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Operating Manual
BX600
S3
Features
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Features
The PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit provides a high-level infrastructure for the
installed server blades.
Server Capacity
The PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit provides slots for up to ten hot-pluggable
server blades. For details of the performance features of the different server
blade models, see the relevant operating manuals listed under
“Related Publi-
cations” on page 157
.
Communication Interfaces
The PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit has four slots on the back for installing
different types of I/O blades which allow the installed server blades to be
connected to the Ethernet LAN or to SAN environments. The connections can
be implemented via switch blades and/or pass-thru blades.
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Ethernet LAN I/O blades
To connect the server blades to the LAN the following I/O blade models are
available:
Gbit Ethernet LAN switch blade (SB9) 6x1Gbit
–
10 internal 1Gbit downlink ports to the server blades
–
6 external 1Gbit uplink ports (RJ45)
Gbit Ethernet LAN switch blade (SB9) 10Gbit multi-mode
–
10 internal 1Gbit downlink ports to the server blades
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6 external 1Gbit uplink ports (RJ45)
–
2 external 10Gbit uplink ports (1xSFP, 1xCX4)
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3040
–
10 internal 10 1Gbit downlink ports to the server blades
–
2 external 10/100/1000BASE-T copper Gigabit Ethernet uplink
ports
–
4 external uplink ports via Cisco SFP modules for 1000BASE-SX
Fibre Optic and 10/100/1000BASE-T copper)
