HP ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch Overview - White Paper

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Figure 1. ProLiant BL e-Class network routing
C-GbE Interconnect Switch
The C-GbE Interconnect Switch is a ProLiant BL e-Class interconnect tray option that uses a pair of
redundant, non-blocking, managed layer 2 Ethernet switches (Figure 2). The C-GbE Interconnect
Switch consolidates 40 Ethernet NICs from the server blades into one to four external
10/100/1000T Gigabit Ethernet ports at the rear of the server blade enclosure. If desired, users can
configure the C-GbE Interconnect Switch to concentrate the 40 Ethernet signals into a single external
Ethernet port (see the section titled "Maximizing network cable reduction").
Figure 2. ProLiant BL e-Class server blade enclosure (back view) with the C-GbE Interconnect Switch tray option