IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and Pass-thru
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Popular configurations
The following figure shows use of the IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch to route two ports on
the adapter card installed in slot 2 of the compute node. Each compute node has two 8 Gb FC ports, and
two FC3171 switches are installed in bays 3 and 4 of the Enterprise Chassis. The connections between
the adapter card and the switches are internal to the chassis. No cabling is needed.
Figure 5. Using FC3171 8Gb SAN Switches with FC3172 8Gb FC adapters installed in compute nodes
Table 6. Components used when connecting the 8 Gb FC adapters to the 8 Gb FC switches
Part number/machine type
Description
Quantity
8737-x2x
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node with
Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
1 to 14
69Y1938
IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter
1 per server
8721-A1x
IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis
1
49Y4294
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable
Switch
2
69Y1930
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch
2
Refer to the IBM System Storage® Interoperation Center (SSIC) for a list of supported Fibre Channel
configurations:
http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic
