Owner`s manual

NetworkingBestPracticesforVMwareInfrastructure3onDellPowerEdgeBladeServers

simplifies management, allows server-server traffic to stay within the VBS domain vs. congesting

the core network, and can help significantly consolidate external cabling.

o Optional software license key upgrades to IP Services (Advanced L3 protocol support)

and Advanced IP Services (IPv6)

• Dell Ethernet Pass-Through Module: This supports 16 x 10/100/1000Mb copper RJ45 connections.

This is the only Ethernet Pass-through module in the market that supports the full range of 10/100/1000Mb

operation.

Note: PowerEdge M1000e also supports additional I/O modules - Brocade M5424 SAN I/O Module ,

Brocade M4424 SAN I/O Module, 4Gb Fibre Channel Pass-through Module and Infiniband.

New I/O modules may have been released after this document is published. For the latest information and

detailed specification refer to www.dell.com

For more information on the fabrics, I/O modules, mezzanine cards, mapping between mezzanine cards and

I/O modules refer to Hardware Owner’s Manual of your blade server model under section About Your

System at http://support.dell.com

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2.3 MappingbetweenBladeServerandI/OModulesinChassis

This section describes how the onboard network adapter and add-in mezzanine cards map to the I/O modules in the

chassis.

Each half height blade has a dual port onboard network adapter and two optional dual port mezzanine I/O cards. One

mezzanine I/O card is for Fabric B and one mezzanine I/O card for Fabric C.

The following figure illustrates how these adapters are connected to the I/O modules in the chassis.

Half Height Blade Server (M600, M605, M610)

Onboard dual

port NIC

I/O card for

Fabric C

Fabric

I/O card for

Fabric B

Figure2:AdapterandI/OModulesconnectioninChassisforHalfHeightBlades

Each full height blade has two dual port onboard network adapter and four optional dual port I/O mezzanine cards.

Two I/O mezzanine cards are for Fabric B and two I/O mezzanine cards are for Fabric C. The following figure

illustrates how the network adapters on a full height blade are connected to the I/O modules.

The following figure illustrates how the network adapters on a full height blade are connected to the I/O modules.

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