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hemisphere supplies AC power to half of the power supplies in a hemisphere, the
same as with the 9020 through 9120 systems.
Figure A-1. SilverStorm 9240 Hemispheres
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Configuration Restrictions
The 9000 MPFD series systems are highly configurable. Maximum configurations
are shown in Table A-3. Additional configuration restrictions are documented in this
section.
The maximum number of Virtual I/O Controllers (VICs) per switch is shown in
Table A-5:
Table A-5. Maximum Virtual I/O Controllers
Model # 9240 9120 9080 9040 9020
Maximum
number of
Virtual I/O
Controllers
(VICs)
8 (4 per
hemisphere)
4 4 4 2
Spine 1 (Managed)
Spine 2 (Managed)
Spine 3 (Unmanaged)
Spine 4 (Unmanaged)
Spine 5 (Managed)
Spine 6 (Managed)
Lower
Hemisphere
Upper
Hemisphere