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IBM Flex System FC3052 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter 7
Popular configurations
The FC3052 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter can be used in various configurations. The following figure shows the
I/O installed in an I/O adapter slot 2 of the x240, which in turn is installed in the chassis. The chassis is
connected to an IBM System Storage V7000. The RAID functionality is provided by the external storage
system.
Figure 4. Example configuration
The following table lists the parts that are used in the configuration.
Table 5. Components used when connecting the FC3052 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter to external disk storage
Part number/machine type Description Quantity
8737 IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node or other
supported server
1 to 14
95Y2375 FC3052 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter 1 per server
8721-A1x IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis 1
69Y1930 IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch 1 or 2
44X1964 IBM 8Gb SFP+ SW Optical Transceiver 1 per FC cable
39M5698 IBM 1m LC-LC Fiber Channel Cable 1 for each V7000
connection
2076-124 IBM System Storage V7000 1
This configuration also requires additional V7000 features, such as drives and software licenses. These
are not listed in the table.