IBM BladeCenter PS703 Technical Overview And Introduction

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Chapter 1. Introduction and general description 25QLogic 2-port 10 Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh)The QLogic 2-port 10 Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter, feature#8275, offers robust Fibre Channel storage connectivity and 10 Gb networking over a singleConverged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) link. Because this adapter combines the functions of anetwork interface card and a host bus adapter on a single converged adapter, clients canrealize potential benefits in cost, power, and cooling, and data center footprint by deployingless hardware.The card has the following features: CFFh PCI Express 2.0 x8 adapter Communication module: QLogic ISP8112 Support for up to two CEE HSSMs in a BladeCenter H or HT chassis Support for 10 Gb Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) Support for Fibre Channel over Converged Enhanced Ethernet (FCoCEE) Full hardware offload for FCoCEE protocol processing Support for IPv4 and IPv6 Support for SAN boot over CEE, PXE boot, and iSCSI boot Support for Wake on LANFor more information, see the IBM Redbooks at-a-glance guide at the following web page:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0716.html?Open2-Port QDR 40 Gbps InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh)The 2-Port 40 Gbps InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter is a dual portInfiniBand Host Channel Adapter (HCA) based on proven Mellanox ConnectX IB technology.This HCA, when combined with the QDR switch, delivers end-to-end 40 Gb bandwidth perport. This solution is ideal for low latency, high bandwidth, performance-driven and storageclustering application in a High Performance Compute environment.The card has the following features: 1s MPI ping latency Dual 4X InfiniBand ports at speeds of 10 Gbps, 20 Gbps, or 40 Gbps per port CPU offload of transport operations End-to-end QoS and congestion control Hardware-based I/O virtualization Multi-protocol support TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload 2-port card allows use of two 40 Gb High-Speed Switch Modules (HSSM) in a chassisFor more information, see the IBM Redbooks at-a-glance guide at the following web page:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0700.html?OpenBroadcom 2/4-Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)The 2/4-Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter allows the addition of upto four (in IBM BladeCenter H chassis) or two (in BladeCenter S) extra 1 Gb ports, therebyallowing the use of 6 or 4 ports per blade, respectively.The card has the following features: Based on the Broadcom 5709S module PCI Express x4 host interface for high-speed connection Connectivity to either standard or high-speed I/O modules bays (depends on chassis) Multiple connections from the blade server to the external network