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Mellanox 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCente
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In BladeCenter H, the ports of CFFh cards are routed through the midplane to I/O bays 7, 8, 9, and 10
(Figure 3). The BladeCenter HT works in a similar way because the CFFh cards are also routed through
the midplane to I/O bays 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Figure 3. IBM BladeCenter H I/O topology showing the I/O paths from CFFh expansion cards
The Mellanox 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) requires that two I/O modules be installed in
bays 7 and 9 of the BladeCenter H or HT chassis (Table 4).
Table 4. Locations of I/O modules required to connect to the expansion card
Expansion card I/O bay 7 I/O bay 8 I/O bay 9 I/O bay 10
Mellanox 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Expansion
Card (CFFh)
Supported I/O
module
Not used Supported I/O
module
Not used