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QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter 1

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QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion

Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

IBM Redbooks Product Guide

The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter is installed in

the blade server and allows connectivity to high-speed switch bays. This expansion card provides

flexibility for connecting the blade server to the horizontally oriented BladeCenter H modules in bays 7

and 8 or bays 9 and 10 when using the Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM).

Figure 1 shows the QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh).

Figure 1. QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh)

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Installing the QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) card in every blade server

in your chassis adds two 1 Gb Ethernet ports and two 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports to each server. Combined

with the two onboard Ethernet ports, this gives you an aggregate total of 4 Gbps of Ethernet bandwidth

and 16 Gb of Fibre Channel bandwidth for every server in the chassis. This has the potential of meeting

even the most bandwidth-intensive application needs such as virtualization.

When using the CFFh adapter, you can simultaneously use a CFFv or CIOv adapter to enable additional

I/O support to blade servers such as the HS22 when installed in the IBM BladeCenter H chassis. The

innovative design of the CFFh adapter is designed to work with the CFFv or CIOv adapter to support this

combination workload.

The adapter connects to the midplane directly, without having to use cables or small form-factor

pluggable (SFP) modules. By eliminating these components for up to 14 servers, the resulting savings

alone covers the BladeCenter chassis investment.

Summary of content (12 pages)

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I BM ® QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter IBM Redbooks Product Guide The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter is installed in the blade server and allows connectivity to high-speed switch bays. This expansion card provides flexibility for connecting the blade server to the horizontally oriented BladeCenter H modules in bays 7 and 8 or bays 9 and 10 when using the Multi-Switch Interconnect Module (MSIM).
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Part number information Table 1 shows the part number to order this card. Table 1. Part number and feature code for ordering Description Part number Feature code (x-config / e-config) QLogic Eth and 8Gb Fibre Channel Exp Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter 44X1940 5485 / 8271 QLogic Enet and 8Gb FC Exp Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter 00Y3270* A3JC / None * The existing adapter, part number 44X1940, has been reintroduced with the new part number, 00Y3270.
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 Fibre Channel standard compliance          SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP) Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI, Second Version (FCP-2) Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3) Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL, FC-AL-2) Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA) Fibre Channel Private Loop Direct Attach (FC-PLDA) Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-2, FC-GS-3) Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS) Operating environm
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Figure 2 shows where the CFFh card is installed in a BladeCenter server. Figure 2. Location on the BladeCenter server planar where the CFFh card is installed The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb FC Expansion Card is used in conjunction with the MSIM in BladeCenter H or MSIM-HT in BladeCenter HT.
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Table 3 lists the I/O modules that can be used to connect to the QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh). Table 3.
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In the BladeCenter H, the ports of CFFh cards are routed through the midplane to I/O bays 7, 8, 9, and 10 as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3.
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The BladeCenter H supports two MSIMs. The top MSIM is installed in the space occupied by I/O bays 7 and 8. The bottom MSIM is installed in the space occupied by bays 9 and 10. Figure 4 shows the MSIM being installed into bays 7 and 8 of the BladeCenter H chassis. Figure 4.
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Figure 5. Using the QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb FC Expansion Card to supply six Ethernet connections and two Fibre Channel connections to each server Table 4 lists the components that are used in this configuration. Table 4.
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Supported operating systems The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) supports the following operating systems:                                                   AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3 AIX Version 6.1 IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.
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See IBM ServerProven at the following address for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs that are supported for the particular blade server: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ Select the blade server and then select the expansion card to see the supported operating systems. Related publications For more information, see the following documents:  QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) Installation and User Guide http://ibm.
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Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in other countries. Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area. Any reference to an IBM product, program, or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product, program, or service may be used.
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