BladeIO Guide

I/O Fabric Architecture for Half-Height Blades
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Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide
CPU
1
CPU
2
Half-Height Blade Server (1 of 16)
4-8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric B
Mezzanine
Fabric C
Mezzanine
CPU
1
CPU
2
Half-Height Blade Server (16 of 16)
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric B
Mezzanine
Fabric C
Mezzanine
4-8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
Left side of chassis
Right side of chassis
Front of Chassis
(Rear of Chassis) External Fabric Connections (Rear of Chassis)
M1000e Mid-plane
8.4Tb Mid-plane
Link between a dual port adapter and
switch of same fabric type
Additional link provided by quad-port
adapter cards and an IOM with 32
internal ports
• Dual port and Quad port 1Gb or
10Gb Ethernet adapters
Fabric A:
• Ethernet, Fibre Channel, &/or
InfiniBand mezzanine cards
• Dual port 1Gb and 10Gb
Ethernet mezzanine cards
• Quad port 1Gb Ethernet mezz.
and capable of quad port 10Gb
Ethernet mezzanine
• Dual port Fibre Channel mezz.
• Dual port InfiniBand mezzanine
Fabric B & C:
Fabric A
1
Ethernet
I/O Module
Fabric A
2
Ethernet
I/O Module
Fabric B
1
I/O Module
Fabric B
2
I/O Module
Fabric C
1
I/O Module
Fabric C
2
I/O Module