Fujitsu V3.1 Configuring the BX600 management blade, Fibre Channel hardware configuration, Bay

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4.1 Configurations on the managed BX600 Blade Server

You cannot mix LAN and IBP modules within a fabric.

You can only assign profiles if no networks are defined for their ports.

You can force the assignment of a profile with network def- initions by answering the subsequent query accordingly. In doing so, however, the network definitions are ignored.

You can operate LAN models of different sizes within a fabric, although you cannot use all download links from the larger model.

4.1.1.2Fibre Channel hardware configuration

You can only install the Fibre Channel switch blades in fabric 2. They can be operated in two different modes:

in normal switch mode

in Access Gateway mode

As a result, different combination options are possible. The following table shows you which configurations are possible and which are supported in fab- ric 2:

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Access Gateway mode

Access Gateway mode

Standard switch mode

Standard switch mode

Access Gateway mode

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Access Gateway mode

Standard switch mode

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Standard switch mode

4.1.2 Configuring the BX600 management blade

The blade server must be fitted with one or two S3 management blades.

The management blade has two user-friendly user interfaces: a Web inter- face and a Remote Manager interface per Telnet or SSH protocol (a con- nection to the management blade is established per Telnet or SSH). You can

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