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Building Microsoft Windows 2012 Clusters on the Dell PowerEdge VRTX 7
I/O module network cabling and mappings
Configure your chassis networking; for a VRTX IOM pass-through module, use Step 1, or if you are
using the VRTX IOM switching I/O module, use Step 2.
1. VRTX IOM pass-through module: Connect an Ethernet cable to each port associated with the
server node(s) installed in the system. Refer to Table 1 for port mapping relationships, and
Figure 2 for port locations and mappings.
VRTX IOM pass-through IOM port to slot mappings Table 4.
Port Number
Associated Slot
Port 1
Slot 1
Port 2
Slot 1
Port 3
Slot 2
Port 4
Slot 2
Port 5
Slot 3
Port 6
Slot 3
Port 7
Slot 4
Port 8
Slot 4
VRTX IOM pass-through module port locations and associated slot mappings Figure 2.