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Data Sheet FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY BX Ethernet Switch/IBP 10Gbit/s 18/8
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Features & Benefits
Main Features Benefits
Variable operation
 10 Gbit/s Ethernet connection blade operable as standard Layer 2
switch, as End Host Mode (EHM) enabled switch, or as Intelligent
Blade Panel (IBP)
 Effortless selection of pure switch, EHM, or IBP functionality allows
exible use responding to demand
Flexible connectivity
 Installation up to 4 (6) times in connection bays 1 to 4 (1 to 6) of
BX400 (BX900), at the rear side of the blade server chassis
 Perfect transmission of data from Mezzanine cards to various
external networks
Performance is key
 - 8 x 1/10 Gbit/s SFP/SFP+ uplink port
 - low latency of 300ns
 Variable connection to external networks with extremely high
bandwidth.
 Operational with today’s wide spread 1 Gbit/s Ethernet backbones
and also with the growing number of 10 Gbit/s ones
Carefree operation
 Features supported:
 IBP mode: Uplink Sets, Port Grouping, Standard Port Group,
VLAN Port Group, Service LAN Group, Service VLAN Group, VLAN
transparency
 EHM and IBP make Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) needless
 IBP mode as well as EHM avoid protocol compatibility issues (e.g.
Cisco compatibility) and offer a large number of add-on functions
compared to standard switch mode
Compatible innovation
 Enabled for mixed operation of server blades with 1 and 10 Gbit/s
Ethernet controllers on board and on mezzanine cards
 Investment protection for existing server blades by exible
adaptation of downlink speed
Future proof
 In addition to pure Ethernet protocol, this connection blade
supports FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE), assured by its Data
Center Bridging (DCB) mode that cares for a lossless transmission of
Ethernet frames, indispensable for FC protocols
 Investing in this connection blade guarantees long-term
operability; it is usable also by customers, who tend to move away
from separated Ethernet and FibreChannel towards a converging
topology