Cisco Systems M SFS7000E I/O Module Bays and HCA Expansion Cards, InfiniBand Switch I/O Module

I/O Module Bays and HCA Expansion Cards

I/O Module Bays and HCA Expansion Cards

Within the Dell Modular Server Chassis unit, blade switches manage traffic to and from up to two HCA IB mezzanine cards on the hosts. Each HCA IB mezzanine card adds two IB ports to a host. Each HCA port connects through the unit mid-plane to a particular blade switch slot. The IB ports of the HCA card that is seated in the HCA B location, connect to I/O module bays B1 and B2. The IB ports of the HCA card that is seated in the HCA C location, connect to I/O module bays C1 and C2. See Figure 2 and Table 1 for the location of the HCA cards and the corresponding I/O module bays.

For more details about the location of the HCA IB mezzanine card slots in the Dell Server Blade, see the Dell PowerEdge M600 and M605 Hardware Owners Manual.

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Figure 2 HCA Mezzanine Card Ports and Corresponding Switch I/O Module Bays

Dell Server Blade

HCA C

Port 2

Port 1

HCA B

Port 2

Port 1

B1 C1 C2 B2

Chassis Rear - I/O Module Bays

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Table 1	HCA Mezzanine Card Ports and Corresponding Switch I/O Module Bays
			InfiniBand Switch I/O Module
HCA Mezzanine Card		HCA InfiniBand Port	Bay
B		1	B1
		2	B2
C		1	C1
		2	C2

Cisco M SFS7000E Installation Note: InfiniBand Blade Switch for the Dell Modular Server Chassis

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