IBM BladeCenter PS703, Technical Overview And Introduction

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IBM BladeCenter PS703 and PS704 Technical Overview and Introduction
Table 1-11 SAS I/O modules supported by the SAS pass through card
1.7.3 Fibre Channel switch and pass-through modules
Fibre Channel I/O modules are available from several manufacturers. These I/O modules can
provide full SAN fabric support up to 8 Gb.
The following 4 Gb and 8 Gb Fibre Channel cards are CIOv form factor and require a Fibre
Channel switch or Intelligent Pass-Through module in switch bays 3 and 4 of all supported
BladeCenters. The CIOv expansion cards are as follows:
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Emulex 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
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QLogic 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
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QLogic 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
Additional 4 Gb and 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports are also available in the CFFh form factor
expansion cards. These cards require the use of the MSIM in a BladeCenter H or the MSIM-HT in
a BladeCenter HT, plus Fibre Channel I/O modules. The CFFh Fibre Channel cards are as
follows:
򐂰 QLogic Ethernet and 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh)
򐂰 QLogic 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh)
A list of available Fibre Channel I/O modules that support the CIOv and CFFh expansion
cards is shown in Table 1-12 on page 31. Not all modules are supported in every
configuration of BladeCenter. Complete compatibility matrixes are available on the following
web pages:
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ServerProven:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/eserver.html
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BladeCenter Interoperability Guide
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5073016
Part number
Feature
code
a
a. These feature codes are for the Power Systems ordering system (eConfig)
Description
3 Gb SAS pass-thru car
d
BC-E BC-H BC-HT BC-S MS
IM
M
S
IM-HT
39Y9195 3267 SAS Connectivity Module Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
43W3584 3734 SAS RAID Controller Module Yes No No No Yes No No