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2-Port 40 Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCente

Popular configurations

Figure 4 shows the use of Voltaire 40 Gb InfiniBand Switch Module to route two 4X InfiniBand ports from

2-Port 40 Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh) installed into each server. Two Voltaire 40 Gb InfiniBand

Switch Modules are installed in bays 7/8 and bays 9/10 of the BladeCenter H chassis. All connections

between the expansion cards and the switch modules are internal to the chassis. No cabling is needed.

Figure 4. A 40 Gb solution using 2-Port 40 Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh) and Voltaire 40 Gb

InfiniBand Switch Modules

Table 5 lists he components that this configuration uses.

Table 5. Components used when connecting 2-Port 40 Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh) to two

Voltaire 40 Gb InfiniBand Switch Modules

Diagram

reference

Part

number/machine

type

Description Quantity

Varies IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 1 to 14

46M6001 2-Port 40 Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh) 1 per

server

8852 BladeCenter H 1

46M6005 Voltaire 40 Gb InfiniBand Switch Module 2

49Y9980 3 m Copper QDR InfiniBand QSFP Cable Up to 32*

* The Voltaire 40 Gb InfiniBand Switch Module has 16 external ports. To communicate outside of the

chassis, you must have QSFP cables connected. You have the flexibility to expand bandwidth using

from one to 16 connections per switch.

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