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FUJITSU ServerView Virtual-IO Manager V3.1 User Manual

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To resolve these problems, the switch blades installed in the blade server
can be replaced by special connection blades. The following connection
blade are available for this:

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For SAN:
BX600: BX600 4/4Gb FC Switch 12port (SW4016, SW4016-D4) in the
Access Gateway mode (FC AG)
BX400/BX900: Brocade 5450 8 Gb Fibre Channel Switch in the Access
Gateway mode (FC AG)

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For LAN:
BX600: BX600 GbE Intelligent Blade Panel 30/12 or 10/6 (IBP GbE)
BX400/BX900: Connection Blade PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/8+2,
PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/12, PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 18/6, or
PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 10 Gb 18/8 in the IBP mode. (The connection
blades can run in switch mode, in IBP mode, or in End Host Mode
(EHM).)

These connection blades offer the advantage of a switch (cable con-
solidation) without the above-mentioned disadvantages.

ServerView Virtual-IO Manager

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2.2 Special connection blade for blade server