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Operating Manual
BX600
S3
10 Gbit Switch Blade 10/2
Ethernet I/O Blades
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10 Gbit Switch Blade 10/2
The 10 Gbit switch blade 10/2 is designed to transport all blade server I/O,
including network and storage, between the server blades and their associated
I/O devices. The 10 Gbit switch blade 10/2 provides the following features:
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10 internal 10 Gbit/s ports to the server blades
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2 external 10 Gbit/s ports with optional X2 transceiver modules for Fiber
optical or CX4 copper cable
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1 console port
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CAUTION!
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You may install 10 Gbit switch blades 10/2 only in slots NET3 and
NET4 of the basic unit, see
figure “Slots for the LAN I/O blades” on
page 91
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The 10 Gbit switch blade 10/2 only supports server blades with a
10 GbE daughter card installed. 10 GbE daughter cards can be
installed in server blades BX620 as of version S3 and BX630 as of
version S2.
