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QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter and CNA for IBM BladeCente

FCoE converged networking

The QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric CNAs can be used to deliver the converged data center solution. In the

example below, we use QLogic 10Gb Virtual Fabric CNAs connected to the IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb

Switch Modules, and the IBM switches are connected to the QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modules (as

shown in Figure 4). QLogic Extension Modules can be connected directly to Fibre Channel storage

systems or to FC SAN.

IBM provides extensive FCoE testing to deliver network interoperability. For a full listing of IBM supported

FCoE and iSCSI configurations, see the IBM System Storage® Interoperation Center (SSIC) website at:

http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic

Figure 4. Converged IBM Virtual Fabric solution with QLogic 10Gb CNAs

The solution components used in the scenario described in Figure 4 are shown in the following table.

Table 7. Converged IBM Virtual Fabric solution with QLogic 10Gb CNAs

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 16*

46M6172 QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (installed in bays 3 and 5) 2

44X1964 IBM 8 Gb SFP+ SW Optical Transceiver Up to 12

* While IBM Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module has ten external 10 Gb ports, the configuration described above

allows use of only up to eight external ports on each IBM switch because two 10 Gb external ports on each switch are

remapped to two internal connections to each of QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modules as shown in Figure 4.