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Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter at-a-glance guide
The Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM) for IBM BladeCenter is an innovative solution if you are
looking to use additional standard form-factor switches in place of the high-speed switch bays in the
BladeCenter H chassis. By using redundant MSIMs, you can deploy virtualization-ready solutions by
providing up to eight Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) to each blade server in the chassis.
Figure 1 shows the MSIM.
Figure 1. Multi-Switch Interconnect Module
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Two MSIMs can be used in each BladeCenter H chassis, making it ideal for those who are looking for
redundancy. The use of the MSIM to add four additional ports makes it ideal for application such as server
consolidation and virtualization.
Up to two standard form-factor switches can be supported per MSIM, for a total of eight switches in the
BladeCenter H chassis.
Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter
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- Page 1 Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter IBM BladeCenter at-a-glance guide The Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM) for IBM BladeCenter is an innovative solution if you are looking to use additional standard form-factor switches in place of the high-speed switch bays in the BladeCenter H chassis.
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Page 2: Part Number Information
Safety information Features The MSIM has the following features: Provides standard I/O module support in the high-speed switch bays of BladeCenter H Accommodates two standard I/O modules (Ethernet Switch Modules, Fibre Channel Switch Modules, or Pass-thru Modules), side by side... - Page 3 Supported BladeCenter chassis Table 2 lists the IBM BladeCenter chassis that supports the Multi-Switch Interconnect Module. Table 2. IBM BladeCenter chassis that supports the Multi-Switch Interconnect Module I/O module Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter The MSIM is a switch module container that converts a stacked pair of high-speed I/O bays into two standard I/O bays.
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Page 4: Supported Expansion Cards
Figure 3 shows how two MSIMs can be installed in the BladeCenter H: one in the space of switch bays 7 and 8, and one in the space of switch bays 9 and 10. The MSIM accepts two supported standard switch modules and enables a blade server to have up to a total of eight network connections. -
Page 5: Supported I/O Modules
The ports on the CFFh expansion cards in each server are hard wired to specific bays in the switch modules in each MSIM. Table 4 lists the mapping of expansion card ports to the I/O bays of MSIMs. Table 4. Mapping of expansion card ports to the I/O bays of MSIMs... - Page 6 QLogic 20-port 4Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 10-port 4Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 4Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module QLogic 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter Part number 32R1892 Left Left 32R1888...
- Page 7 When the Optical Pass-thru Module is installed in the right-hand MSIM bay (for use with a Fibre Channel expansion card), the Optical Pass-thru Module only operates at 2 Gbps. This is a limitation of the OPM. Multi-Switch Interconnect Module for IBM BladeCenter Part number 39Y9316 Both³...
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Page 8: Popular Configurations
2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) expansion card plus an Ethernet expansion card (CFFv or CIOv form factor, depending on the model of the server). Eight Ethernet switch modules are installed in the BladeCenter H chassis, four of them in MSIMs. All connections between the cards and the switch modules are internal to the chassis. -
Page 9: Related Publications
39Y9314 Related publications For more information, see the following resources: Multi-Switch Interconnect Module Installation and User Guide http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5070476 IBM US Announcement Letter for the Multi-Switch Interconnect Module http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS107-088 IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5073016 IBM BladeCenter Products and Technology IBM Redbooks publication http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247523.html... - Page 10 Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk.IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you.
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