BX900 S2
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
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Connection blades
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CAUTION!
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The downlink ports of connection blades DCB SW 10Gb and FEX
B22F 10Gb (Cisco) operate only at 10 Gb link speed.
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The two connection blades within a fabric must have the same
technology, i.e. either Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SAS or Infiniband.
When filling the slots in fabrics 2, 3 and 4, also make sure the server blades are
fitted with the appropriate mezzanine cards. The following rules apply for fitting
the mezzanine card slots of the server blades:
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If a 1 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card is installed in slot 1 of a server blade, at
least one 1 Gb Ethernet connection blade must be installed in fabric 2 of the
system unit.
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If a 10 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card or a 10Gb CNA mezzanine card is
installed in slot 1 of a server blade, at least one 10Gb Ethernet connection
blade, DCB SW 10Gb connection blade or FEX B22F 10Gb (Cisco)
connection blade must be installed in fabric 2 of the system unit.
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If an FC mezzanine card is installed in slot 1, at least one FC connection
blade must be installed in fabric 2.
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If an Infiniband mezzanine card is installed in slot 1, an Infiniband connection
blade must be installed in fabric 2.
Fabric 3
CB5:
1Gb Ethernet or
CB6:
1Gb Ethernet or
Mezzanine card 2
10 Gb Ethernet or
10 Gb Ethernet or
DCB SW 10Gb or
DCB SW 10Gb or
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco) or
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco) or
Fibre Channel or
Fibre Channel or
SAS or
SAS or
Infiniband (CB5/6)
Fabric 4
CB7:
1Gb Ethernet or
CB8:
1Gb Ethernet or
Infiniband (CB7/8)
System unit
Server blade
Connection blade slots
Table 6: Fitting rules for connection blade slots