IBM 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
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3. ul ye Ca Redbooks Technote Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter IBM BladeCenter at a glance guide The Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter enables high performance connection to a storage area network SAN Thanks to the innovative design of the IBM BladeCenter midplane this Fibre Channel adapter operates without needing an optical transceiver module saving you significant hardware costs Each adapter provides dual paths to the SAN switches to ensure full redundancy Meanwhile the exclusive firmware based architecture allows firmware and features to be upgraded without taking the server offline or rebooting and without needing to upgrade the driver Figure 1 shows the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Figure 1 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Did you know When using the ClOv adapter you can simultaneously 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 ClOv adapter works with the CFFh adapter to support this combination This expansion card connects directly to the midplane without having to use cables or optical modules By eliminating these components for up to 14 servers the resulting savings alone covers the BladeCenter chassis investment You can upgrade the firmware of Emulex host bus adapters HBAs withou
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5. USE 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 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 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv Installation and User s Guide http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg 1MIGR 5080195 IBM U S Announcement Letter http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 109 283 IBM U S Announcement Letter for NPIV support on JS23 JS43 http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 109 545 IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg 1MIGR 5073016 IBM Redbooks publication BM BladeCenter Products and Technology SG24 7523 http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg24 523 html Emulex 8Gb 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
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9. ion 46M6140 Card ClOv See IBM ServerProven at the following address for the latest information about the expansion cards supported by each blade server type http ibm com servers eserver serverproven compat us Table 2 Supported servers Part F Expansion card number i IAS iS E E JS23 IS43 ClOv expansion cards are installed in the ClOv slot in Supported servers as shown 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 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 4 The Emulex 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 servers 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 a limitation of the OPM Table 3 I O modules recommended for use with the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Supported I O modules operate at 8 Gbps og QLogic 20 Port 8Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module Brocade Enterprise 20 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module Br
10. ladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 46M6140 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv 1 per server IBM BladeCenter chassis see Table 3 a 44X1905 QLogic 20 Port 8Gb SAN Switch Module 1726 41X or IBM System Storage DS3400 Single or Dual Controller 1726 42X 1727 Optional IBM System Storage EXP3000 Single or Dual ESM 39R6536 DS3000 Partition Expansion License to 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 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 This configuration 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 Operating system support The Emulex 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 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 R2 x64 Datacenter Edition Unlimited Virtualization Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2003 R2 Datacente
11. mmon HBA drivers e Efficient administration by using HBAnyware for HBAs anywhere in the SAN e Common driver model that eases management and enables upgrades independent of HBA firmware e Support of BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager e Support for NPIV when installed in the JS23 JS43 IBM BladeCenter leads the industry in delivering integrated fabric switching to the blade server environment Integrated fabric switching eases deployment simplifies the data center reduces cabling and optical transceivers SFPs and lowers costs BladeCenter clients have the flexibility to choose from a variety of SAN switch vendor s architectures Each BladeCenter server provides redundant connections to data and storage networks You can configure your blade servers with dual port host bus adapters and be assured that you will always have a connection to your SAN by using BladeCenter s high availability midplane Through integration BladeCenter eliminates the fiber optic cables from the server to the switch This reduces the opportunity for misconfiguration and lowers the expense for cables and optical transceivers It also reduces potential points of failure while increasing network availability Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter Specifications The expansion card has the following specifications e Fibre Channel specifications Bandwidth Burst transfer rate of up to 1600 MBps full duplex per port Support for point to poin
12. ocade 20 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module Brocade 10 port 8Gb SAN Switch Module Supported I O modules operate at 4 Gbps Cd Brocade 4 Gb 20 Port SAN Switch Module Brocade 4 Gb 10 Port SAN Switch Module Cisco 4 Gb 20 Port Fibre Channel Switch Module 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 QLogic 20 Port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 10 Port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module QLogic 4 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module McDATA 4 Gb 20 Port Fibre Channel Switch Module McDATA 4 Gb 10 Port Fibre Channel Switch Module QLogic 4 Gb Intelligent Pass thru Module Supported I O modules operate at 2 Gbps a IBM BladeCenter Optical Pass thru Module wz S s s H a a a a a a a a e oe ojo o Ww E a A a elke Ciee alge evens E E a a IRC O S E a E A a a a Mei C a a a S E MN EE o a S E Mmam T E a A T A Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter 5 Take into account the following restrictions regarding the use of switch modules listed in Table 3 e When any of the switch modules indicated with 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 When any of these switch modules that have the section indicator symbol 8 is installed in
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14. t fabric connection F Port Fabric Login Support for Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL and FCAL 2 FL Port Login Support for Fibre Channel services class 2 and 3 e Single chip design with two independent 8 Gbps serial Fibre Channel ports each of which provides Reduced instruction set computer RISC processor Integrated serializer deserializer Receive direct memory access DMA sequencer Frame buffer e Onboard DMA DMA controller for each port Transmit and receive e Frame buffer first in first out FIFO Integrated transmit and receive frame buffer for each data channel e Internal memory e 1 5 MB internal high speed SRAM ECC protected e 4 MB non volatile RAM NVRAM 2 MB per port Operating environment The expansion card is supported in the following environment e Temperature 10 to 52 C 50 to 126 F operating requires airflow of 50 150 linear feet per minute e Relative humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter Supported servers and I O modules This card is installed in the PCI Express ClOv slot of a supported blade server It provides 8 Gbps connections to Fibre Channel compatible modules in bays 3 and 4 of supported BladeCenter chassis A maximum of one ClOv expansion is supported per single wide 30 mm blade server Table 2 lists the IBM BladeCenter servers that support the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv Emulex 8Gb FC Expans
15. t taking the server offline or rebooting This is an exclusive Emulex feature that minimizes downtime and protects the investment in your infrastructure Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv 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 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter 46M6140 3598 8240 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 This part number includes the following items e One Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card ClOv for IBM BladeCenter e Documentation CD that contains the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card C lOv for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User s Guide e mportant Notices document Features The expansion card has the following features and benefits e Support of the 8 Gbps Fibre Channel standard e Use of the Emulex Saturn 8Gb Fibre Channel I O Controller IOC chip e Enablement of high speed and dual port connection to a Fibre Channel SAN e Can be combined with a CFFh card on the same blade server e Comprehensive virtualization capabilities with support for N_ Port ID Virtualization NPIV and Virtual Fabric e Simplified installation and configuration using co
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