Table of Contents
Advertisement
Figure 2-19 BladeCenter S I/O topology
2.7.3 I/O expansion cards
I/O expansion cards can provide additional resources that can be used by a native operating
system, the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS), or assigned directly to a LPAR by the VIOS.
See 1.6.7, "I/O features" on page 21 for details about each supported card.
LAN adapters
In addition to the onboard 2-port Broadcom BCM5709S Ethernet controller, Ethernet ports
can be added with LAN expansion card adapters. The PS703 and PS704 support expansion
cards with Ethernet controllers as listed in Table 1-8 on page 21.
CIOv adapters require that Ethernet switches be installed in bays 3 and 4 of the BladeCenter
chassis.
CFFh expansion cards are supported in BladeCenter H and HT. The Broadcom 2/4-Port
Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) is also supported in the BladeCenter S. In the BC-H and
BC-HT, the CFFh adapters require that Ethernet switches be installed in bays 7 and 9, and
the Fibre Channel ports to switch bays 8 and 10. In the BladeCenter S only the Ethernet ports
are usable and the connection is to Bay 2.
SAS adapter
To connect to external SAS devices, including the BladeCenter S storage modules, the 3 Gb
SAS Passthrough Expansion Card and BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Modules are required.
Blade Server 6
Blade Server 1
On-Board 1GbE
Expansion cards
CFFh
Legend
Standard I/O bays connections
x4 SAS DSM connections
I/O bays 3 & 4 Ethernet connections
CIOv
Mid-Plane
Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview
61
Advertisement
Table of Contents
