ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2
Storage Connectivity Kit
Storage Connectivity KitStorage Connectivity Kit
Storage Connectivity Kit
Option
OptionOption
Option
(supports a pair of GbE2
switches)
The GbE2 Storage Connectivity Kit (option) is required for Fibre Channel signal pass-through when using a GbE2
Interconnect Switch Kit. Both Ethernet cable consolidation and Fibre Channel connectivity is possible using a single
interconnect option. Order one GbE2 Storage Connectivity Kit per server blade enclosure for Fibre Channel pass through of
BL20p and BL30p series blades.
The GbE2 Storage Connectivity Kit includes two OctalFC Interconnect Modules that provide sixteen open transceiver cages
for the pluggable small form factor transceivers that come with each BL30p Dual-Port Fibre Channel Adapter (option) and
each BL20p Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter. The GbE2 Storage Connectivity Kit supports up to eight BL20p series, up to
sixteen BL30p series blades or combinations thereof.
ProLiant BL p-Class
ProLiant BL p-ClassProLiant BL p-Class
ProLiant BL p-Class
RJ-45 Patch Panel
RJ-45 Patch PanelRJ-45 Patch Panel
RJ-45 Patch Panel
(A pair of patch panels
provided per kit)
(Each server blade enclosure
requires a pair of interconnects
- patch panels or interconnect
switches)
6U (10.5-inch), plugs into BL p-Class 6U server blade enclosures.
Passes through Ethernet NIC signals, from all installed server blades, individually out as RJ-45 connections.
Supports Gigabit Ethernet network adapters.
16 RJ-45 connectors on the back of each RJ-45 Patch Panel (32 RJ-45 connections per server blade enclosure).
The benefits to the RJ-45 Patch Panel are that it:
- Allows the customer to connect signals to their own LAN infrastructure components.
- Provides very economical option enabling the lowest cost blade solution.
- Is completely passive and requires no software or management.
ProLiant BL p-Class RJ-45
ProLiant BL p-Class RJ-45ProLiant BL p-Class RJ-45
ProLiant BL p-Class RJ-45
Patch Panel 2
Patch Panel 2 Patch Panel 2
Patch Panel 2
(with Fibre
Channel pass through)
(A pair of patch panels
provided per kit)
(Each server blade enclosure
requires a pair of interconnects
- patch panels or interconnect
switches)
NOTE:
NOTE: NOTE:
NOTE:
Either Patch Panel 2 or
a GbE2 Interconnect Kit is
required for SAN connectivity
with BL20p series and BL30p
series blades.
6U (10.5-inch), plugs into BL p-Class 6U server blade enclosures.
Passes through Ethernet NIC signals, from all installed server blades, individually out as RJ-45 connections.
Supports Gigabit Ethernet network adapters.
16 RJ-45 connectors on the back of each RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 (32 RJ-45 connections per server blade enclosure).
Passes through Fibre Channel signals, from all installed BL20p and BL30p series server blades, individually out through
small form factor pluggable (SPF) transceiver cages.
Supports 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel signals and backward compatible with existing 1 Gb/s Fibre Channel equipment.
8 Fibre Channel small form factor pluggable (SPF) transceiver cages on the front of each Patch Panel 2 (16 Fibre Channel
SPF transceiver cages per server blade enclosure).
The benefits to the RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 are that it:
- Allows the customer to connect signals to their own LAN and SAN infrastructure components.
- Provides a very economical option enabling the lowest cost blade solution.
- Is completely passive and requires no software or management.
- Electrically isolates the Ethernet and Fibre Channel signals from each other.
ProLiant BL p-Class Fibre
ProLiant BL p-Class FibreProLiant BL p-Class Fibre
ProLiant BL p-Class Fibre
Channel pass through
Channel pass throughChannel pass through
Channel pass through
Fibre Channel signals travel from a ProLiant BL20p series and/or BL30p series blades through the server blade enclosure
backplane. Fibre Channel signals are terminated through the RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 or GbE2 Interconnect Switch (with GbE2
Storage Connectivity Kit) in the interconnect bays. To provide redundancy each server blade has two Fibre Channel signals;
one Fibre Channel signal terminates through the right interconnect, the other Fibre Channel signal terminates through the
left interconnect.
Eight Fibre Channel small form factor pluggable (SPF) transceiver cages exist on the front of each RJ-45 Patch Panel 2 and
rear of each GbE2 Interconnect Switch (16 Fibre Channel connections per server blade enclosure). The SPF cages are used
for insertion of SPF transceivers included with the BL20p G2 Dual-port Fibre Channel Mezzanine Card and the BL30p
Dual-Port Fibre Channel Adapter.
QuickSpecs
ProLiant BL30p
ProLiant BL30pProLiant BL30p
ProLiant BL30p
Standard Features (Server Blade Enclosure and Interconnects)
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