IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and Pass-thru
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The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch
bays in the chassis with IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN switches or Pass-thru modules and
supported dual-port FC adapters.
Table 4. Adapter to I/O bay correspondence
I/O adapter slot
in the server
Port on the adapter
Corresponding I/O module bay
in the chassis
Port 1
Module bay 1
Slot 1
Port 2
Module bay 2
Port 1
Module bay 3
Slot 2
Port 2
Module bay 4
Port 1
Module bay 1
Slot 3
(full-wide compute nodes only)
Port 2
Module bay 2
Port 1
Module bay 3
Slot 4
(full-wide compute nodes only)
Port 2
Module bay 4
The following table lists the storage I/O adapters supported by the FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN
Pass-thru and those that are not supported.
Table 5. Storage adapters
Description
Part
number
Feature code
(x-config /
e-config)
Support for
FC3171
switch and
pass-thru
16 Gb Fibre Channel
IBM Flex System FC5022 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter
88Y6370
A1BP / None
No
IBM Flex System FC5024D 4-port 16Gb FC Adapter
95Y2379
A3HU / A3HU
No
IBM Flex System FC5052 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter
95Y2386
EC23 / A45R
No
IBM Flex System FC5054 4-port 16Gb FC Adapter
95Y2391
EC2E / A45S
No
IBM Flex System FC5172 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter
69Y1942
A1BQ / A1BQ
Yes
8 Gb Fibre Channel
IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter
69Y1938
A1BM / 1764
Yes
IBM Flex System FC3052 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter
95Y2375
A2N5 / None
Yes
