Hot-plug components

8.2.10 Port assignment of the connection blades

The A-channels of the controllers in the server blades are connected to the connection blade slots on the left-hand side (CB1, CB3, CB5 and CB7). The B- channels are connected to the slots on the right-hand side (CB2, CB4, CB6 and CB8).

With the mezzanine cards, the assignment of the ports to the connection blade slots can be defined via the management blade. The following figure shows the different options.

mezzanine card

Mezzanine card slot (M)

Connection blade slot (CB)

 

 

Port (P)

Port (P)

 

 

 

 

 

 

M1.P0

CB3

 

 

 

 

FC 8Gb/s

 

M1.P1

CB4

 

 

 

 

M2.P0

CB5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M2.P1

CB6

 

 

 

 

 

 

M1.P1 / M1.P3

CB3.P1 / CB3.P2

 

 

 

 

LAN 1GbE

 

M1.P2 / M1.P4

CB4.P1 / CB4.P2

 

 

 

 

M2.P1 / M2.P3

CB7.P1 / CB7.P2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M2.P2 / M2.P4

CB8.P1 / CB8.P2

 

 

 

LAN 1GbE

M2.P1 / M2.P3

CB5.P1 / CB5.P2

 

 

 

 

Option 2

M2.P2 / M2.P4

CB6.P1 / CB6.P2

 

 

 

LAN 1GbE

M2.P1 / M2.P3

CB5.P1 / CB7.P2

 

 

 

 

Option 3

M2.P2 / M2.P4

CB6.P1 / CB8.P2

 

 

 

 

 

 

M1.P1

CB3.P1

 

 

 

 

LAN 10GbE

 

M1.P2

CB4.P1

 

 

 

 

M2.P1

CB5.P1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M2.P2

CB6.P1

 

 

 

 

 

 

M1.P1

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Infiniband

 

M1.P2

CB3/CB4

 

 

 

 

M2.P1

CB7/CB8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M2.P2

CB5/CB6

 

 

 

 

Table 3: Port assignment of connection blades and mezzanine cards

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