IBM Enterprise Chassis with 2x2500W PSU 8721A1G User Manual
Product codes
8721A1G
IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis
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Supported I/O modules
The IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis has four high-speed switch bays that are capable of supporting
a variety of I/O architectures.
a variety of I/O architectures.
The switches are installed in switch bays in the rear of the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis as shown
in the following figure. Switches are normally installed in pairs (bays 1 & 2, and bays 3 & 4), because I/O
adapter cards installed in the compute nodes route to two switch bays for performance and redundancy.
in the following figure. Switches are normally installed in pairs (bays 1 & 2, and bays 3 & 4), because I/O
adapter cards installed in the compute nodes route to two switch bays for performance and redundancy.
Figure 4. Location of the switch bays in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis
The following figure shows one of the available switches, the IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb
Scalable Switch. It offers the following interface ports:
Scalable Switch. It offers the following interface ports:
Up to 42 internal 10Gb ports, three to each half-wide compute node bay (not shown in the figure)
Up to 14 external 10Gb ports with SFP+ connectors (license upgrades enable all ports)
Up to 2 external 40Gb uplink ports with QSFP+ connectors (license upgrades enable these ports)
Figure 5. IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch