Datasheet

QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter and CNA for IBM BladeCente

Configuration examples

This section illustrates how the QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters and CNAs can be used in 10 Gb

Ethernet and converged configurations.

10 Gb Ethernet configuration

The QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters can be used in the 10 GbE data center network. In the example

below, we use QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters connected to the IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch

Modules (as shown in the following figure).

Figure 3. IBM Virtual Fabric 10 GbE networking solution with QLogic 10Gb adapters

The solution components used in the scenario described in Figure 3 are shown in the following table.

Table 6. IBM Virtual Fabric 10 GbE networking solution with QLogic 10Gb adapters

Diagram

reference

Part number Description Quantity

Varies IBM BladeCenter HS23 or other supported server 1 - 14

00Y5618 QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric CNA 1 per server

8852 IBM BladeCenter H chassis 1

46C7191 IBM Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module (installed in bays 7 and 9) 2

44W4408 IBM 10GBase-SR SFP+ Transceiver Up to 20