Hot-plug components
8.2.9Fitting rules for connection blades
The connection blade slots of the BX400 S1 system unit are numbered as follows.
CB 1 (Fabric 1) | CB 2 (Fabric 2) |
CB 3 (Fabric 3) | CB 4 (Fabric 3) |
Figure 34: Connection blade slots
The connection blade slots are connected to a
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Onboard LAN | Fabric 1 | CB1: | 1 or 10 Gb Ethernet | ||
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Mezzanine | Fabric 2 | CB2: | 1 or 10 Gb Ethernet or Fibre Channel | ||
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| CB3: | 1 or 10 Gb Ethernet or Fibre Channel | |
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Table 4: Fitting rules for connection blade slots | |||||
IConnection blades within one fabric must have the same technology, i.e. either Ethernet or Fibre Channel or Infiniband.
When filling the slots in fabrics 2 and 3, also make sure the server blades are fitted with the appropriate mezzanine cards. The following rules apply for fitting the mezzanine card slots of the server blades:
●If a 1 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card is installed in slot 1 of a server blade, at least one 1 Gb Ethernet connection blade must be installed in CB slot 2 of the system unit.
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