Datasheet

IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter 4
Supported I/O modules
The FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter supports the I/O module listed in the following table. One or two
compatible switches must be installed in the corresponding I/O bays in the chassis. Installing two
switches means that both ports of the adapter are enabled. When the adapter paired with a 16Gb switch,
those switch ports will operate at 8 Gbps.
Table 3. I/O modules supported with the FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter
Description Part number
Support the
FC3172 adapter
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch 69Y1930 Yes
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru 69Y1934 Yes
IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch 88Y6374 Yes
IBM Flex System FC5022 24-port 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch 00Y3324 Yes
IBM Flex System FC5022 24-port 16Gb ESB SAN Scalable Switch 90Y9356 Yes
The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch
bays in the chassis.
Table 4. Adapter to I/O bay correspondence
I/O adapter slot in the server Port on the adapter Corresponding I/O module bay in the chassis
Port 1 Module bay 1
Slot 1
Port 2 Module bay 2
Port 1 Module bay 3
Slot 2
Port 2 Module bay 4
Port 1 Module bay 1
Slot 3
(full-wide compute nodes only)
Port 2 Module bay 2
Port 1 Module bay 3
Slot 4
(full-wide compute nodes only)
Port 2 Module bay 4
The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis is
shown diagrammatically in the following figure.