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QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion

Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter

Product Guide (withdrawn product)

The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for 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 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.

QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter (withdrawn product) 1

Summary of content (12 pages)

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QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter Product Guide (withdrawn product) The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter is installed in the blade server and allows connectivity to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 BladeCenter 44X1940* 5485 / 8271 QLogic Enet and 8Gb FC Exp Card (CFFh) for BladeCenter 00Y3270* A3JC / None * Withdrawn from marketing.
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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 environment The expansion card is supported in the following environment: Temperature: 10 to 35°C (50 to 95°F) Relative humidity: 8% to 80% non-condensing Supported servers and I/O modules The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) is supported in the BladeCenter servers listed in Table 2. Table 2.
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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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I/O module Part number MSIM MSIM-HT Left bay of the MSIM (Ethernet) Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G 41Y8523 Y Y Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G 00Y3254 Y Y Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110X 41Y8522 Y Y Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110X 00Y3250 Y Y Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 43W4395 Y Y Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 46C9272 Y Y Server Connectivity Module 39Y9324 Y N Layer 2/3 Copper Gb Ethernet Switch 32R1860 Y Y Layer 2/3 Fiber Gb Ethernet Switch 32R18
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Figure 3. BladeCenter H I/O topology showing the I/O paths from the CFFh expansion cards 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.
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Figure 4.
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Popular configurations The QLogic Ethernet and 8 Gb FC Expansion Card is ideal for adding additional Ethernet and Fibre Channel ports to a BladeCenter H configuration. In this configuration, each HS22 blade server has the QLogic expansion card installed along with an Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) and the onboard Ethernet controller. This means that six Ethernet connections and two Fibre Channel connections are delivered to each server (Figure 5).
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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 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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