2.2 Special connection blade for blade server
To resolve these problems, the switch blades installed in the blade server can be replaced by special connection blades. The following connection blade are available for this:
•For SAN:
BX600: BX600 4/4Gb FC Switch 12port (SW4016,
BX400/BX900: Brocade 5450 8 Gb Fibre Channel Switch in the Access Gateway mode (FC AG)
•For LAN:
BX600: BX600 GbE Intelligent Blade Panel 30/12 or 10/6 (IBP GbE)
BX400/BX900: Connection Blade 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, or PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 10 Gb 18/8 in the IBP mode. (The connection blades can run in switch mode, in IBP mode, or in End Host Mode (EHM).)
These connection blades offer the advantage of a switch (cable con- solidation) without the
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