Blade ICE BMD00178 manual Hardware Support, 10Gb Uplink ESM Faceplate

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guide

Hardware Support

BLADEOS 6.3 software is supported only on the 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter. The 1/10Gb Uplink ESM (GbESM) shown in Figure 1 is a high performance Layer 2-3 embedded network switch that features tight integration with IBM BladeCenter management modules.

Figure 1 1/10Gb Uplink ESM Faceplate

SFP+ slots 10Gb Ethernet

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RS-232 console port

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RJ45 ports 1Gb Ethernet

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The GbESM has the following port capacities:

￿Three external 10Gb SFP+ slots

￿Six external 1Gb Ethernet ports (RJ45)

￿One RS-232 serial console port

￿Two 100Mb internal management ports

￿Fourteen 1000Mb Ethernet internal ports

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