BX400 S1
Operating Manual
105
Hot-plug components
Port assignment
If the connection blade is installed in one of the slots CB 1 or CB 2, 16 ports are
available. Connection blade ports 17 and 18 are not used. The figure below
shows the port assignment.
If the connection blade is installed in one of the slots CB 3 or CB 4, 8 ports are
available. Connection blade ports 9 - 18 are not used. The figure below shows
the port assignment.
The 18 connection blade ports are divided into 6 groups, color indicated in the
figures above. All the ports within a single group must use the same link protocol
with eiter 10 Gbit/s or 1 Gbit/s link speed. Default link speed is 10 Gbit/s.
The configuration of the connection blade is controlled by the management
blade. Each port group an be configured to a certain link protocol. The
management blade web interface allows the user to modify the port group link
speed configuration.
Server blade slots
5
6
7
8
Connection blade
ports
13
14
15
16
17
18
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Server blade slots
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
Connection blade
ports
13
14
15
16
17
18
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Server blade slots
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
