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Figure 3. Logical layout of the interconnects between adapters and I/O modules
The adapters can be installed in slots A1 and A2 of the half-wide compute nodes (such as x240 M5 and
SN550), and slots A1, A2, A3, and A4 of the full-wide compute nodes (such as x440 and SN850). A
supported Ethernet I/O module must be installed in the corresponding I/O bay of the chassis (bays 1 and 2
when the adapter is installed slot A1 or A3 or bays 3 and 4 when the adapter is installed in slot A2 or A4).
In the compute nodes that have an integrated dual-port 10 GbE network interface controller (NIC), NIC
ports are routed to bays 1 and 2 with a specialized periscope connector, and the adapter in slot A1 is not
required. However, when needed, the periscope connector can be replaced with the EN6132 adapter. In
such a case, integrated NIC is disabled.
The following table shows the connections between the adapters that are installed in the compute nodes
to the supported I/O modules that are installed in the chassis.
Mellanox ConnectX-3 and EN6132 2-port 40Gb Ethernet Adapters for Flex System
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