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Operating Manual
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Hot-plug components
8.2.9
Connection Blade FEX B22F 10Gb (Cisco)
The connection blade FEX B22F 10Gb (Cisco) provides the following
connections:
– 16 internal 10-Gbit/s ports to the server blades
– 8 external 10-Gbit/s Ethernet ports for connection to the parent Cisco Nexus
5000 Series Switch through Cisco branded copper Twinax cables, Fabric
Extender Transceivers (FET), or other standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet optics
such as 10Gbase-SR, 10Gbase-LR, and 10Gbase-ER
This connection blade can be installed in all connection blade slots. Installed in
slots CB2 (fabric 2) and CB3/4 (fabric 3), it only supports server blades that are
fitted with one of the following mezzanine cards:
– 10 Gbit CNA mezzanine card (MC-CNA112E)
– 10 Gbit Ethernet mezzanine card
Figure 33: Connection Blade FEX B22F 10Gb (Cisco)
A
External 10GbE ports (8x) to connect to the Nexus parent switch
Ports for Cisco branded copper Twinax cables, Fabric Extender Transceivers (FET),
or other standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet optics such as 10Gbase-SR, 10Gbase-LR, and
10Gbase-ER
B
Service port (only for diagnostic purposes)
1
ID
ID indicator (blue)
Lit:
ID indicator was activated via the management blade
2
Status indicator (green)
Dark:
Connection blade is not running or is defective
Lights up green:
Connection blade is running
1 2
A
B
3
