IBM HS12 - BladeCenter - 8028, Installation And User Manual

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modules enables the use of several types of compatible I/O expansion cards in
blade servers within the same BladeCenter unit.
Installing an I/O expansion card
Use these instructions to install an I/O expansion card, such as a SAS connectivity
card, a high-speed expansion card, or an InfiniBand high-speed I/O expansion
card, in the blade server.
The illustrations show installing a SAS connectivity card and a high-speed
expansion card on the system board; installing the cards in an expansion unit is
similar.
The blade server supports various types of I/O expansion cards. See
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for a list of
available I/O expansion cards and their form-factor types.
Before you install the I/O expansion card in a blade server, consider the following
BladeCenter expansion card, blade server, and other related device information:
v
The appearance of your blade server or system boards might be different from
the illustrations in this document.
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Depending on the model of blade server in which the I/O expansion card is
being installed, the specific location of connectors and other components might
be different from the illustrations in this document or your BladeCenter
documentation.
Make sure that the BladeCenter unit and the I/O modules to which the I/O
expansion card is mapped support the network-interface type of the I/O expansion
card. For example, if you add an Ethernet expansion card to a blade server in a
Type 8677 BladeCenter unit, the I/O modules in I/O-module bays 3 and 4 on the
BladeCenter unit must both be compatible with the expansion card. All other
expansion cards that are installed in other blade servers in the BladeCenter unit
must also be compatible with these I/O modules. In this example, you can then
install two Ethernet switch modules, two pass-thru modules, or one Ethernet
switch module and one pass-thru module. Because pass-thru modules are
compatible with a variety of I/O expansion cards, installing two pass-thru
modules enables the use of several types of compatible I/O expansion cards in
blade servers within the same BladeCenter unit.
The following illustration shows how to install an I/O expansion card.
To install the I/O expansion card in a blade server, complete the following steps.
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