IBM BladeCenter PS703 Technical Overview And Introduction

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22 IBM BladeCenter PS703 and PS704 Technical Overview and IntroductionThe card has the following features: CIOv form factor QLogic 2532 8 Gb ASIC PCI Express 2.0 host interface Support for two full-duplex Fibre Channel ports at 8 Gbps maximum per channel Support for Fibre Channel Protocol Small Computer System Interface (FCP-SCSI) andFibre Channel Internet Protocol (FC-IP) Support for Fibre Channel service (class 3) Support for switched fabric, point-to-point, and Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)connections Support for NPIVFor more information, see the IBM Redbooks at-a-glance guide at the following web page:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0692.html?OpenQLogic 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)The QLogic 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for BladeCenter, feature #8241,enables you to connect the BladeCenter servers with CIOv expansion slots to a FibreChannel SAN. Pick any Fibre Channel storage solution from the IBM System Storage®DS3000, DS4000®, DS5000, and DS8000® series, and begin accessing data over ahigh-speed interconnect. This card is installed into the PCI Express CIOv slot of a supportedblade server. It provides connections to Fibre Channel-compatible modules located in bays 3and 4 of a supported BladeCenter chassis. A maximum of one QLogic 4 Gb Fibre ChannelExpansion Card (CIOv) is supported per single-wide (30 mm) blade server.The card has the following features: CIOv form factor PCI Express 2.0 host interface Support for two full-duplex Fibre Channel ports at 4 Gbps maximum per channel Support for Fibre Channel Protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet Protocol(FC-IP) Support for Fibre Channel service (class 3) Support for switched fabric, point-to-point, and Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)connectionsFor more information, see the IBM Redbooks at-a-glance guide at the following web page:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0695.html?OpenEmulex 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)The Emulex 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter, feature #8240,enables high-performance connection to a SAN. The innovative design of the IBMBladeCenter midplane enables this Fibre Channel adapter to operate without the need for anoptical transceiver module. This saves significant hardware costs. Each adapter providesdual paths to the SAN switches to ensure full redundancy. The exclusive firmware-basedarchitecture allows firmware and features to be upgraded without taking the server offline orrebooting, and without the need to upgrade the driver.The card has the following features: Support of the 8 Gbps Fibre Channel standard Use of the Emulex “Saturn” 8 Gb Fibre Channel I/O Controller (IOC) chip Enablement of high-speed and dual-port connection to a Fibre Channel SAN Can be combined with a CFFh card on the same blade server