Ethernet Switch Module - IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power Supply Planning And Installation Manual

the switch modules you install in switch-module bays 3 and 4 must be Fibre
Channel, and all other I/O expansion options in the BladeCenter unit must also be
Fibre Channel I/O expansion options.
The following table summarizes the application for each switch module. See "Rear
view" on page 10 for the location of the BladeCenter switch-module bays.
Switch- module bay

Ethernet switch module

The following illustration shows the major components of your Ethernet switch
module.
Ethernet
switch module
Release latch
This section provides a summary of the features for your IBM xSeries
Ethernet Switch Module.
The IBM xSeries 4-Port Gb Ethernet Switch Module features include:
Switch-module function
1 Network connection 1 (Ethernet Link 1) for all blade servers in the
BladeCenter unit
2 Network connection 2 (Ethernet Link 0) for all blade servers in the
BladeCenter unit
3 Network connection 3 (from all blade server I/O expansion options
in the BladeCenter unit)
4 Network connection 4 (from all blade server I/O expansion options
in the BladeCenter unit)
Information panel
Ethernet ports (4)
Table 2. Ethernet switch module features and specifications
Feature Specifications
Ports
v Four external 1000BASE-T ports for making 10/100/1000 Mbps
connections to a backbone, end stations, and servers
v Fourteen internal full-duplex gigabit ports to connect to BladeCenter
blade servers
Media access
control (MAC)
address label
Serial number label
Chapter 2. BladeCenter unit components
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4-Port Gb
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