IBM Flex System FC5022 Product Manual page 11

Table 6 shows the connections between dual-port and 4-port FC adapters installed in the compute nodes
other than x222 to the switch bays in the chassis with IBM Flex System FC5022 16 Gb SAN Scalable
Switches.
Table 6. Adapter to I/O bay correspondence
I/O adapter slot in the server
Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
(full-wide compute nodes only)
Slot 4
(full-wide compute nodes only)
Table 7 shows the connections between 4-port adapters installed in the x222 compute nodes to the
switch bays in the chassis with IBM Flex System FC5022 16 Gb SAN Scalable Switches.
Table 7. x222 adapter to I/O bay correspondence
Server
Upper server
Lower server
With the x222, each node bay consumes four ports on the switch, therefore, additional port licenses might
be needed depending on your configuration (see Table 1 for FoD port upgrades).
IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches
Port on the adapter
Port 1
Port 2
Port 3
Port 4
Port 1
Port 2
Port 3
Port 4
Port 1
Port 2
Port 3
Port 4
Port 1
Port 2
Port 3
Port 4
FC5024D 4-port
16Gb FC Adapter
Port 1
Port 2
Port 1
Port 2
Corresponding I/O module bay in the chassis
Module bay 1
Module bay 2
Module bay 1
Module bay 2
Module bay 3
Module bay 4
Module bay 3
Module bay 4
Module bay 1
Module bay 2
Module bay 1
Module bay 2
Module bay 3
Module bay 4
Module bay 3
Module bay 4
Corresponding I/O module
bay in the chassis
Module bay 3
Module bay 4
Module bay 3
Module bay 4
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