IBM 2-port 10Gb CNA (CFFh) 42C1830 User Manual
Product codes
42C1830
QLogic 2-port 10Gb CNA (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
6
Popular configurations
Figure 4 shows the use of 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Modules to route two Ethernet ports from QLogic
2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) installed into each server. Two 10Gb Ethernet
Pass-Thru Modules are installed in bay 7 and bay 9 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. External (top of rack,TOR) switches that support FCoCEE and cabling are required for the
pass-thru module to operate.
2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) installed into each server. Two 10Gb Ethernet
Pass-Thru Modules are installed in bay 7 and bay 9 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. External (top of rack,TOR) switches that support FCoCEE and cabling are required for the
pass-thru module to operate.
Figure 4. A converged 20Gb solution using two 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Modules
The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 5.
Table 5. Components used when connecting QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) to
two 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Modules
two 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Modules
Diagram
reference
reference
Part
number/machine
type
number/machine
type
Description
Quantity
Varies
IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server
1 to 14
00Y3280
QLogic 2-port 10Gb CNA (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
1 per
server
server
8852 or 8740/8750
BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT
1
46M6181
10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module
2
44W4408
IBM 10GBase-SR SFP+ Transceiver
Up to 28*
*The 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module has 14 external 10Gb ports. You must have one transceiver for
each 10Gb port in an I/O module.
each 10Gb port in an I/O module.