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QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCente
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Table 4 lists the parts that are used in the configuration shown in Figure 3.
Table 4. Components used when connecting the QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) to
external disk storage (as shown in Figure 3)
Diagram
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Part number /
Machine type
Description Quantity
7870 IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 1 to 14
44X1945 QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) 1 per
server
Varies IBM BladeCenter chassis* (see Table 3) 1
44X1905 QLogic 20-Port 8 Gb SAN Switch Module 1 or 2
1726-41X or
1726-42X
IBM System Storage DS3400 (Single or Dual Controller) 1
1727 Optional: IBM System Storage EXP3000 (Single or Dual ESM) 1 to 3
39R6536 DS3000 Partition Expansion License 1
*Note: The expansion card can be installed in servers in the BladeCenter S (8886). However, by doing so,
you lose the ability to connect to the BladeCenter S DSMs. The Fibre Channel expansion card goes in the
place of the SAS expansion card that is needed to connect to the DSMs.
This configuration also requires cabling between the chassis and the storage server and between the
storage server and expansion units. The cable part numbers are not listed in Table 4. Note that the
DS3400 storage solution operates at 4 Gbps.
Supported operating systems
The QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) supports the following operating systems:
IBM AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3
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IBM AIX Version 6.1
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IBM i operating system 6.1
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IBM Virtual I/O Server
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Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
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Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
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