Media Access Control (Mac) Addresses; Handling Static-Sensitive Devices - IBM CFFh Installation And User Manual

2/4 port ethernet expansion card (cffh) for ibm bladecenter

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Figure 2. Expansion card in BladeCenter S unit

Media Access Control (MAC) addresses

Media Access Control (MAC) addresses have been assigned and installed on the

expansion card. Each port has two MAC addresses: the first address is the

Ethernet address, and the second MAC address is for the iSCSI function. Port 1 of

the first communication module is assigned the base MAC address. Port 2 of the

first communication module receives the next MAC address assignment, followed

by like assignments on the second communication module. The Ethernet MAC

assignments for all ports are even-numbered addresses. The odd-numbered MAC

addresses are iSCSI assignments.

Note: The iSCSI and RDMA offload functions of the communication module are not

Attention:

devices. To avoid damage, keep static-sensitive devices in their static-protective

packages until you are ready to install them.

supported for this release of the expansion card. Firmware updates for the

iSCSI function of the expansion card might fail during a successful

firmware-update operation.

Static electricity can damage the blade server and other electronic

Chapter 2. Installing an expansion card

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