User's Manual

286 I/O Fabric Management
Figure 10-1 shows the location of IOMs in the chassis. The location of each
IOM is indicated by its group number (A, B, or C) and slot number (1 or 2).
On the chassis, the IOM slot names are marked A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2.
Figure 10-1. Rear View of a Chassis, Showing the Location of the IOMs
The CMC creates entries in both the hardware log and CMC logs for invalid
hardware configurations.
For example:
• An Ethernet MC connected to a Fibre Channel IOM is an invalid
configuration. However, an Ethernet MC connected to both an Ethernet
switch and an Ethernet pass-through IOM installed in the same IOM
group is a valid connection.
• A Fibre Channel pass-through IOM and a fibre channel switch IOM in
slots B1 and B2 is a valid configuration if the first MCs on all of the servers
are also fibre channel. In this case, the CMC will power-on the IOMs and
the servers. However, certain fibre channel redundancy software may not
support this configuration; not all valid configurations are necessarily
supported configurations.
Slots C2, B2, A2Slots A1, B1, C1