Fujitsu BX600 S3 User Manual

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Operating Manual

 BX600 

S3

Fibre Channel I/O Blades

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For the connection between the server blades and the SAN, you can install the 
4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade (Brocade SilkWorm 4016 4D) in the 
PRIMERGY BX600 S3 basic unit. It offers a maximum of ten internal fabric 
ports to the server blades and a maximum of six external fabric ports for a fast 
and reliable connection to a SAN. The 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade 
offers transfer rates of 4 Gbit/s via the internal and external ports. A 
10/100 Mbit/s RJ45 connector is available for administering the 4/4 Gbit Fibre 
Channel Switch Blade via a LAN.

The operating system of the 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade offers the full 
functionality of 

, the joint software platform for Brocade 

Fibre Channel switches. The FC switch blade is administered via the 

 and 

 from Brocade. 

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The 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade only supports server blades 
that are fitted with a 4-Gbit Fibre Channel I/O module (PCIe daughter 
card).

Figure 50: 4/4 Gbit Fibre Channel Switch Blade (Brocade SilkWorm 4016 4D)

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In addition to the 16-port variant, a model with 12 dynamically assignable 
ports is available (e.g. 4 external and 8 internal ports). You can upgrade 
this model to a 16-port variant later.