Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter IBM BladeCenter at-a-glance guide - Manual (Page 7)

Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 7
Popular configurations
Figure 2 shows the use of Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules to route two 10 Gb Converged
Enhanced Ethernet ports from a Brocade 2-port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter installed into each
server. Two Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules are installed in bays 7/8 and bays 9/10 of the
BladeCenter H chassis. All connections between the controller, card, and the switch modules are internal
to the chassis. No internal cabling is needed.
Figure 2. A converged 20 Gb solution using redundant Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules
The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Components used when connecting Brocade 2-port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter to two
Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules
Diagram
reference
Part
number/machine
type
Description Quantity
Varies IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 1 to 14 or
1 to 12
81Y1650 Brocade 2-port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter 1 per
server
8852 or 8740/8750 BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT 1
69Y1909 Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module 1 to 2
49Y4216 Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver Up to 6*
44X1962 Brocade 8Gb SFP+ SW Optical Transceiver Up to 6*
*The Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module has 16 external ports - eight 10 Gb CEE ports and eight
8 Gb Fibre Channel ports. You must have one transceiver for each port in an I/O module (every switch
module comes standard with two 10Gb Ethernet SFP+ transceivers).
Refer to the IBM System Storage Interoperability Center web link for information about the compatibility of
Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules with storage systems and fabrics:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic