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Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter

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Table 5 (continued). Supported I/O modules and the MSIM bays they are supported in (left bay, right bay, 

both bays) for each expansion card

Supported expansion cards

Part number

Pass-thru Modules

Optical Pass-thru Module

39Y9316

Both³

Both³

Both

Copper Pass-thru Module

39Y9320

Left

Left

Both

Intelligent Copper Pass-thru Module

44W4483

Left

Left

Both

QLogic 4Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module 

43W6723

Right

Right¹

No

QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module

44X1907

Right²

Right

No

Notes:

When this 4Gb I/O module is used with the QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card 

1.

(CFFh), the card operates only at 4 Gbps.

When this 8Gb I/O module is used with the QLogic Ethernet and 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card 

2.

(CFFh), the module operates only at 4 Gbps.

When the Optical Pass-thru Module is installed in the right-hand MSIM bay (for use with a Fibre 

3.

Channel expansion card), the Optical Pass-thru Module only operates at 2 Gbps. This is a limitation of 
the OPM.

Summary of Contents for 39Y9314

Page 1: ...s you can deploy virtualization ready solutions by providing up to eight Ethernet network interface cards NICs to each blade server in the chassis Figure 1 shows the MSIM Figure 1 Multi Switch Interco...

Page 2: ...Interconnect Module Installation and User s Guide z The documentation CD z Safety information z Features The MSIM has the following features Provides standard I O module support in the high speed swit...

Page 3: ...supports the Multi Switch Interconnect Module I O module Part number Multi Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter 39Y9314 N N Y N N The MSIM is a switch module container that converts a stack...

Page 4: ...ansion cards installed Table 3 lists the supported CFFh cards Table 3 Expansion cards that can be used to connect to I O modules in an MSIM CFFh expansion card Part number Supported with MSIM 2 4 Port...

Page 5: ...I O modules and the MSIM bays in which they are supported For each of the expansion cards that support the MSIM see Table 3 the MSIM supports I O modules in the left bay the right bay or both bays of...

Page 6: ...t Switch 32R1861 Left Left Both BNT 10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch 32R1783 Left Left Both BNT 1 10 Gb Uplink ESM 44W4404 Left Left Both Fibre Channel switch modules Brocade 20 port 4Gb SAN Switch 32R1812...

Page 7: ...c 4Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module 43W6723 Right Right No QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module 44X1907 Right Right No Notes When this 4Gb I O module is used with the QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre C...

Page 8: ...ladeCenter H chassis as shown in Figure 4 In this configuration each BladeCenter server has both a 2 4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh expansion card plus an Ethernet expansion card CFFv or CIOv for...

Page 9: ...from the integrated controller see Table 5 2 Varies Supported Ethernet Switch Modules routing signals from the CFFv or CIOv card see Table 5 2 Varies Supported Ethernet Switch Modules routing signals...

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