IBM Redbooks 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card At-A-Glance Manual page 10

BladeCenter S configuration
Figure 6 shows a configuration using the
configuration. This solution enables a total of four Gigabit Ethernet connections from each blade server,
two routed through the Ethernet switch module in bay 2 of the BladeCenter S chassis. The other two
connections are via the onboard Ethernet controller.
Figure 6. Four Ethernet connections to each blade in the BladeCenter S chassis
The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 8.
Table 8. Components used when connecting Broadcom 4-port 10Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) to
four BNT 10Gb High Speed Switch Modules
Diagram Part number/
reference machine type
Varies
44W4479
8886
Varies
Varies
2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)
Description
IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server
2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)
BladeCenter S
Supported Ethernet switch module to connect to the
2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) (See
Table 5)
Supported Ethernet switch module to connect to the
onboard Ethernet controller (See Table 5)
in a BladeCenter S
Quantity
1 to 14
1 per server
1
1
1
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