Introduction
In the event of errors, the ServerView Operations Manager refers you directly to the affected component and its order information in the Illustrated Spares catalog of the server in question. (This feature is not available for the Japanese market.)
Server performance
The system unit has 8 slots for server blades. Four server blade slots can be fitted with storage blades (or six slots with JBODs) which provide additional storage capacity for the neighboring server blades. For information on installing and removing server blades and storage blades, see section "Server blades and storage blades" on page 82. For further information on the server blades and storage blades, see the relevant operating manuals.
Connection blades
The PRIMERGY BX400 S1 system unit has four slots for connection blades on the back. These provide the installed server blades with connections to the Ethernet LAN as well as to SAN environments and Infiniband environments.
The following connection blade types are available:
●Ethernet connection blades
–Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/12 (SB11A)
–36 internal
–8 external
–4 external
IThis connection blade can be used in all connection blade slots.
–Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/8+2 (SB11)
– 36 internal
– 8 external
– 2 external
– 1 internal stacking port to the midplane of the BX400 S1 system unit
– 1 external stacking port through a CX4 connection
The stacking ports allow up to 4 SB11 connection blades to be switched together to form a
IThis connection blade can be used in connection blade slots.
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