I/o fabric architecture for full-height blades, Fabric a, Fabric b & c – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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CPU
1
CPU
2
Half-Height Blade Server (1 of 8)
4-8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric B
Mezzanine
Fabric C
Mezzanine
CPU
3
CPU
4
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric B
Mezzanine
Fabric C
Mezzanine
4-8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
Left side of chassis
Right side of chassis
Front of
Chass
is
(Rear of
Chassis
)
External Fabric
Connections
(Rear of
Chassis)
Link between a dual port adapter and
switch of same fabric type
Additional link provided by quad-port
adapter cards and an IOM with 32
internal ports
I/O Fabric Architecture for Full-Height Blades
M1000e Mid-plane
8.4Tb Mid-plane
•
Ethernet Only
•
Dual port 1Gb and 10Gb
Ethernet adapters
•
Quad port 1Gb Ethernet and
capable of quad port 10Gb
Ethernet adapters
Fabric A:
•
Ethernet, Fibre Channel, &/or
InfiniBand mezzanine cards
•
Dual port 1Gb and 10Gb
Ethernet mezzanine cards
•
Quad port 1Gb Ethernet mezz.
and capable of quad port 10Gb
Ethernet mezzanine
•
Dual port Fibre Channel mezz.
•
Dual port InfiniBand mezzanine
Fabric B & C:
Fabric A
1
Ethernet
I/O Module
Fabric A
2
Ethernet
I/O Module
Fabric B
1
I/O Module
Fabric B
2
I/O Module
Fabric C
1
I/O Module
Fabric C
2
I/O Module