Fujitsu V3.1 manual Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades

4Configuration

• Define the connection of the IBP modules with the network, see section "Connecting IBP modules" on page 115

• Add the blade server to the server list of the ServerView Operations Man- ager, see section "Adding a server to the ServerView server list" on page 135

4.2.1Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades

The following connection blades are supported in a BX400:

•The connection blades PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/8+2, PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/12, PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 18/6, and PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 10 Gb 18/8 as LAN connection blades. LAN connection blades can be inserted in connection bay 1 of fabric 1 in order to connect the onboard LAN ports, in connection bay 2 of fabric 2 in order to connect the onboard LAN ports of the first mezzanine card, or in connection bays 3 and 4 of fabric 3 in order to connect the LAN ports of the second mez- zanine card.

To define dedicated network connections for server blades with net- works, you require LAN connection blades in IBP mode. The PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/8+2, PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/12, PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 18/6, and PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 10 Gb 18/8 con- nection blades support a "normal" Layer 2 switch mode and IBP mode.

If you only intend to work with virtual I/O parameters (Open Fabric mode of the Virtual-IO Manager) and not with dedicated network connections, you can also use the connection blades in switch mode or you can use LAN connection blades that do not support IBP mode. This applies sep- arately to the connection blades in each fabric. In other words, you can operate one connection blade in IBP mode in fabric 1 and one connection blade in switch mode in fabric 2.

•You must install an 8 GB Brocade switch blade in fabric 2 and/or 3 in order to support a Fibre Channel mezzanine card.

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