Specifications

118 Implementing IBM System Networking 10Gb Ethernet Switches
Figure 3-5 shows the chassis of the IBM BladeCenter H used in the access layer of our
BladeCenter architecture.
Figure 3-5 IBM BladeCenter H chassis used in the access layer of our BladeCenter architecture
The physical connections details used for the reference architecture installation are
summarized in Table 3-12.
Table 3-12 BladeCenter - interconnections
IBM Blade Center HS22
IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module
IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module
Bay 7
Bay 8
Bay 9
Bay 10
Server Bays
12345678 91011121314
Device #1 Interface device
#1
Device #2 Interface device
#2
Interface type Connector/Cable
type
SRV-3 NIC2 ACC-3 port1:14 10 Gbps Internal bus
SRV-3 NIC3 ACC-3-2 port2:14 10 Gbps Internal bus
ACC-3 port1:17 AGG-1 port21 10 Gbps 10G SFP+
Transceiver, fiber
ACC-3 port1:18 AGG-2 port21 10 Gbps 10G SFP+
Transceiver, fiber
ACC-3 port1:25 ACC-3-2 port2:25 10 Gbps DAC copper
ACC-3 port1:26 ACC-3-2 port2:26 10 Gbps DAC copper
ACC-3-2 port2:17 AGG-1 port22 10 Gbps 10G SFP+
Transceiver, fiber
ACC-3-2 port2:18 AGG-2 port22 10 Gbps 10G SFP+
Transceiver, fiber
ACC-3-2 port2:25 ACC-3 port1:25 10 Gbps DAC copper
ACC-3-2 port2:26 ACC-3 port1:26 10 Gbps DAC copper
AGG-1 port1 AGG-2 port1 40 Gbps DAC copper
(QSFP+)
AGG-1 port5 AGG-2 port5 40 Gbps DAC copper
(QSFP+)