4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade (Brocade Silkworm 4016 4D) - Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX600 S3 Operating Manual

4/4 Gbit FC Switch Blade SW4016 4D
9.1 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade
(Brocade SilkWorm 4016 4D)
For the connection between the server blades and the SAN, you can install the
4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade (Brocade SilkWorm 4016 4D) in the
PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit. It offers a maximum of ten internal fabric
ports to the server blades and a maximum of six external fabric ports for a fast
and reliable connection to a SAN. The 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade
offers transfer rates of 4 Gbit/s via the internal and external ports. A
10/100 Mbit/s RJ45 connector is available for administering the 4/4 Gbit Fibre
Channel Switch Blade via a LAN.
The operating system of the 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade offers the full
functionality of Brocade Fabric OS 5.0.4, the joint software platform for Brocade
Fibre Channel switches. The FC switch blade is administered via the Fabric
Watch and Advanced Web Tools from Brocade.
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The 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade only supports server blades
that are fitted with a 4-Gbit Fibre Channel I/O module (PCIe daughter
card).
Figure 50: 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade (Brocade SilkWorm 4016 4D)
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In addition to the 16-port variant, a model with 12 dynamically assignable
ports is available (e.g. 4 external and 8 internal ports). You can upgrade
this model to a 16-port variant later.
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