)

Chelsio T520-BT Passive Cooling Small Heatsink
110-1181-50 B0 (Two Passive Heatsinks)
110-1181-50 B1 (Two Passive Heatsinks)
PCB FAB 100-1181-00 Rev A

Chelsio T520-BT Passive Cooling Small Heatsink
110-1194-50 C0 (Two Passive Heatsinks + Heat Spreader bar)
110-1194-50 D0 (Two Passive Heatsinks + Heat Spreader bar)
PCB FAB 100-1181-00 Rev B
DELL 50KWX (Full Height Bracket - Says 10G/1G)
DELL MTJ5N (Low Profile Bracket)
DELL V88MT (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)
(The Dell #s are usually labeled as a T502-BT but I believe this is really a T520-BT because the T502-BT does not have the second heatsink AND the PCB FAB is that of a T520-BT)

Chelsio T520-BT Passive Cooling
100-1198-50 A1 (Two Passive Heatsinks)
PCB FAB 100-1198-00 Rev A
110-1243-50 A0 (Two Passive Heatsinks + Heat Spreader bar)
PCB FAB 100-1198-00 Rev A
DELL K89HJ (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)
(The Dell #s are usually labeled as a T502-BT but I believe this is really a T520-BT because the T502-BT does not have the second heatsink and are not PCIe x8 like a T520-BT)

Chelsio T502-BT Passive Cooling (Dual 1Gb)
110-1177-50 B0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1177-00 Rev A
(PCIe x4 and NO second heatsink)

Chelsio T540-CR Passive Cooling (SFP+) (Full Height Card)
110-1168-50 C0 (Large Black Heatsink) - (NON STANDARD BRACKET)
PCB FAB 100-1168-00 Rev B
110-1178-50 A0 (Medium Black Heatsink) - (NON STANDARD BRACKET)
PCB FAB 100-1178-00 Rev A
110-1172-50 B0 (Large Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1168-00 Rev B
IBM 46W0617 (Large Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar)
110-1212-50 B0 (Medium Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar)
PCB FAB 100-1200-00 Rev A
DELL PMXRW (Full Height Bracket)

Chelsio T540-BT Passive Cooling (Full Height Card)
110-1202-50 01 (Black Heatsink) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev 01
110-1218-50 02 (Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev 04
110-1218-50 A0 (Black Heatsink) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev A
DELL M30P5 (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)
110-1219-50 A0 (Black Heatsink) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev A
DELL 5MHDP (Full Height Bracket)
110-1245-50 A0 (Black Heatsink + 2x Heat Spreader Bar) - (Some Ram Not Populated - Possible SO Version)
PCB FAB 100-1202-00 Rev A
DELL 2RGPF (Full Height Bracket)

Chelsio T580-LP-CR Active (FAN) Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card)
110-1164-50 01 (Copper Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-01 Rev 01

Chelsio T580-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Full Height Card)
110-1171-50 03 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1171-50 B0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1171-00 Rev A
110-1171-50 B0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1171-00 Rev B

Chelsio T580-LP-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card)
110-1164-50-D0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
110-1187-50 D1 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-01 Rev B
DELL YPM2J (Full Height Bracket - has more air flow holes)

Chelsio T580-SO-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card) (Long Board)
110-1175-50 B0 (Large Black Heatsink)
110-1175-50 D0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-00 Rev A (NO RAM POPULATED)
110-1175-50 E0 (Medium Black Heatsink)
110-1175-50 E1 (Medium Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1164-00 Rev B (NO RAM POPULATED)

Chelsio T580-SO-CR Passive Cooling (QSFP+) (Low Profile Card) (Short Board)
110-1189-50 A0 (Small Black Heatsink)
PCB FAB 100-1189-00 Rev A

Last Edit Nov 17, 2021 Added T540 series and some additional T520/T580 inforomation

 

[JNASMAN]

I am looking at a Chelsio T520-CR Passive Cooling and the FAB # matches what you show of PCB FAB 100-1160-00 Rev B but the part number is
110-1160-50 H0 . The list you have stops at F0. Any idea what that means for this board. PIC ATTACHED

 

[bfarnam]

The base part number, 110-1160-50, denotes that this is a Chelsio T520-CR adapter. The next two characters represent the version and revision. For instance this is version "H" revision "0". These numbers, while I am by no means an expert, will usually help differentiate between different specifications requested by OEM buyers or different specifications as Chelsio improves their products or changes manufacturers of the on board components.

For example the Bx and Dx versions have the large heatsink while the Ex and Fx versions have the small heatsink (probably because they are in a higher air flow environment). The Hx might have been made for a vendor that required something particular or it could be a newer version of the generic Chelsio adapter. That I am unsure of.

As revisions of the adapter are produced in the same version family, like H0 to H1, the 1 revision will be newer than the 0 revision.

The SN tells you that this part was made on the 25th week of 2018, which would be between June 17th and June 23rd.

If you contact Chelsio support using their online form and give them the SN and ask them to confirm if it is genuine, they can tell you if this is a genuine product.

Normally, the base part number and PCB FAB number are what you would want to be concerned with.

 

[bfarnam]

can you please provide a link to where you found this info? It would be MUCH appreciated.

There is no link on the information I have provided. I have purchased a metric but ton of Chelsio adapters trying to decipher their part codes. I noticed a pattern and then started data mining pictures from sellers on the internet, to include eBay and the private places like orange computers (which is close to me and will let me look at any card they have in stock) and other resellers of server equipment and even the Chelsio web store itself.

I once had a phone conversation with Chelsio support and they verified the format of the part number, but could not give me a total list of all adapters because the OEM part numbers to Chelsio adapter numbers are some how proprietary - something to do with their manufacturer/supply agreements.

You can always email Chelsio support through their support page and give them the part number and serial number and they will tell you the product and if it is genuine or fake. I do that with every adapter I buy off of eBay to include the last 10 T6 units I bought.

I hope that helps.