Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview
59
Figure 2-16 FCoE connections in IBM BladeCenter
For more information about FCoE, read An Introduction to Fibre Channel over Ethernet, and
Fibre Channel over Convergence Enhanced Ethernet, REDP-4493, available from the
following Web page:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4493.html
The QLogic 2-port 10 Gb Converged Network Adapter is a CFFh form factor card. The ports
on this card are connected to BladeCenter H and HT I/O switch module bays 7 and 9. In
these bays a pass through or FCoE capable I/O module can provide connectivity to a
top-of-rack switch. A combination of the appropriate I/O switch module in these bays and the
proper Fibre Channel capable modules in bays 3 and 5 can eliminate the top-of-rack switch
requirement. See 1.6, “Supported BladeCenter I/O modules” on page 29.
InfiniBand Host Channel adapter
The InfiniBand Architecture (IBA) is an industry-standard architecture for server I/O and
interserver communication. It was developed by the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) to
provide the levels of reliability, availability, performance, and scalability necessary for present
and future server systems with levels significantly better than can be achieved using
bus-oriented I/O structures.
InfiniBand is an open set of interconnected standards and specifications. The main InfiniBand
specification has been published by the InfiniBand Trade Association and is available at the
following Web page:
http://www.infinibandta.org/
InfiniBand is based on a switched fabric architecture of serial point-to-point links. These
InfiniBand links can be connected to either host channel adapters (HCAs), used primarily in
servers, or target channel adapters (TCAs), used primarily in storage subsystems.
The InfiniBand physical connection consists of multiple byte lanes. Each individual byte lane
is a four-wire, 2.5, 5.0, or 10.0 Gbps bi-directional connection. Combinations of link width and
byte lane speed allow for overall link speeds of 2.5–120 Gbps. The architecture defines a
layered hardware protocol as well as a software layer to manage initialization and the
communication between devices. Each link can support multiple transport services for
reliability and multiple prioritized virtual communication channels.
IBM POWER7 blades each
with a Converged Network
Adapter
BNT Virtual Fabric
10Gb Switch Module
with 10Gb Ethernet
ports
QLogic Virtual Fabric
Extension Module with
8Gb Fibre Channel
ports
BladeCenter H
LAN
SAN
Internal
connections
Содержание PS700
Страница 2: ......
Страница 8: ...vi IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction...
Страница 14: ...xii IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction...
Страница 142: ...128 IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction...
Страница 147: ......