Integrated Virtual Ethernet - IBM BladeCenter PS700 Technical Overview And Introduction

GX+ host
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Figure 2-17 System overview of USB connections
Note: The PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades do not support the KVM function from the
AMM.
BladeCenter Media Tray
The BladeCenter Media Tray, depending on the BladeCenter chassis used, can contain up to
two USB ports, one optical drive and system status LEDs. For information about the different
media tray options available by BladeCenter model see IBM BladeCenter Products and
Technology, SG24-7523 available from the following Web page:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247523.html
The media tray is a shared resources that can be assigned to any blade slot.

2.7 Integrated Virtual Ethernet

Introduced with POWER6, POWER7 processor-based servers continue the use of IVE. The
terms IVE and HEA are sometimes used interchangeably, however, IVE encompasses all the
hardware parts including the HEA and the integration of several technologies.
IVE enables the ability to manage the sharing of the integrated HEA physical ports. The
PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades include two 1 Gb HEA ports on the base blade. The
PS702 has an additional two HEA ports on the expansion unit for a total of four physical ports.
IDE CD
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Processor Blade
Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview
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USB Demux
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