Fujitsu BX600 S2 manual Management blade, Introduction, Gbit switch blade 10/2

Introduction Features

10 Gbit switch blade 10/2

–10 internal 10 Gbit/s ports to the server blades

–2 external 10 Gbit/s ports with optional X2 transceiver modules for Fiber optical or CX4 copper cable

IThe 10 Gbit switch blade 10/2 only supports server blades, each equipped with a 10 GbE daughter card.

All switch blades are hot-swappable. By installing two switch blades, redundant LAN connections can be provided for the server blades.

●Ethernet LAN Pass-Thru-Blade

The Ethernet LAN Pass-Thru-Blade is an alternative to the switch blade. It provides direct (“pass-thru”) connections to the LAN for the onboard LAN controllers and the optional Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules of the server blades. The Ethernet LAN Pass-Thru-Blade has ten RJ45 connectors.

●Fibre Channel pass-thru blade

The PRIMERGY BX600 S2 basic unit can have one or two Fibre Channel pass-thru blades to provide Fibre Channel functionality for the installed server blades. A Fibre Channel (FC) pass-thru blade offers 10 ports for bypass connections between FC daughter cards installed in the server blades and the optical transceivers for serial FC I/O and general I/O signals.

●Fibre Channel switch blade

The FC switch blade is an alternative to the FC pass-thru blade. An FC switch blade provides the FC daughter cards of the server blades with up to ten internal fabric ports and up to four external fabric ports. The complete Brocade Fabric OS 5.0.4 scope of supply and services is available as an operating system for the FC switch blade.

Management blade

The PRIMERGY BX600 S2 basic unit accommodates two hot-swappable, redundant management blades with an integrated management solution for complete remote administration of the system.

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