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QLogic 1 Gb Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh)
The QLogic 1Gb Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card, feature #8271, is a CFFh
high speed blade server expansion card with two 8Gb Fibre Channel ports and two 1 Gb
Ethernet ports. It provides QLogic 2532 PCI-Express ASIC for 8 Gb 2-port Fibre Channel and
Broadcom 5709S ASIC for 1 Gb 2-port Ethernet. This card is used in conjunction with the
Multi-Switch Interconnect Module and is installed in the left position of the MSIM and a Fibre
Channel capable I/O module is installed in the right position of the MSIM. Both switches do
not need to be present at the same time because the Fibre Channel and Ethernet networks
are separate and distinct. It can be combined with a CIOv I/O card on the same high-speed
blade server.
The card has the following features:
Broadcom 5709S ASIC with two 1Gb Ethernet ports
PCI Express host interface
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) support
TCPIP checksum offload
TCP segmentation offload
Full-duplex (FDX) capability
QLogic 2532 ASIC with two 8Gb Fibre Channel ports
Support for FCP-SCSI and FCP-IP
Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)
Support for Fibre Channel service (classes 2 and 3)
Support for NPIV when installed in PS703 and PS704 blade servers
Support for remote startup (boot) operations
Support for BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
Support for Fibre Device Management Interface (FDMI) standard (VESA standard)
Fibre Channel 8 Gbps, 4 Gbps, or 2 Gbps auto-negotiation
For more information, see the IBM Redbooks at-a-glance guide at the following web page:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0690.html?Open
QLogic 1 Gb Ethernet and 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh)
The QLogic Ethernet and 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card, feature #8252, is a CFFh high
speed blade server expansion card with two 4 Gb Fibre Channel ports and two 1 Gb Ethernet
ports. It provides QLogic 2432M PCI-Express x4 ASIC for 4 Gb 2-port Fibre Channel and
Broadcom 5715S PCI-Express x4 ASIC for 1 Gb 2-port Ethernet. This card is used in
conjunction with the Multi-Switch Interconnect Module and is installed in the left position of
the MSIM and a Fibre Channel capable I/O module is installed in the right position of the
MSIM. Both switches do not need to be present at the same time because the Fibre Channel
and Ethernet networks are separate and distinct. It can be combined with a CIOv I/O card on
the same high-speed blade server.
The card has the following features:
Support for FCP-SCSI and FCP-IP
Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)
Support for remote startup (boot) operations
Support for BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
For more detail see the IBM Redbooks publication IBM BladeCenter Products and
Technology, SG24-7523, available at the following web page:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247523.html?Open
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IBM BladeCenter PS703 and PS704 Technical Overview and Introduction
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