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Broadcom 10Gb 2-Port and 4-Port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

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Wake-on-LAN support

Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is supported on all servers listed in Table 2, with the exception of:

BladeCenter HS21

z

BladeCenter HS21 XM

z

In addition, when used with the four-port card, WOL is only supported with the switch modules in bays 7 

and 9 only. WOL is not supported with bays 8 and 10.

Popular configurations

Figure 4 shows a configuration using the Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh). This 

solution enables four 10Gbps Ethernet connections from each blade server.

Figure 4.  40 Gb solution using the Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)

The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 5.

Table 5. Components used when connecting Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) to 

four BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Modules

Diagram 

reference

Part 

number/machine 
type

Description

Quantity

Varies

IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server

1 to 14

44W4465

Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)

1 per 

server

8852 or 8740/8750

BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT

1

46C7191

BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module

4

44W4408

IBM 10GBase-SR 10GbE 850 nm Fiber SFP+ Transceiver

Up to 40*

* You must have one transceiver for each 10Gb port in an I/O module.

Содержание RedBooks Broadcom 10Gb 2-Port and 4-Port Ethernet...

Страница 1: ...with all current and future 10Gb Ethernet Switch Modules Figure 1 shows the Broadcom 10Gb 2 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh The 4 port card has a second Broadcom module under the heatsink and is alm...

Страница 2: ...high speed I O module bays in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis z Enables two or four 10Gb ports from the blade server to the external network z Supports failover z Supports IBM BladeCenter Op...

Страница 3: ...n Card CFFh 44W4466 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Broadcom 10Gb 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh 44W4465 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Figure 2 shows where the CFFh card is installed in a BladeCenter server Fi...

Страница 4: ...t 10Gb High Speed Switch Module 39Y9267 N N Y N Y N N 10Gb Ethernet Pass Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter 46M6181 N N Y N Y N N BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module 46C7191 N N Y N Y N N Cisco Nexus 4...

Страница 5: ...CFFh you must install an I O module in z I O bays 7 and 9 that is two I O modules For the Broadcom 10Gb 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh you must install an I O module in z I O bays 7 8 9 and 10 th...

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