Proliant Bl P-Class Rj-45 Patch Panel 2 - HP Xw25p - ProLiant - Blade Workstation Overview

ProLiant BL p-Class RJ-45 Patch Panel 2

The RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 functions as an Ethernet pass-through and enables pass-through functionality
for FC signals from all server blades configured with internal FC adapter options.
Figure 20. RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 components
Table 14. RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 Components
Item Description
1 RJ-45 Patch Panel 2
2 Patch Panel 2 Interconnect Module (10-connector)
3 Patch Panel 2 Interconnect Module (6-connector)
Each RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 Interconnect (a pair is included in each option kit) has eight FC SFF
transceiver slots located on the front. Features of the RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 include:
• Economical solution for providing pass through of up to 32 NIC and 32 FC signals.
• Completely passive–requires no software or management.
• Fault tolerance–Half of the signals from each server blade go to the left interconnect and half go to
the right interconnect, providing separate, redundant paths to the network(s).
• A cable channel facilitates routing the optical cables to the back of the server blade enclosure.
• Each dual port FC adapter option includes two SFF transceivers with LC connectors. These optical
transceivers are universal and are installed in the front-panel transceiver slots located on the front of
the RJ-45 Patch Panel 2.
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