IBM QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
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1. CIOv for IBM BladeCenter 1 Part number information Table 1 shows the part number to order this card Table 1 Part number and feature code for ordering Description Feature code QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 44X1945 1462 8242 The first feature code listed is for configurations available through the System x sales channel The second feature code listed is for configurations available through the Power Systems sales channel The part number includes the following items e One QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter e Adocumentation CD containing QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User s Guide e The 6BM Important Notices document Features The QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv has the following features e ClOv form factor e QLogic 2532 8Gb ASIC e PCI Express 2 0 host interface e Support for two full duplex Fibre Channel ports at 8 Gbps maximum per channel e Support for Fibre Channel Protocol Small Computer System Interface 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 Support for NPIV when installed in the JS23 JS43 e Configuration and boot support in BIOS and UEFI Operating environment The expansion card is supported in t2. Channel Switch Module 32R1905 QLogic 4 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module 43W6723 Supported I O modules operate at 2 Gbps IBM BladeCenter Optical Pass thru Module 39Y9316 es CERE eco SS FRI eeo T E e B lade concer s QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 4 Consider the following restrictions regarding the use of the switch modules in Table 3 When any of the switch modules that have an asterisk is installed in BladeCenter T the internal switch connections to blade ports operate at 2 Gbps The external ports operate at up to 8 Gbps or 4 Gbps for 4 Gb switch modules e fT When any of these switch modules that have the dagger indicator symbol t is installed in BladeCenter HT the internal switch connections to blade ports are supported at 4 Gbps The external ports operate at up to 8 Gbps or 4 Gbps for 4 Gb switch modules e The QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv can be installed in servers in the BladeCenter S and used with supported switch modules as shown in the table However by doing so you lose the ability to connect to the BladeCenter S Disk Storage Modules DSMs The Fibre Channel expansion card goes in the place of the SAS expansion card that is needed to connect to the DSMs Popular configurations The QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv can be used in various configurations Figure 3 shows the ClOv card ins
3. Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 6 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64 EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for iSeries and pSeries Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64 EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS HPC for AMD64 EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS HPC for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for System i and System p 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 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 IBM POWER VMware ESX 3 5 VMware ESXi 3 5 See IBM ServerProven at the following address for the latest information about the specific versions and service packs that are supported http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us Select the blade server and then select the expansion card to see the supported operating systems Related publications For more information see the following resources QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channe
4. also requires 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 4 Note that the DS3400 storage solution operates at 4 Gbps Supported operating systems The QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv supports the following operating systems IBM AIX 5L for POWER Version 5 3 IBM AIX Version 6 1 IBM i operating system 6 1 IBM Virtual I O Server Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition 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 Windows 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
5. ul jn ae Redbooks Technote QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter IBM BladeCenter at a glance guide The QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter enables high speed access for IBM blade servers to connect to a Fibre Channel storage area network SAN When compared to the previous generation 4 Gb adapters the new adapter doubles the throughput speeds for Fibre Channel traffic As a result you can manage increased amounts of data and possibly benefit from a reduced hardware expense For example in bandwidth constrained Microsoft Exchange environments by using 8 Gb adapters and switches you can deploy 68 less adapter and switch hardware to support the same number of users as 4 Gb adapters Figure 1 shows the QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Figure 1 QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv Did you know The performance bottleneck with Fibre Channel storage typically exists in the switching By moving to 8 Gb adapters and switches you can optimize the bottleneck to the storage controller where it can be managed by expanding the disks attached to storage The adapter connects to the midplane directly without having to use cables or small form factor pluggable SFP modules By eliminating these components for up to 14 servers the resulting savings alone covers the investment in the BladeCenter chassis QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card
6. ers are installed Table 3 lists the supported I O modules that can be used to connect to the expansion card The 8 Gb switch modules are recommended The card also supports 4 Gb Fibre Channel switch modules and the 4 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module However the card must operate at the 4 Gbps rate The card also supports the Optical Pass Through Module but only at 2 Gbps Table 3 I O modules recommended for use with the QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Part number Supported I O modules operate at 8 Gbps 44X1905 a i a a a a cS QLogic 20 Port 8 Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 8 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module 44X1907 Brocade Enterprise 20 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM 42C 1828 BladeCenter Brocade 20 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 44X1920 Brocade 10 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 44X1921 Supported I O modules operate at 4 Gbps Brocade 4 Gb 20 Port SAN Switch Module 32R1812 Brocade 4 Gb 10 Port SAN Switch Module 32R1813 Cisco 4 Gb 20 Port Fibre Channel Switch Module 39Y9280 39Y9284 26R088 1 Cisco 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 32R1904 QLogic 20 Port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module 43W6725 QLogic 10 Port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module 43W6724 QLogic 4 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module 43W6723 McDATA 4 Gb 20 Port Fibre Channel Switch Module 32R1833 McDATA 4 Gb 10 Port Fibre
7. he following environment e Temperature 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F e Relative humidity 8 to 80 non condensing QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 2 Supported servers and I O modules This card is installed in the PCI Express ClOv slot of a supported blade server It provides connections to Fibre Channel compatible modules in bays 3 and 4 of the supported BladeCenter chassis A maximum of one ClOv is supported per single wide 30 mm blade server Table 2 lists the IBM BladeCenter servers that support the QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel 44X1945 Expansion Card ClOv See IBM ServerProven at the following Web address for the latest information about the expansion cards that are supported by each blade server type http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us Table 2 Supported servers Part Expansion card number HS21 XM JS23 IS43 ClOv expansion cards are installed in the ClOv slot in supported servers such as the HS22 as highlighted in green in Figure 2 ClOv expansion card PCI Express connector CFFh expansion card for further expansion Figure 2 Location of the ClOv slot in the IBM BladeCenter HS22 QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 3 The QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv requires that a supported I O module is installed in bay 3 and bay 4 of the chassis in which the cards and serv
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13. talled in a supported blade server which in turn is installed in a BladeCenter chassis The chassis is connected to the IBM System Storage DS3400 The RAID functionality is provided by the external storage system IBM BladeCenter server IBM BladeCenter chassis L IBM System Storage Figure 3 IBM BladeCenter connected to an external IBM System Storage DS3400 storage solution QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 5 Table 4 lists the parts that are used in the configuration shown in Figure 3 Table 4 Components used when connecting the QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv to external disk storage as shown in Figure 3 Diagram Part number Description Quantity reference Machine type i 7870 IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 1 to 14 44X1945 QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv 1 per server IBM BladeCenter chassis see Table 3 44X1905 QLogic 20 Port 8 Gb SAN Switch Module 1 or2 1726 41X or IBM System Storage DS3400 Single or Dual Controller 1726 42X 1727 Optional IBM System Storage EXP3000 Single or Dual ESM 1 to 3 39R6536 DS3000 Partition Expansion License Note The expansion card can be installed in servers in the BladeCenter S 8886 However by doing so you lose the ability to connect to the BladeCenter S DSMs The Fibre Channel expansion card goes in the place of the SAS expansion card that is needed to connect to the DSMs This configuration
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