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– BladeCenter T backplane characteristics: The backplane has the following
redundancy characteristics:
- Hot-pluggable connectors for the following components:
v Eight blades servers
v Four I/O modules
v Two management modules
v Four power supplies
v Four blowers
- Redundant high-speed serialize/deserialize (SERDES) interconnects
between blades and switches
- Support for redundant management modules
- Redundant 12C communications between the management modules and all
modules (except the blade servers)
- Redundant RS-485 (EIA 485) communications between management
modules and blade servers
- Redundant analog video connections from blades to management modules
- Redundant USB connections between blades and management modules
- Redundant secure Ethernet management port between switches and
management modules
Chapter 1. Introducing the BladeCenter T units
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