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Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port and 4-port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

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Operating environment

The expansion card is supported in the following environments:

Temperature:  10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F)

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Relative humidity:  8% to 80% (non-condensing)

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Supported servers

The Broadcom 2-Port and 4-Port 10 Gb Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) are supported in the IBM 

BladeCenter servers that we listed in Table 2.

Table 2. Supported servers

Expansion card

Part 

number

Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port 

Ethernet Exp. Card (CFFh)

46M6168

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 4-port 

Ethernet Exp. Card (CFFh)

46M6164

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

Figure 2 shows where the CFFh card is installed in a BladeCenter server.

Figure 2. Location on the BladeCenter server planar where the CFFh card is installed

Summary of Contents for Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port

Page 1: ...ustomers who want to maintain a consistent hardware configuration Figure 1 shows the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh The 4 port card has a second Broadcom module under the hea...

Page 2: ...ed on the Broadcom 57711 module z One two port card or two four port card PCI Express 2 0 x8 host interfaces for high speed z connection Connectivity to high speed I O module bays in BladeCenter H and...

Page 3: ...and 4 Port 10 Gb Ethernet Expansion Cards CFFh are supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers that we listed in Table 2 Table 2 Supported servers Expansion card Part number Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2 port E...

Page 4: ...O modules supported with the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2 port and 4 port Ethernet Expansion Cards I O module Part number BNT 6 port 10 Gb High Speed Switch Module 39Y9267 N N Y N Y N N 10 Gb Ethernet Pass...

Page 5: ...u must install an I O z module in I O bays 7 and 9 that is two I O modules For the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh you must install an I O z module in I O bays 7 8 9 and 10 th...

Page 6: ...ions from each blade server Figure 4 40 Gb solution using the Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 4 port Ethernet Expansion Card CFFh Table 5 provides the components used in this configuration Table 5 Components use...

Page 7: ...rise Linux 4 AS for x86 z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64 EM64T z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86 z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition...

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