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1 Introduction
This
Installation Guide
contains instructions about installing and configuring your NovaScale Blade
Ethernet Expansion Card in a NovaScale Blade SCSI Expansion Module.
The NovaScale Blade Ethernet Expansion Card has a dual-channel integrated Gigabit Ethernet
controller capable of connecting to 10/100/1000-Mbps networks through an Ethernet switch
module, or other supported I/O modules, on the NovaScale Blade Chassis unit. Communication
signals are routed from the NovaScale Blade Server through the I/O expansion connectors on the
expansion card to I/O-module bay 3 and bay 4 in the NovaScale Blade Chassis unit.
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NOTE
The modules in I/O-module bay 3 and bay 4 in the NovaScale Blade Chassis unit must both
be the same and must both be compatible with the expansion card.
The expansion card is available in two sizes; standard-form factor and small-form factor.
Related publications
This
Installation Guide
contains setup and installation instructions for your I/O expansion card,
including information about getting started and how to configure your I/O expansion card. In
addition to this
Installation Guide
, the following related documentation is provided with your
NovaScale Blade Server:
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NovaScale Blade 2021 Installation and User’s Guide
This document contains instructions for setting up and configuring the NovaScale Blade 2021
blade and basic instructions for installing some options. It also contains general information
about the NovaScale Blade 2021blade unit.
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NovaScale Blade 2021 Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide
This document contains information to help you solve problems yourself. It also contains
information for service technicians.
Features and specifications
The expansion card has the following features:
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Connection to 1000BASE-TX environments
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Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
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Full-duplex (FDX) capability, enabling simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the
Ethernet local area network (LAN)
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Wake on LAN
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support
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Failover support
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Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support
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