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

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Summary of Contents for RedBooks Broadcom 10Gb 2-Port and 4-Port Ethernet...

Page 1: ...with all current and future 10Gb Ethernet Switch Modules Figure 1 shows the Broadcom 10Gb 2 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh The 4 port card has a second Broadcom module under the heatsink and is alm...

Page 2: ...high speed I O module bays in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis z Enables two or four 10Gb ports from the blade server to the external network z Supports failover z Supports IBM BladeCenter Op...

Page 3: ...n Card CFFh 44W4466 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Broadcom 10Gb 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh 44W4465 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Figure 2 shows where the CFFh card is installed in a BladeCenter server Fi...

Page 4: ...t 10Gb High Speed Switch Module 39Y9267 N N Y N Y N N 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter 46M6181 N N Y N Y N N BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module 46C7191 N N Y N Y N N Cisco Nexus 4...

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

Page 6: ...ctions from each blade server Figure 4 40 Gb solution using the Broadcom 10Gb 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 5 Table 5 Components use...

Page 7: ...Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64 EM64T z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS HPC for AMD64 EM64T z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS HPC for x86 z Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Page 8: ...the Broadcom 10Gb 2 port and 4 port Ethernet Expansion Cards CFFh z http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg1MIGR 5078695 IBM U S Announcement Letter for the Broadcom 10Gb 2 Port and 4 Port Ether...

Page 9: ...sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate...

Page 10: ...International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both These and other IBM trademarked terms may also be registered or common law trademarks in other countries A curr...

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