Specifications

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using all Ethernet, is a total of 16 NICs, where two NIC ports are connected to each of the eight
interconnect bays.
Mezzanine slots may be populated with I/O technologies other than Ethernet (such as Fibre Channel
or InfiniBand), but this paper focuses primarily on Ethernet.
Figure 2. Half-height and Full-height Blade Server I/O Mappings to Interconnect Bays for a c7000 Enclosure
Half-Height Server in a c7000 enclosure
Server Bays Interconnect Bays
Full-Height Server in a c7000 enclosure
Server Bays Interconnect Bays
(See Appendix B for c3000 enclosure port mapping)
Blade
9
Blade
1
1
NIC1
2
3 4
5 6
7 8
M1
M2
M2
1/2
3/
4
5/6
7
/8
1/2
3/4
5/6
7/8
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
NIC2
NIC1
NIC2
M1
1
2
1
NIC1
2
3 4
5 6
7 8
M1
M2
M3
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
NIC2
NIC3
NIC4
1/2
3/4
5/6
7/8
1/2
3/4
V
7/8
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