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ProLiant BL p-Class RJ-45 Patch Panel
The RJ-45 Patch Panel brings all server blade NIC signals out as individual RJ-45 connectors.
Figure 23. RJ-45 Patch Panel components
Table 16. RJ-45 Patch Panel Components
Item Description
1 RJ-45 Patch Panels
2 RJ-45 Interconnect Module (10-connector)
3 RJ-45 Interconnect Module (6-connector)
Features of the RJ-45 Patch panel include:
• Economical solution for providing pass through of up to 32 NIC signals
• Completely passive–requires no software or management
• Fault tolerance–Half of the signals from each server blade go to the left interconnect and half go to
the right interconnect, providing separate redundant paths to the network(s).