Owners Manual

Table 1. Terms used in the document (continued)
Term Description
Four-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure configuration that supports up to
four half-width compute sleds.
NOTE: In PowerEdge FX2s, the four-bay chassis configuration supports a
combination of half-width compute and storage sleds. It supports a maximum
of three storage sleds mapped to a compute sled.
Eight-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure configuration that supports up to
eight quarter-width compute sleds.
Two-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure configuration that supports up to
supports two full-width compute sleds.
Three-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure configuration that supports one
full-width compute sled and up to two half-width compute sleds.
NOTE: In PowerEdge FX2s, this configuration also supports up to two half-
width storage sleds mapped to one full-width compute sled.
Six-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure configuration that supports up to
four quarter-width compute sleds and up to two half-width compute sleds.
NOTE: In PowerEdge FX2s, this configuration also supports up to two half-
width storage sleds mapped to up to four quarter-width compute sleds.
I/O module Refers to an Ethernet pass-through module or switch module installed in the
enclosure.
Expansion card Refers to low-profile PCIe cards installed in the enclosure that provide I/O
expansion.
Warm swap A slot is considered warm-swap if the sled associated with a component in that
slot must be turned off before adding or replacing the component. However, the
enclosure and the rest of the sleds remain powered on.
Hot swap A component in the enclosure is considered as hot swap if it can be replaced or
installed while the enclosure and sleds are powered on.
Sled slot numbering
Figure 1. Sled slot numbering—four-bay chassis
Figure 2. Sled slot numbering—eight-bay chassis
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