Dell POWEREDGE M915 - Manual (Page 54)

54 About Your System
support quad-port mapping. This behavior is limited to Fabric A slots only
and is automatically enabled or disabled depending on the type of IO module
installed.
NOTE: A quad-port Network Daughter Card must be used with a 48-port switch
module (32 internal ports) for all the ports to be active.
NOTE: LOM firmware updates are applied only to the enabled ports on a quad-port
network daughter card.
Table 1-12 provides an overview of the configurations that enable/disable the
NIC3 and NIC4 ports of a quad-port Network Daughter Card.
Table 1-12. Port Auto-Disablement Decision Table
IOM Slot A1 IOM Slot A2 NIC3 and NIC4
(Enabled/Disabled) Port Auto-
Disablement
Empty Empty Enabled Inactive
Empty Dual Port Disabled Active
Empty Quad or Greater
Port
Enabled Inactive
Dual Port Empty Disabled Active
Dual Port Dual Port Disabled Active
Dual Port Quad or Greater
Port
Enabled Inactive
Quad or Greater
Port
Empty Enabled Inactive
Quad or Greater
Port
Dual Port Enabled Inactive
Quad or Greater
Port
Quad or Greater
Port
Enabled Inactive