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Supported BladeCenter chassis and expansion cards

The Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 is supported in the BladeCenter chassis as listed in Table 2.

Table 2. BladeCenter chassis that support the Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012

I/O module

Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012

† The Advanced Management Module must be installed in the BladeCenter E chassis

The Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 supports the expansion cards listed in Table 3. Table 3 also lists

the chassis bays in which the switch module must be installed when used with each expansion card.

The BladeCenter chassis have the following bays:

BladeCenter S, E, and T have four standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, and 4).

BladeCenter H has four standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, and 4), two bridge bays (5 and 6), and four high-

speed bays (7, 8, 9, and 10).

BladeCenter HT has four standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, and 4) and four high-speed bays (7, 8, 9, and 10).

The 3012 fits in a standard I/O bay (bays 1-6) and, with the addition of the Multi-Switch Interconnect

Module (MSIM) in the BladeCenter H, can also fit in a high-speed I/O bay (bays 7-10). The 3012 is not

supported with MSIM-HT in high-speed bays of the BladeCenter HT chassis.

Table 3. Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 and BladeCenter chassis I/O bays support

Gigabit Ethernet integrated on the server planar

Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFv)

Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv)

QLogic Ethernet and 4 Gb FC Card (CFFh)

2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)

QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb FC Card (CFFh)

† Supported only if the expansion card is installed in slot 1 of BladeCenter Storage and I/O Expansion Unit

(39R7563).

* The 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card supports I/O bay 2 connections only when installed into a blade

server that is installed into BladeCenter S chassis.