QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
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Supported servers and I/O modules
The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) is supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers
listed in Table 2.
Table 2. Supported servers
Expansion card
Part
number
HS12 HS21 HS21
XM
HS22 LS22
LS42
JS12
JS22
QS22
QLogic 4Gb Fibre
Channel Expansion Card
(CIOv)
46M6065
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the expansion cards supported by each blade server
type:
http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
.
CIOv expansion cards are installed in the CIOv slot in supported servers such as the HS22 as highlighted
in red in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Location of the CIOv slot in the IBM BladeCenter HS22
The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) requires that a supported I/O module is installed
in bay 3 and bay 4 of the chassis that the cards and servers are installed in. The supported I/O modules
are:
Any Brocade, QLogic or Cisco Fibre Channel Switch Module
z
QLogic 4 Gb and 8 Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Modules
z
IBM Optical Pass-thru Module (supported at 2 Gbps speeds only)
z
