Sun Microsystems Fire X4800, Installation Manual

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Cabling NEMs and PCIe EMs
Network Express modules (NEMs) and PCIe Express modules (PCIe EMs) provide connections
that are used for non-administrative purposes.
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NEMs provide 1 GbE and 10 GbE connectors.
Note –
The SAS connectors on the NEMs are unsupported.
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PCIe EMs provide different connectors depending on what type is installed. See your PCIe
EM documentation for details.
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Cabling the NEMs and PCIe EMs
Connect network cables to the 1 GbE or 10 GbE connectors on the NEM.
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For 4P systems connect cables only to slots 0 and 3.
4P systems contain CPU modules in slots 0 and 3, and filler panels in slots 1 and 2.
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For 8P systems, connect cables to slots 0, 1, 2 and 3.
8P systems contain CPU modules in all four slots.
Connect Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand, or Fibre Channel cables to the connectors on each of the
PCIe EMs.
See your PCIe EM documentation for details.
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4P systems support PCIe EMs in slots 0.0, 0.1, 3.0 and 3.1 (the top two and bottom two).
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8P systems support PCIe EMs in slots 0.0, 0.1, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0 and 3.1 (all slots).
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