I/O Module Bays And Hca Expansion Cards - Cisco M SFS7000E Installation Note

I/O Module Bays and HCA Expansion Cards

Within the Dell Modular Server Chassis unit, blade switches manage traffic to and from up to two HCA
IB mezzanine cards on the hosts. Each HCA IB mezzanine card adds two IB ports to a host. Each HCA
port connects through the unit mid-plane to a particular blade switch slot. The IB ports of the HCA card
that is seated in the HCA B location, connect to I/O module bays B1 and B2. The IB ports of the HCA
card that is seated in the HCA C location, connect to I/O module bays C1 and C2. See
Table 1
For more details about the location of the HCA IB mezzanine card slots in the Dell Server Blade, see the
Dell PowerEdge M600 and M605 Hardware Owners Manual.
.
Figure 2
Dell Server Blade
Table 1
HCA Mezzanine Card
B
C
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for the location of the HCA cards and the corresponding I/O module bays.
HCA Mezzanine Card Ports and Corresponding Switch I/O Module Bays
Port 2
HCA C
Port 1
Port 2
HCA B
Port 1
Chassis Rear - I/O Module Bays
HCA Mezzanine Card Ports and Corresponding Switch I/O Module Bays
Cisco M SFS7000E Installation Note: InfiniBand Blade Switch for the Dell Modular Server Chassis
B1 C1 C2 B2
HCA InfiniBand Port
1
2
1
2
I/O Module Bays and HCA Expansion Cards
Figure 2
InfiniBand Switch I/O Module
Bay
B1
B2
C1
C2
and
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