IBM QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card, CIOv At-a-glance Manual
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QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for
IBM BladeCenter
IBM BladeCenter at-a-glance guide
The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for BladeCenter enables you to quickly and
simply connect the BladeCenter servers with CIOv expansion slots to a Fibre Channel SAN. Simply pick
any Fibre Channel storage solution from the IBM System Storage DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, and
DS8000 series, and begin accessing data over a high-speed interconnect.
This card is installed into the PCI Express CIOv slot of a supported blade server. It provides connections
to Fibre Channel-compatible modules located in bays 3 and 4 of supported BladeCenter chassis. A
maximum of one QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) is supported per single-wide (30
mm) blade server.
The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
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The adapter connects to the midplane directly, without having to use cables or SFP modules. By
eliminating these components for up to 14 servers, the resulting savings alone cover the BladeCenter
chassis investment.
The adapter is based on the PCI Express bus, which can be thought of as a high-speed serial
replacement of the older technology. Its use offers many benefits, including higher speeds and the ability
to send and receive data at the same time.
When using the CIOv adapter, you can simultaneously use a CFFh adapter to enable more types of I/O to
supported blade servers such as the HS22 when installed in the IBM BladeCenter H chassis. The
innovative design of the CIOv adapter works with the CFFh adapter to support this combination.
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Part number information
The part number to order this card is shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
Description
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM
Part number Feature code
46M6065 3594
BladeCenter
The part number includes the following items:
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One QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
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The Documentation CD that contains
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM
BladeCenter Installation and User’s Guide
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The
IBM Important Notices
document
Features
The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) has the following features:
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CIOv form factor
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PCI Express 2.0 host interface
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Support for two full-duplex Fibre Channel ports at 4 Gbps maximum per channel (8 Gbps per port in
full-duplex)
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Support for Fibre Channel Protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet Protocol (FC-IP)
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Support for Fibre Channel service (class 3)
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Support for switched fabric, point-to-point, and Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) connections
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Configuration and boot support in BIOS and UEFI
Operating environment
The expansion card is supported in this environment:
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Temperature:
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10 to 35°C (50 to 95°F) at 0 to 914 m (0 to 3,000 ft)
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10 to 32°C (50 to 90°F) at 914 to 2,133 m (3,000 to 7,000 ft)
Relative humidity: 8% to 80%z
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Maximum altitude: 2,133 m (7,000 ft)
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Supported servers and I/O modules
The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) is supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers
listed in Table 2.
Table 2. Supported servers
Expansion card Part
number
QLogic 4Gb Fibre
Channel Expansion Card
(CIOv)
46M6065 No No No Yes No No No No No
HS12 HS21 HS21 XMHS22 LS22 LS42 JS12 JS22 QS22
See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the expansion cards supported by each blade server
type: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/.
CIOv expansion cards are installed in the CIOv slot in supported servers such as the HS22 as highlighted
in red in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Location of the CIOv slot in the IBM BladeCenter HS22
The QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) requires that a supported I/O module is installed
in bay 3 and bay 4 of the chassis that the cards and servers are installed in. The supported I/O modules
are:
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Any Brocade, QLogic or Cisco Fibre Channel Switch Module
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QLogic 4 Gb and 8 Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Modules
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IBM Optical Pass-thru Module (supported at 2 Gbps speeds only)
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