Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
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In BladeCenter H, the ports of CFFh cards are routed through the midplane to I/O bays 7, 8, 9, and 10, as
shown in Figure 3. The BladeCenter HT is similar in that the CFFh cards are also routed through the
midplane to I/O bays 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Figure 3. IBM BladeCenter H I/O topology showing the I/O paths from CFFh expansion cards
The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (CFFh) requires that two I/O modules be installed in bays 7 and 9 of
the BladeCenter H and HT chassis, as shown in Table 4.
Table 4. Locations of I/O modules required to connect to the expansion card
Expansion card
I/O bay 7
I/O bay 8
I/O bay 9
I/O bay 10
Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (CFFh)
Supported I/O
module
Not used
Supported I/O
module
Not used
MAC addresses are assigned to the expansion card. In Virtual Fabric Adapter mode (vNIC mode) each of
the eight virtual ports is assigned a MAC address. In 2-port 10 Gb Ethernet mode (pNIC mode), each of
the two physical ports is assigned a MAC addresses.
