Input/Output Connectors - IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power Supply Planning And Installation Manual

Input/output connectors

The BladeCenter unit has the following ports:
Video
Keyboard
PS/2 mouse
One Universal Serial Bus (USB) on the front of the BladeCenter unit
One 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for remote console and management
Four 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet on each Ethernet switch module
The BladeCenter management module contains one standard video
connector. The integrated video controller on each blade server is
compatible with SVGA and VGA and communicates through this video port.
Use this connector to connect a video monitor.
Use this connector to connect a PS/2 keyboard to the BladeCenter unit.
Use this connector to connect a PS/2 mouse to the BladeCenter unit.
The BladeCenter unit has one Universal Serial Bus (USB) version 1.1
connector on the front of the BladeCenter unit.
Use the USB connector to connect a USB device other than a mouse or
keyboard to the BladeCenter unit. USB technology transfers data at up to
12 Mb per second (Mbps) with a maximum of 127 devices and a maximum
signal distance of 5 meters (16 ft) per segment. Using Plug and Play
technology, USB devices are configured automatically.
Use a USB cable to connect a device to the USB connector. If you need to
connect more than one USB device, use a USB hub.
The BladeCenter management module contains one 10/100 Mb Ethernet
port that provides the remote connection to the system management station
on the network.
Use this port for remote management and remote console.
The network management station, through this port, can access control
functions running in the service processor on each blade server or within
each switch module. However, it cannot use this port to communicate with
application programs running in the blade servers. The system management
station must direct those communications through a network connected to
the external ports in the switch modules.
Each Ethernet switch module contains four Ethernet connectors.
Connect a Category 3, 4, 5, or higher unshielded twisted-pair cable to this
connector. The 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T Fast Ethernet standards
require Category 5 or higher.
Chapter 2. BladeCenter unit components
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