Mezzanine cards
Population rules for mezzanine cards in the BX400 S1 system unit
The connection blade slots of the BX400 S1 system unit are numbered as
follows.
CB 1 (Fabric 1)
CB 3 (Fabric 3)
Figure 42: Connection blade slots (BX400 S1 system unit)
The table below shows the connections of the connection blade slots to the slots
of the mezzanine cards.
Server blade Midplane
Onboard
Fabric 1
CNA
Mezzanine
Fabric 2
card slot 1
Mezzanine
Fabric 3
card slot 2
Table 6: Fitting rules for connection blade slots (BX400 S1 system unit)
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Connection blades within one fabric must have the same technology, i.e.
either Ethernet or Fibre Channel or SAS or Infiniband.
As a result, the rules for populating the mezzanine card slots are as follows:
If a 1 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card is installed in slot 1 of a server blade, at
●
least one 1 Gb Ethernet connection blade must be installed in CB slot 2 of
the system unit.
If a 10 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card is installed in slot 1 of a server blade, at
●
least one 10 Gb Ethernet connection blade must be installed in CB slot 2 of
the system unit.
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CB1:
1 or 10 Gb Ethernet
CB2:
1 or 10 Gb Ethernet or Fibre Channel
CB3:
1 or 10 Gb Ethernet or Fibre Channel or SAS
CB4:
1 or 10 Gb Ethernet or Fibre Channel or SAS
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CB 2 (Fabric 2)
CB 4 (Fabric 3)
Connection blade slots
or Infiniband
BX924 S4