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3. ul jn Redbooks web Doc QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter IBM BladeCenter at a glance guide The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for BladeCenter enables you to quickly and simply connect the BladeCenter servers with CIOv expansion slots to a Fibre Channel SAN Simply pick any Fibre Channel storage solution from the IBM System Storage DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 and DS8000 series and begin accessing data over a high speed interconnect This card is installed into the PCI Express CIOv slot of a supported blade server It provides connections to Fibre Channel compatible modules located in bays 3 and 4 of supported BladeCenter chassis A maximum of one QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv is supported per single wide 30 mm blade server The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv is shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Did you know The adapter connects to the midplane directly without having to use cables or SFP modules By eliminating these components for up to 14 servers the resulting savings alone cover the BladeCenter chassis investment The adapter is based on the PCI Express bus which can be thought of as a high speed serial replacement of the older technology Its use offers many benefits including higher speeds and the ability to send and receive data at the same time When using the CIOv adapter you can simu
4. O modules in the chassis one in bay 3 and one in bay 4 of the chassis Table 3 I O module and chassis combinations supported with the QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Brocade 4 Gb 20 port SAN Switch Module Brocade 4 Gb 10 port SAN Switch Module Brocade Enterprise 20 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module Brocade 20 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module Brocade 10 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module Cisco 4 Gb 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module Cisco 4 Gb 10 port Fibre Channel Switch Module IBM BladeCenter Optical Pass thru Module McDATA 4 Gb 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module McDATA 4 Gb 10 port Fibre Channel Switch Module QLogic 4 Gb 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module QLogic 4 Gb 10 port Fibre Channel Switch Module QLogic 20 port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 10 port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 20 Port 8 Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 8 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module QLogic 4 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module Important considerations LJ _ a m H a a E e im H a a a cS OoOo BBB Clade Cantor T Bc Rc a ns Rn eB st ft di ae an F a Ra a Ez L oS e The BladeCenter S does not support all I O modules as shown in Table 3 e When using an IBM BladeCenter Optical Pass thru Module OPM the speed of the Fibre Channel link will be limited to 2 GB This is a limitation of the OPM e Many of the I O modules listed in the table also support the Mutli Switch Interconnect Module MSIM and MSIM
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6. connect to the BladeCenter S Disk Storage Modules DSMs The Fibre Channel expansion card will go in the place of the SAS expansion card needed to connected to the DSMs Varies Any Brocade QLogic or Cisco Fibre Channel Switch module or 1 or2 Optical Pass thru module This configuration will also require cabling between the chassis and the storage server and between the storage server and expansion units The cable part numbers are not listed in Table 3 QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 5 Supported operating systems The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv supports the following operating systems IBM AIX 5L for POWER Version 5 3 IBM AIX Version 6 1 IBM Virtual I O Server IBM i operating system 6 1 Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition Unlimited Virtualization Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Win
7. dows Server 2008 Enterprise x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 2003 R2 Premium Edition Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS HPC for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for IBM POWER Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition with Xen Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM POWER SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64 EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for IBM POWER SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64 EM64T VMware ESX 3 5 VMware ESX 4 0 VMware ESXi 3 5 VMware ESXi 4 0 See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the specific versions and service packs suppor
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9. ltaneously use a CFFh adapter to enable more types of I O to supported blade servers such as the HS22 when installed in the IBM BladeCenter H chassis The innovative design of the CIOv adapter works with the CFFh adapter to support this combination QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter 1 Part number information The part number to order this card is shown in Table 1 Table 1 Ordering part number and feature code QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 46M6065 3594 8241 The first feature code is for use with the System x sales channel The second feature code is for use with the Power Systems sales channel The part number includes the following items e One QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter e The Documentation CD that contains QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User s Guide e The 6BM Important Notices document Features The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv has the following features e ClOv form factor e PCI Express 2 0 host interface e Support for two full duplex Fibre Channel ports at 4 Gbps maximum per channel e Support for Fibre Channel Protocol SCSI FCP SCSI and Fibre Channel Internet Protocol FC IP e Support for Fibre Channel service class 3 e Support for switched fabric point to point and Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL connections e Config
10. ted http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us Select the blade server and then select the expansion card to see the supported operating systems QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter Related publications For more information refer to these documents e QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv Installation and User Guide http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg 1MIGR 5079686 e IBM US Announcement Letter http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlifid 89 7 ENUS 109 101 e IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg 1MIGR 5073016 e IBM Redbooks publication BM BladeCenter Products and Technology http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg247 7523 html QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U S A IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in other countries Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any IBM intellectual property right may be used instead However
11. uration and boot support in BIOS and UEFI Operating environment The expansion card is supported in this environment e Temperature e 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F at 0 to 914 m 0 to 3 000 ft e 10 to 32 C 50 to 90 F at 914 to 2 133 m 3 000 to 7 000 ft e Relative humidity 8 to 80 e Maximum altitude 2 133 m 7 000 ft QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 2 Supported servers and I O modules The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv is supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers listed in Table 2 Table 2 Supported servers mJ Part F vi Expansion card number QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel 46M6065 f Expansion Card ClOv See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the expansion cards supported by each blade server type http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us ClOv expansion cards are installed in the ClOv slot in supported servers such as the HS22 as highlighted in red in Figure 2 Figure 2 Leao of the CIOv slot in the IBM BladeCenter HS22 QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter 3 The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv supports the I O modules listed in Table 3 The table also lists the BladeCenter chassis that support each I O module The card requires that a supported I O module is installed in bay 3 or bay 4 of the chassis however for redundancy and performance purposes we recommend that you install two I
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