Owner's manual

Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module for IBM BladeCente

Popular configurations

Figure 2 shows the use of Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules to route two 10 Gb Converged

Enhanced Ethernet ports from a Brocade 2-port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter installed into each

server. Two Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules are installed in bays 7/8 and bays 9/10 of the

BladeCenter H chassis. All connections between the controller, card, and the switch modules are internal

to the chassis. No internal cabling is needed.

Figure 2. A converged 20 Gb solution using redundant Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules

The components used in this configuration are listed in Table 4.

Table 4. Components used when connecting Brocade 2-port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter to two

Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules

Diagram

reference

Part

number/machine

type

Description Quantity

Varies IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 1 to 14 or

1 to 12

81Y1650 Brocade 2-port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter 1 per

server

8852 or 8740/8750 BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT 1

69Y1909 Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module 1 to 2

49Y4216 Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver Up to 6*

44X1962 Brocade 8Gb SFP+ SW Optical Transceiver Up to 6*

*The Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module has 16 external ports - eight 10 Gb CEE ports and eight

8 Gb Fibre Channel ports. You must have one transceiver for each port in an I/O module (every switch

module comes standard with two 10Gb Ethernet SFP+ transceivers).

Refer to the IBM System Storage Interoperability Center web link for information about the compatibility of

Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Modules with storage systems and fabrics:

http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic