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Quadport Capable Hardware for the M1000e Modular Chassis
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Port Count Limitations by Blade Model
Due to a blade chipset limitation not all blades support all mezzanine cards installed in fabric C slots on the system
board. The following Quad port Mezzanine cards are affected:
• Intel Quadport Gigabit ET Mezzanine card
• Broadcom NetExtreme II 5709 Quad Port Ethernet Mezzanine Card
The following chart lists the limitations.
PowerEdge
Blade
Mezz1-FAB_C Mezz2-FAB_B
Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 1 Bank 2
IOM C1 IOM C2 IOM B1 IOM B2
Port Port Port Port
1&3 2&4 1&3 2&4
M600 Y Y Y Y
M605 N N Y Y
M610 Y Y Y Y
PowerEdge
Blade
Mezz1-FAB_C Mezz2-FAB_B Mezz3-FAB_C Mezz3-FAB_B
Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 1 Bank 2
IOM C1 IOM C2 IOM B1 IOM B2 IOM C1 IOM C2 IOM B1 IOM B2
Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port
1&3 2&4 1&3 2&4 1&3 2&4 1&3 2&4
M710 Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y
M805 Y Y N N N N N N
M905 Y Y Y Y N N N N