IBM Redbooks 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card At-A-Glance Manual page 9

Figure 5. Eight Ethernet connections to each blade in the BladeCenter H chassis
Table 7 lists the components that are used in the eiight Ethernet ports per server configuration shown in
Figure 5.
Table 7. Components used in the eight ports per server configuration
Diagram Part number /
reference machine type
Varies
None
Varies
44W4479
8852
Varies
Varies
Varies
39Y9314
2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
Description
IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other server that supports
CFFh cards
Ethernet controller on the system board of the
server
Ethernet CFFv or CIOv expansion card
2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)
BladeCenter H chassis
Support Ethernet Switch Modules routing signals
from the integrated controller
Supported Ethernet Switch Modules routing signals
from the CFFv or CIOv card
Supported Ethernet Switch Modules routing signals
from the CFFh card (see Table 4)
Multi-Switch Interconnect Module
Quantity
1 to 14
1 per server
1 per server
1 per server
1
(see Table 4) 2
(see Table 4) 2
4
2
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