IBM RedBooks Broadcom 10Gb 2-Port and 4-Port Ethernet..., At-A-Glance Manual

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Broadcom 10Gb 2-Port and 4-Port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter 5
Figure 3. IBM BladeCenter H I/O topology showing the I/O paths from CFFh expansion cards
One I/O module must be installed in the chassis for each Ethernet port that you wish to use on the
expansion card. The specific I/O bays in the chassis are listed in Table 4.
For the Broadcom 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (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 (that is, four I/O modules).
Table 4. Locations of I/O modules required to connect to the expansion card
Expansion card I/O bay 7 I/O bay 8 I/O bay 9 I/O bay 10
Broadcom 10Gb 2-port Ethernet
Expansion Card (CFFh)
Supported I/O
module
Not used Supported I/O
module
Not used
Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet
Expansion Card (CFFh)
Supported I/O
module
Supported I/O
module
Supported I/O
module
Supported I/O
module