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Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port and 4-port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

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Summary of Contents for Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port

Page 1: ...ustomers who want to maintain a consistent hardware configuration Figure 1 shows the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh The 4 port card has a second Broadcom module under the hea...

Page 2: ...ed on the Broadcom 57711 module z One two port card or two four port card PCI Express 2 0 x8 host interfaces for high speed z connection Connectivity to high speed I O module bays in BladeCenter H and...

Page 3: ...and 4 Port 10 Gb Ethernet Expansion Cards CFFh are supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers that we listed in Table 2 Table 2 Supported servers Expansion card Part number Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2 port E...

Page 4: ...O modules supported with the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2 port and 4 port Ethernet Expansion Cards I O module Part number BNT 6 port 10 Gb High Speed Switch Module 39Y9267 N N Y N Y N N 10 Gb Ethernet Pass...

Page 5: ...u must install an I O z module in I O bays 7 and 9 that is two I O modules For the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh you must install an I O z module in I O bays 7 8 9 and 10 th...

Page 6: ...ions from each blade server Figure 4 40 Gb solution using the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh Table 5 provides the components used in this configuration Table 5 Components use...

Page 7: ...rise Linux 4 AS for x86 z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64 EM64T z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition...

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