Connectors And Leds; Network Cabling Requirements - Lenovo BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Product Manual

Description
QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter
QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric CNA
* These ports are available by routing the onboard Emulex BE3 controller of the HS23 blade server through the VFA card.

Connectors and LEDs

Figure 2 shows the front panel of the BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module.
Figure 2. Front panel of the BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module
The front panel contains the following components:
LEDs display the status of the switch module and the network:
OK: indicates that the switch module has passed the power-on self-test (POST) with no
critical faults and is operational
Switch-module error: indicates that the switch module has failed the POST or detected an
operational fault
One USB RS-232 console port provides an additional means to install software and configure the
switch module. This USB-style connector enables the connection of a special serial cable that is
supplied with the switch module.
Ten SFP+ port connectors to attach SFP+ modules.
One RJ-45 Ethernet port connector for management.
Each external SFP+ port on the switch module contains a link/activity LED, and an RJ-45 port
contains Ethernet link OK and Ethernet Tx/Rx activity LEDs.

Network cabling requirements

BladeCenter Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module (withdrawn product)
Part
number
42C1830 N N N
00Y3332 N N N
00Y5618 N N N
N N N Y N Y
N N N Y N Y
N N N Y N Y
N
N
N
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