I/O Module Installation; Flexaddress - Dell PowerEdge M1000e Technical Manual

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4Gb Fibre Channel Pass-Through
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Mellanox® DDR (20Gb) InfiniBand Switch
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Mellanox QDR (40Gb) InfiniBand Switch
See the Ethernet I/O Cards
9.4

I/O Module Installation

For detailed information on installing the I/O modules in your system, see the I/O Modules section in
the Hardware Owner's Manual for your specific PowerEdge server.
9.5

FlexAddress

FlexAddress™ delivers persistent storage and network identities, equipping a data center to handle
predictable or even unplanned changes—increase, upgrade, or replace servers without affecting the
network or storage and minimizing downtime.
Dell's patent-pending FlexAddress technology allows any M-Series blade enclosure to lock the World
Wide Name (WWN) of the Fibre Channel controller and Media Access Control (MAC) of the Ethernet
and iSCSI controller into a blade slot, instead of to the blade's hardware as was done in the past. By
removing the network and storage identity from the server hardware, customers are now able to
upgrade and replace components or the entire server without changing the identity on the network.
This technology works with any vendor's installed I/O module as well as with Dell PowerConnect™
products.
FlexAddress delivers the ability to:
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Service a blade or IO Mezzanine card, upgrade the IO mezzanine cards to newer technology,
or upgrade the entire server with new technology while maintaining the mapping to Ethernet
and storage fabrics. This capability allows quick, painless connection and reduces downtime.
This capability is especially powerful when operating in a boot from SAN environment.
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Quickly obtain a list of all MAC/WWNs in the chassis by slot and be assured these will never
change
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Efficiently integrate into existing management and network infrastructure
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
page on Dell.com for supported I/O hardware.
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