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12 Implementing Cisco InfiniBand on IBM BladeCenter
The I/O bays are connected to two separate and redundant midplanes and the blade servers
and expansion cards in the blades have ports that connect to both midplanes. The midplanes
that connect each of the bays are shown in Table 1-5.
Table 1-5 I/O module bays on each midplane
Be sure that all installed I/O modules are compatible with interface ports present in the
blades. For a list of supported combinations of standard I/O modules and I/O expansion cards
for BladeCenter H, refer to Table 1-6.
Table 1-6 Supported combinations of standard I/O modules and I/O expansion cards - IBM BladeCenter H
Top midplane Bottom midplane
Standard (low)-speed module bays Bay 1
Bay 3
Bay 5
Bay 2
Bay 4
Bay 6
High-speed module bays Bay 7
Bay 8
Bay 9
Bay 10
Part Expansion card ESM and CPM IBSM FCSM OPM
I/O module bay number 1, 2 3, 4 3, 4 3, 4 1, 2 3, 4
None Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Ye s
y
a
a. Cells in this table with a y indicate the expansion card that is listed in this row does not impact what can or cannot
be used in the I/O module bay in this column.
yy
Ye s
y
39R8624 SFF Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card Ye s
b
b. Supported only if the expansion card is installed in slot 1 of either the BladeCenter SCSI Storage Expansion Unit
II (part number 39R8625) or BladeCenter Storage and I/O Expansion Unit (part number 39R7563).
Ye s N o N o Ye s
b
Ye s
39Y9310 Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFv)
Ye s
b
Ye s N o N o Ye s
b
Ye s
32R1896 Cisco 1X InfiniBand HCA Expansion Card
y
No Ye s N o
y
No
26K4841 IBM SFF FC Expansion Card
y
No No Ye s
y
Ye s
26R0890 QLogic 4Gb SFF FC Expansion Card
y
No No Ye s
y
Ye s
26R0884 QLogic 4Gb StFF FC Expansion Card
y
No No Ye s
y
Ye s
41Y8527 QLogic 4Gb FC Expansion Card (CFFv)
y
No No Ye s
y
Ye s
39Y9186 Emulex 4Gb SFF FC Expansion Card
y
No No Ye s
y
Ye s
32R1923 QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card
Ye s
b
Ye s N o N o Ye s
b
Ye s
73P6000 Myrinet Cluster Expansion Card
y
No No No
y
Ye s
c
c. When used with the Myrinet Cluster Expansion Card, the Optical Pass-thru Module must be installed in I/O bay 4
because the expansion card only has one port.
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