Switch Configuration
You can independently disable or enable the switch ports. Auto-MDI/MDIX with auto negotiation of
speed and duplex is supported. The PC Blade Switch includes the following Ethernet ports:
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41 dedicated internal 10/100 Mb/s Fast Ethernet ports
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Five external Ethernet ports for data
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Four 10/100/1000 Mbps dual personality Copper/Fiber Ethernet uplinks
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One 10/100T Fast Ethernet port ideal for optional out-of-band system management, but can
be used as an additional data uplink
HP PC Blade Enclosure
The HP PC Blade Enclosure supports 20 HP Blade PCs, each with two embedded 10/100Mbps Fast
Ethernet network interface controllers. The primary or first NIC of each Blade PC supports Pre-boot
eXecution Environment (PXE) and Wake-on-LAN (WoL). Each enclosure can have up to 40 active
network adapters at one time.
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