Fujitsu BX600 S3 manual Features Preface, Server Capacity, Communication Interfaces

Features Preface

1.2Features

The PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit provides a high-level infrastructure for the installed server blades.

Server Capacity

The PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit provides slots for up to ten hot-pluggable server blades. For details of the performance features of the different server blade models, see the relevant operating manuals listed under “Related Publi- cations” on page 157.

Communication Interfaces

The PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit has four slots on the back for installing different types of I/O blades which allow the installed server blades to be connected to the Ethernet LAN or to SAN environments. The connections can be implemented via switch blades and/or pass-thru blades.

●Ethernet LAN I/O blades

To connect the server blades to the LAN the following I/O blade models are available:

Gbit Ethernet LAN switch blade (SB9) 6x1Gbit

–10 internal 1Gbit downlink ports to the server blades

–6 external 1Gbit uplink ports (RJ45)

Gbit Ethernet LAN switch blade (SB9) 10Gbit multi-mode

–10 internal 1Gbit downlink ports to the server blades

–6 external 1Gbit uplink ports (RJ45)

–2 external 10Gbit uplink ports (1xSFP, 1xCX4)

Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3040

–10 internal 10 1Gbit downlink ports to the server blades

–2 external 10/100/1000BASE-T copper Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports

–4 external uplink ports via Cisco SFP modules for 1000BASE-SX Fibre Optic and 10/100/1000BASE-T copper)

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