IBM Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter, At-A-Glance Manual

Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

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Supported BladeCenter chassis and I /O modules

IBM BladeCenter chassis support is based on the blade server type in which the expansion card is 

installed. Consult the ServerProven Web site to see which chassis each blade server type is supported in: 

http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

. 

Table 3 lists the supported chassis and I/O module combinations that the Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter 

(CFFh) supports, in either standard physical port mode (pNIC) or virtual NIC (vNIC) mode.

Table 3. I/O modules supported with the Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (CFFh) 

Description

Part number

vNIC mode

BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module

46C7191

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

BNT 6-port 10 Gb High Speed Switch Module

39Y9267

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module

46M6181

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module 

46M6071

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

pNIC mode

BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module

46C7191

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

BNT 6-port 10 Gb High Speed Switch Module

39Y9267

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module

46M6181

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module 

46M6071

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N