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Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter

49Y4235

5755

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced

49Y4275

2435

Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II (CFFh)

90Y3550

A1XG

Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II (CFFh)

90Y3566

AIXH

Emulex 10GbE VFA II for BladeCenter HS23

81Y3120

A287

Emulex 10GbE VFA Advanced II for BladeCenter HS23

90Y9332

A2ZN

Mellanox 10 Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)

90Y3570

A1NW

QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh)

00Y3280**

A3JB

QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

00Y3332

A4AC

QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric CNA

00Y5618

A4AD

Description

Part number

Feature
code

* Replaces 44X1940.
** Replaces 42C1830.

The five BladeCenter chassis have the following bays:

BladeCenter S, E, and T have four standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, and 4)
BladeCenter H has six standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, 4), two bridge bays (5 and 6) and four high-speed

bays (7, 8, 9, and 10)
BladeCenter HT has four standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, 4) and four high-speed bays (7, 8, 9, and 10).

The BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module fits in one of the high-speed I/O bay (bays 7-10). For

each supported adapter, the Table 5 lists which specific chassis I/O bays are supported.

Table 5. Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module and BladeCenter chassis I/O bays support

Description

Part
number

10Gb Interposer Card for HS23

94Y8550

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)

44W4479

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Broadcom 10Gb Gen 2 2-port Ethernet Exp. Card

46M6168

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Broadcom 10Gb Gen 2 4-port Ethernet Exp. Card

46M6164

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Broadcom 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter

81Y3133

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Brocade 2-port 10GbE CNA

81Y1650

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter

49Y4235

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced

49Y4275

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II

90Y3550

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II Advanced

90Y3566

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Emulex 10GbE VFA II for HS23

81Y3120

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Emulex 10GbE VFA Advanced II for HS23

90Y9332

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Mellanox 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Expansion Card

90Y3570

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module (withdrawn product)

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Summary of Contents for BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module

Page 1: ...ds Figure 1 shows the switch module Figure 1 BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module Did you know As virtualization has become a prevalent standard in the data center more people have been looking for ways to virtualize I O to reduce cost and complexity while also maximizing I O resources Virtual Fabric for BladeCenter provides fast flexible easy and reliable I O using the Virtual Fabric 10G...

Page 2: ...mode fiber or the 1000BASE LX transceivers that support distances up to 10 kilometers by using single mode fiber 1310 nm For 10 GbE on external SFP ports clients can use SFP direct attached copper DAC cables for in rack cabling and distances up to 7 meters These DAC cables have SFP connectors on each end and they do not need separate transceivers For longer distances the 10GBASE SR transceiver can...

Page 3: ...ture and reduces the number of discrete devices management consoles and equipment that administrators must deal with helping lower costs and simplifying deployment Cost The switch is priced extremely competitively compared with external switches especially when you factor in that no cables are required between the blade and the switch In addition the ability to use direct attach cables with the sw...

Page 4: ...hat will split out the LAN traffic Ethernet and the SAN Fiber Channel traffic For the latest FCoE gateway devices that are supported visit http lenovopress com bcig Virtual Fabric for BladeCenter This feature enables clients to implement and manage the Virtual Fabric solution via a graphical interface or CLI It is through this that administrators can perform tasks such as activating a Virtual Fabr...

Page 5: ...VRRP for Layer 3 router redundancy IEEE 802 1D STP for providing Layer 2 redundancy with PVRST IEEE 802 1s Multiple STP MSTP for topology optimization up to 128 STP instances supported by single switch IEEE 802 1w Rapid STP RSTP providing rapid STP convergence for critical delay sensitive traffic like voice or video Layer 2 Trunk Failover to support active standby configurations of network adapter...

Page 6: ...col data units Virtual Station Interface VSI Discovery and Configuration Protocol VDP allows centralized configuration of network policies that persist with the VM independent of its location EVB Type Length Value TLV is used to discover and configure VEPA ECP and VDP VMready Up to 2 048 virtual entities VEs Automatic VE discovery Up to 1 024 local or distributed VM groups for VEs NMotion feature ...

Page 7: ...for monitoring traffic in data networks separate sFLOW analyzer required elsewhere POST diagnostics Special functions Serial over LAN SOL The following features are not supported with IPv6 Default switch management IP address SNMP trap host destination IP address Bootstrap Protocol BOOTP and DHCP RADIUS TACACS and LDAP QoS metering and re marking ACLs for out profile traffic VMware Virtual Center ...

Page 8: ...Control IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE SX short range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE LX long range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet SFF 8431 10GSFP Cu SFP Direct Attach Cable Chassis and expansion cards The Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch is supported in the BladeCenter H and HT chassis as shown in Table 3 Table 3 BladeCenter chassis that supports the Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module BladeCente...

Page 9: ...fits in one of the high speed I O bay bays 7 10 For each supported adapter the Table 5 lists which specific chassis I O bays are supported Table 5 Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module and BladeCenter chassis I O bays support Description Part number 10Gb Interposer Card for HS23 94Y8550 N N N N N N Y N Y N 2 4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh 44W4479 N N N N N N Y Y Y Y Broadcom 10Gb Gen 2 2 port Eth...

Page 10: ...ule and the network OK indicates that the switch module has passed the power on self test POST with no critical faults and is operational Switch module error indicates that the switch module has failed the POST or detected an operational fault One USB RS 232 console port provides an additional means to install software and configure the switch module This USB style connector enables the connection...

Page 11: ...ansceiver 00FE333 1000BASE T UTP Category 5 5E and 6 up to 100 meters RJ 45 1000BASE SX SFP Transceiver 81Y1622 1000BASE SX Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo see Table 2 850 nm multimode fiber cable up to 550 m 50 µ or up to 220 m 62 5 µ LC 1000BASE LX SFP Transceiver 90Y9424 1000BASE LX 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC Management ports External 1 GbE management p...

Page 12: ... server In UFP mode the Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch is vPort aware that is the configuration of vPorts is performed on a switch then it propagates vPorts parameters to VFA vPort bandwidth allocation and metering is performed by the switch and the VFA In such a case a bidirectional virtual channel of an assigned bandwidth is established between them for each vPort The Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch is c...

Page 13: ...der FCF which is functioning as an aggregation switch and an FCoE gateway The example scenario with NAS iSCSI and FCoE storage targets is shown in Figure 4 Note For more information about supported FCoE and iSCSI configurations see the following System Storage Interoperation Center SSIC website http ibm com systems support storage ssic Figure 4 Converged network Related publications and links Blad...

Page 14: ...uct Guide Emulex 10GbE VFA II and Emulex 10GbE VFA Advanced II for BladeCenter HS23 http lenovopress com tips0875 Lenovo Press Product Guide Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter CFFh for BladeCenter http lenovopress com tips0748 Lenovo Press Product Guide QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for BladeCenter http lenovopress com tips0717 US Announcement Letter http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias in...

Page 15: ...ed for use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to persons The information contained in this document does not affect or change Lenovo product specifications or warranties Nothing in this document shall operate as an express or implied license or indemnity under the intellectual property rights of Lenovo or third parties All information...

Page 16: ...g terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States other countries or both BladeCenter Interoperability Guide BladeCenter Lenovo NMotion RackSwitch System x VMready vNIC The following terms are trademarks of other companies Hyper V is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of oth...

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