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Chapter 2. Planning for BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
Planning involves understanding the hardware and software requirements for
OFM and OFM-Advanced upgrade and preparing for OFM.
Hardware and software requirements
There are minimum hardware and software requirements the system must meet
before you can install or use OFM and OFM-Advanced upgrade.
Supported hardware
The following hardware supports OFM and OFM-Advanced upgrade.
Expansion cards
Table 1. Expansion cards that support OFM
Expansion card Firmware version
HS/LS blades JS blades
QLogic 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel
Expansion Card (26R0890)
Muti-boot v1.43 or later Muti-boot v1.46 or later
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel
Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM
BladeCenter (41Y8527)
1.43 or later v1.46 or later
QLogic Ethernet and 4Gb Fibre
Channel Expansion Card (CFFh)
for IBM BladeCenter (39Y9306)
1.43 or later v1.46 or later
Emulex 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel
Expansion Card (39Y9186)
6.02a2 or later 6.02a7 or later
Emulex 4Gb Fibre Channel
Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM
BladeCenter (43W6859)
6.02a2 or later 6.02a7 or later
IBM SFF Gb Ethernet Expansion
Card (39R8624)
Any version Any version
Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFv)
for IBM BladeCenter (39Y9310)
Any version Any version
NetXen 10 Gb Ethernet
Expansion Card for IBM
BladeCenter (39Y9271)
3.4.223 3.4.223
Note: JS22 cannot host NetXen 10 Gb Ethernet Expansion Card for IBM
BladeCenter (39Y9271).
BladeCenter chassis’
Table 2. BladeCenter chassis’ that support OFM
BladeCenter chassis Firmware version
HS/LS blades JS blades
BladeCenter E (8677) AMM 4.0 (BPET42C) or later AMM 4.0 (BPET42D) or later
BladeCenter E (8677) AMM 4.0 (BPET42C) or later AMM 4.0 (BPET42D) or later
BladeCenter HT (8740/8750) AMM 4.0 (BPET42C) or later AMM 4.0 (BPET42D) or later
BladeCenter S (8886) AMM 4.0 (BPET42C) or later AMM 4.0 (BPET42D) or later
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