The Hp Bladesystem Pc Blade Switch - HP Bc1500 - BladeSystem - Blade PC Supplementary Manual

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Additional considerations on dial-up modems: Analog modems vary in quality. Higher quality
56kbps modems may produce lower latency than lower quality modems. Because analog modems
are designed to retrain their speed depending on line condition, you may need to fine tune modem
configuration or seek a more robust method to access the network, such as an xDLS broadband con-
nection or dedicated leased-line.

The HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch

The HP PC Blade Switch is in the interconnect tray for the HP PC Blade Enclosure that uses a non-blocking,
managed Layer 2+ Ethernet switch (see Figure 2). The HP PC Blade Switch consolidates 40 Ethernet NICs
from blade PCs and provides four external dual personality (Copper or Fiber) Gigabit "uplink" Ethernet
ports. You can configure the HP PC Blade Switch to combine all Ethernet signals into one physical uplink
(see "Maximizing network cable reduction" on page
single logical uplink using IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation (see
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Figure 2 HP PC Blade Switch tray external panel
Item Description
1, 4 RJ-45 Auto MDIX, 10/100/1000T Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports e43 and e44
(Assigned to VLAN 2 by default)
2, 3 Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) Port for Ethernet Uplink GBIC Connector to Ports e43 and e44
(Assigned to VLAN 2 by default)
5 RJ-45 Auto MDIX, 10/100T Fast Ethernet Uplink Port e42
(Assigned to VLAN 1 by default)
6 DB-9 RS-232 Serial Port for Integrated Administrator console access
7 Integrated Administrator Reset Button
8, 11 RJ-45 Auto MDIX, 10/100/1000T Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports e45 and e46
(Assigned to VLAN 1 by default)
9, 10 Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) Port for Ethernet Uplink GBIC Connector to Ports e45 and e46
(Assigned to VLAN 1 by default)
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12) or up to four physical uplinks configured as a
"Link aggregation groups" on page
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15).
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