
Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server
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SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
, four ports from the VIC 1380 are connected to 2304 Fabric Extender A and four are connected
to 2304 Fabric Extender B. The VIC 1340 slot is empty and adapter slot 2 is empty. A native 40G interface is
connected to each of the Fabric Extenders. The result is 40 Gb of bandwidth to each Fabric Extender.
Figure 19
VIC 1380 (VIC 1340 slot empty and adapter slot 2 empty)
(supported on 4-CPU configurations), the Storage Accelerator installed in adapter slot 2 also
has the port expander capability to increase the overall network I/O to the server. It acts as a pass-through
device to provide two additional ports to each of the port groups and thus create a native 40G interface to
each of the Fabric Extenders. The result is 40 Gb of bandwidth to each Fabric Extender. This configuration
requires 4 CPUs.
Figure 20
VIC 1340 (Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator in slot 2 and adapter slot 3 empty)
2304 Fabric
Extender B
2304 Fabric
Extender A
No VIC 1340 adapter installed
No adapter installed
VIC 1380 Adapter
Nativ
e 40G int
e
rfac
e
Nativ
e 40G int
e
rfac
e
adapter slot #3
adapter slot #2
adapter slot #1 for VIC 1340
CPU 1
PCIe x16
PCIe x16
CPU 2
EMPTY
EMPTY
Port Group A
Port Group B
CPU4
If a Port Expander is installed in slot #2,
CPU4 is optional. If a Storage Accelerator
is installed in slot #2, CPU4 is required.
VIC 1340 Adapter
adapter slot #1 for VIC 1340
Port Group A
Port Group B
CPU1
PCIe x16
CPU 2
No Adapter
or Storage Accelerator
(optional) Installed
adapter slot #3
2304 Fabric
Extender B
EMPTY
Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator
Nativ
e 40G int
er
fac
e
2304 Fabric
Extender A
Nativ
e 40G int
er
fac
e
adapter slot #2
CPU4
If a Port Expander is installed in slot #2,
CPU4 is optional. If a Storage Accelerator
is installed in slot #2, CPU4 is required.