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Hot-plug components
8.2Connection blades
The PRIMERGY BX400 S1 system unit has 4 slots on the back for connection blades for connecting the server blades to LAN and SAN networks and Infinband environments.
This section deals with the connection blades available for your BX400 S1 system unit. It describes their most important features, the external ports, the assignment of the internal ports to the server blades, and how to install and remove connection blades in/from the system unit.
How to configure and operate the connection blades is explained in separate manuals.
The following connection blades are available:
–Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/12 (SB11A)
–Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/8+2 (SB11)
–Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 18/6 (SB6)
–Connection Blade 10 GbE Switch/IBP 18/8
–Connection Blade Ethernet Pass Thru 10Gb 18/18
–Connection Blade 8Gb FC Switch 18/8
–Connection Blade 8Gb FC Pass Thru 18/18
–Connection Blade Infiniband Switch 40 Gb 18/18
IFor the latest information on optional products provided for the BX400 S1 system unit see the configurator of the system unit: https://globalsp.ts.fujitsu.com/dmsp/docs/cnfgbx400s1.pdf
(for the EMEA market) http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/primergy/system.html
(for the Japanese market)
IPlease refer to the connection blades manuals for other connection blades.
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