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| The InfiniBand switch 40Gb 18/18 is a 36-port switch designed for use in the PRIMERGY BX900 S1. The Connection Blade is an ideal platform for applications requiring a high performance and bandwidth combined with low latency. The InfiniBand switch requires two horizontal slots on the back of the BX900 blade server and up to three of the switches can be used one blade chassis. |  |
| The switch supports Quad Data Rate (QDR x4) InfiniBand and thus offers a bandwidth of up to 40Gb/s per port. With the non-blacking architecture the switch supports adaptive routing as well as static routing to reduce or eliminate congestion situations. Adaptive routing dynamically and automatically re-routes traffic to alleviate congested ports. Static routing, meanwhile, has been shown to produce superior results in networks where traffic patterns are more predictable. |
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| Feature | Benefit |
| 18x uplink ports, 18x downlink ports with Quad Data Rate (QDR x4) and QSFP connectors | Leading industrial switch platform as regards performance, power consumption and packing density |
| InfiniBand switch architecture with up to 40Gb/s per port | High bandwidth, low latency for compute-intensive applications |
| Non-Blocking architecture | Support for adaptive routing as well as static routing to reduce or eliminate congestion situations |
| Two internal Ethernet ports (one port for each MMB) for switch management tasks | - Monitoring of temperature and power consumption
- Health check
- Configuration settings
- Hot-pluggable
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Ethernet Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/12 Connection Blade | |
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The PRIMERGY Ethernet Switch/IBP 36/12 is an integrated one Gb Connection Blade for use in the PRIMERGY BX900 chassis.
It can be installed in each of the 8 Fabric slots and offers 36x 1Gb down-link port to the midplane for the connection to the Server Blades.
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The module comes with 12x 1-Gb up-link port; Layer 2+ functions are supported.
The Intelligent Blade Panel function combines the switch advantage of cable and port consolidation with the pass-thru advantages of working fully (VLAN) transparent and lacking of any protocol compatibility issues. Server Blade LAN ports may be grouped together with one or more external ports into independent named port groups.
Using the so-called Management VLAN grouping feature, a separate VLAN-based management access to each Server Blade may be assigned.
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| Feature | Benefit |
| Integrated Switch and Intelligent Blade Panel for PRIMERGY BX900 Blade Server | Variable use in each of the 8 connection bays at the rear side of a system unit |
| Unites Switch as well as IBP functionality | Effortless switching between the pure Switch and the IBP functionality allows flexible use depending to demands |
| 12 x 1Gb (RJ45) up-link port | High scalability through large number of external connections |
| Switch mode provides extensive functionality | Allows effective integration in existing networks |
| When used in IBP mode: Uplink Sets, Port Grouping, Standard Port Group, VLAN Port Group, Service LAN Group, Service VLAN Group | IBP mode avoids protocol compatibility issues (e.g. Cisco compatibility) and offers a large number of add-on functions compared to standard switch mode |
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Ethernet Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/8+2 Connection Blade | |
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The PRIMERGY Ethernet Switch/IBP 36/8+2 is an integrated 1Gb Connection Bladeor use in the PRIMERGY BX900 chassis.
It can be installed in each of the 8 Fabric slots and offers 36x 1Gb down-link ports to the midplane for the connection to the Server Blades. The module comes with 8x 1 Gb plus 2 x 10 Gb up-link ports; Layer 2+ functions are supported. |  |
The Intelligent Blade Panel function combines the switch advantage of cable and port consolidation with the pass-thru advantages of working fully (VLAN) transparent and lacking of any protocol compatibility issues. Server Blade LAN ports may be grouped together with one or more external ports into independent named port groups.
Using the so-called Management VLAN grouping feature, a separate VLAN-based management access to each Server Blade may be assigned. This Connection Blade is prepared for easy creation of large homogeneous IO domains by combining (stacking) up to 8 modules within one or more BX900 system units. |
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Combination of Switch and Intelligent Blade Panel for
PRIMERGY BX900 Blade Servers | Variable use in each of the 8 connection bays at the rear side of a system unit |
| Unites Switch as well as IBP functionality | Effortless switching between the pure Switch and the IBP functionality allows flexible use depending to demands |
| 8 x 1Gb (RJ45) plus 2 x 10 Gb (SFP+) uplink port | Variable connection to external networks with low as well as extremely high bandwidth; possibility to bundle several internal 1 Gb to external 10 Gb connections |
| Prepared for stacked operation up to eight-fold | Highest flexibility of management through uniform view on a group of similar Connection Blades within one or several Blade Servers; minimizes influence due to faulty components and thus enhances the availability of IO connections |
| When used in IBP mode: Uplink Sets, Port Grouping, Standard Port Group, VLAN Port Group, Service LAN Group, Service VLAN Group | IBP mode avoids protocol compatibility issues (e.g. Cisco compatibility) and offers a large number of add-on functions compared to standard switch mode |
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Fibre Channel Switch 8 Gb 18/8 (Brocade 5450) Connection Blade | |
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| Blade Servers and Fibre Channel SANs build an ideal infrastructure for maximizing the benefits of consolidation and server virtualization. Fujitsu and Brocade combine the highest density Blade Server and SAN switch platforms to deliver exceptional performance, reliability and flexibility. |  |
All Brocade switches leverage technology used in the Brocade DCX Backbone to extend end-to-end performance, Quality of Service (QOS), and availability management to PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers. These advanced fabric services simplify SAN management and automate administrative tasks to optimize performance and availability.
With fewer SAN components and no additional fans or power supplies, the Brocade 5450 reduces SAN complexity and eliminates many common hardware failures. Advanced SAN management, redundant I/O paths, and hot-pluggable design ensure the highest availability and resiliency for PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers.
Up to 18 internal Server Blade connections are consolidated into max. 8 shared SAN ports, greatly reducing the number of cables, SFPs, and core fabric ports.
Half the number of ports and Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) are required for current workloads with plenty of headroom for growth and expansion. The services and solutions pages are ‚family-related‘ so the same for both the BX900 and the BX600. However on the solutions page we should still add a small text about ServerView Resource Coordinator (text to be provided by Holger) and in the right navigation a link to their webpage. |
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| 8 Gb Fibre Channel technology, to be installed in Fabrics 2 and / or 3 of the BX900 S1 system unit | Maximizes bandwidth and performance to support the most demanding Server Blade and virtual server deployments |
| Up to 26 port chassis (18 internal server and 8 external SAN ports) | Reduces costs and complexity by consolidating bandwidth, ports and cables |
| 26 and 14 port models with Dynamic Ports and Ports On Demand expansion for 14 port models | Provides cost-effective scalability for growing environments; Enables flexible configuration of server or SAN ports with on-demand expansion to 26 ports |
| Auto-sensing and speed matching connections to 8/4/2 Gb FC devices | Protects investments in existing storage and SAN devices |
| Automatic I/O Path Failover and Fallback | Increases availability with automated failover to best available or designated port |
| ISL Trunking: Combine up to eight ISLs into a single logical 128 Gb full-duplex trunk | Optimizes performance, bandwidth and availability |
| Enhanced Group Management; Access Gateway (NPIV) connectivity | Centralizes and automates management of Brocade fabrics; Solves interoperability and domain scalability challenges while simplifying fabric management |
| Advanced Performance Monitoring: Visualize End-to-end performance of the fabric (optional) | Improves visibility into the fabric for more effective design, planning, tuning and optimization |
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