Fibre Channel I/O Blades | Port Assignment |
9.6Port Assignment
Slots NET3 and NET4 on the back of the basic unit can be fitted with Fibre Channel I/O blades. The Fibre Channel I/O blade in the NET3 slot is connected to port A of the installed Fibre Channel daughter cards. The Fibre Channel I/O blade in the NET4 slot is connected to port B of the installed Fibre Channel daughter cards.
NET4
NET3
Figure 57: Slots for Fibre Channel I/O blades
The installation of two FC switch blades enables redundant Fibre Channel con- nections to be provided for the server blades.
VCAUTION!
●FC switch blades must always be installed in slot NET3 first. This ensures that port A of the FC daughter cards is connected if redundant Fibre Channel connections are not used.
●If Gigabit Ethernet daughter cards are installed in the server blades, LAN switch blades (see page 79) or Ethernet
Simultaneous operation of Ethernet blades and Fibre Channel blades in slots NET3 and NET4 is not permitted.
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