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3 Fibre Channel Expansion Card SBFCM
This Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide contains instructions for installing
your Fibre Channel Expansion Card in a blade server. This publication contains information about:
•
Installing and configuring the Expansion Card
•
Updating the BIOS code and device drivers of the Expansion card
The Fibre Channel Expansion Card is a 2 Gb Fibre Channel device that has two configurable adapter
ports. Communication signals are routed from the blade server through the Fibre Channel high-
speed connector on the Expansion Card to I/O module bay 3 and bay 4 in the SBCE unit. This
provides a high-performance connection between the 64-bit PCI-X bus in the blade server and the
two Fibre Channel Switch Modules in the SBCE unit.
✏
NOTE
The modules in I/O module bay 3 and bay 4 in the SBCE unit must be Fibre Channel Switch
Modules.
Features and specifications
The Expansion Card has the following features:
•
Compliance with Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (PC-PH-3),
revision 9.2
•
Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
•
Support for direct memory access (DMA)
•
Support for bus mastering
•
Support for Fibre Channel protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet protocol
(FCP-IP)
•
Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)
•
Support for Fibre Channel service (classes 2 and 3)
The following list and table provide a summary of the specifications of your Fibre Channel
Expansion Card.
Temperature and altitude
•
Blade server on: 10
°
to 35
°
C (50
°
to 95
°
F) at an altitude of 0 to 914 m (2998.69 ft)
•
Blade server on: 10
°
to 32
°
C (50
°
to 89.6
°
F) at an altitude of 914 m to 2134 m (2998.69 ft to
7000 ft)
•
Blade server off: -40
°
to 60
°
C (-40
°
to 140
°
F)
•
Shipping temperature: -40
°
to 60
°
C (-40
°
to 140
°
F)
•
Storage altitude: 0 to 2133 m (6998 ft)
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