I/o fabric architecture with quarter height blades, Fabric a, Fabric b & c – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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I/O Fabric Architecture with Quarter Height Blades
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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
Redundant LOM link that requires an
IOM with 32 internal ports. There will
be no connection on this link with
IOMs with only 16 ports
Left side of chassis
Right side of chassis
Front of
Chass
is
(Rear of
Chassis
)
External Fabric
Connections
(Rear of
Chassis)
M1000e Mid-plane
CPU
1
Quarter-Height (Slot a)
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric B
Mezzanine
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
CPU
2
CPU
1
Quarter-Height (Slot b)
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric C
Mezzanine
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
CPU
2
CPU
1
Quarter-Height (Slot c)
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric B
Mezzanine
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
CPU
2
CPU
1
Quarter-Height (Slot d)
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric C
Mezzanine
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
CPU
2
8.4Tb Mid-plane
•
Dual port 10Gb Ethernet LOM
•
Connectivity for both LOM ports
requires IOMs with 32 internal
ports
•
Two IOMs with only 16 internal
ports will only provide a
connected to a single LOM port
on each blade
Fabric A:
•
Ethernet, Fibre Channel, &/or
InfiniBand mezzanine cards
•
Each quarter height blade only
has one mezzanine card
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