BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guide
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BMD00178, April 2010
Hardware Support
BLADEOS 6.3 software is supported only on the 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM
BladeCenter. The 1/10Gb Uplink ESM (GbESM) shown in
Figure 1
is a high performance Layer
2-3 embedded network switch that features tight integration with IBM BladeCenter management
modules.
Figure 1
1/10Gb Uplink ESM Faceplate
The GbESM has the following port capacities:
Three external 10Gb SFP+ slots
Six external 1Gb Ethernet ports (RJ45)
One RS-232 serial console port
Two 100Mb internal management ports
Fourteen 1000Mb Ethernet internal ports
RS-232
console port
1
2
3
4
7
6
9
RJ45 ports
1Gb Ethernet
SFP+ slots
10Gb Ethernet
