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22 Implementing Cisco InfiniBand on IBM BladeCenter

through Ethernet ports that connect from the bridge module to the BladeCenter H

Management Module slots.

As with the Ethernet Bridge Module, this product can help simplify server deployments by

allowing the BladeServer to only have a single physical interconnect (InfiniBand) and still

have access to other technologies, such as Fibre Channel through the QLogic InfiniBand to

FC bridge module.

Figure 2-5 QLogic InfiniBand Fibre Channel Bridge Module

The bridge module has the following features and specifications:

򐂰 Support for two internal InfiniBand double-data rate (DDR) capable 4X (20 Gbps) links to

the high-speed switch modules (HSSMs)

򐂰 Support for various types of transport data traffic:

– Reliable

– Unreliable

– Connected

– Unconnected

򐂰 Six external autosensing Fibre Channel 1/2/4 Gbps ports using standard small form-factor

pluggable (SFP) connectors (SFPs are not included)

򐂰 All common Fibre Channel topologies supported (direct attachment, switch, arbitrated

loop)

򐂰 Supports up to 128 virtual host bus adapter (HBA) ports per module

򐂰 Automatic port and module failover

򐂰 Load balancing and port aggregation

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