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Table 5-25 lists the CIOv expansion cards that are supported in the HX5.

Table 5-25 Supported CIOv expansion cards

See the IBM ServerProven compatibility website for the latest information about the

expansion cards that are supported by the HX5:

http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

CIOv expansion cards are installed in the CIOv slot in the HX5 2-socket, as shown in

Figure 5-25.

Figure 5-25 The HX5 type 7872 showing the CIOv I/O expansion card position

5.13.2 CFFh

The CFFh I/O expansion connector provides I/O connections to high-speed switch modules

that are located in bays 7, 8, 9, and 10 of a BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT chassis, or to

switch bay 2 in a BladeCenter S chassis.

The CFFh slot is a second-generation PCI Express x16 (PCIe 2.0 x16) slot. A maximum of

one CFFh I/O expansion card is supported per blade server. A CFFh I/O expansion card can

be installed on a blade server at the same time that a CIOv I/O expansion card is installed in

the server.

Part number Feature code Description

44X1945 1462 QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)

46M6065 3594 QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)

46M6140 3598 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)

43W4068 5093 SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv)

44W4475 5477 Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv)

CIOv

card

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Table 5-26 lists the supported CFFh I/O expansion cards.

Table 5-26 Supported CFFh expansion cards

See the IBM ServerProven compatibility website for the latest information about the

expansion cards that are supported by the HX5:

http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

CFFh expansion cards are installed in the CFFh slot in the HX5, as shown in Figure 5-26.

Figure 5-26 The HX5 type 7872 showing the CFFh I/O expansion card position

A CFFh I/O expansion card requires that a supported high-speed I/O module or a Multi-switch

Interconnect Module is installed in bay 7, 8, 9, or 10 of the BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT

chassis.

Part number Feature code Description

39Y9306 2968 QLogic Ethernet and 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card

a

a. IBM System x has withdrawn this card from marketing.

44X1940 5485 QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card

46M6001 0056 2-Port 40Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card

42C1830 3592 QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter

44W4465 5479 Broadcom 4-port 10Gb Ethernet CFFh Expansion Card

a

44W4466 5489 Broadcom 2-Port 10Gb Ethernet CFFh Expansion Card

a

46M6164 0098 Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card

46M6168 0099 Broadcom 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card

49Y4235 5755 Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter

44W4479 5476 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card

46m6003 0056 2-port 40Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh)

CFFh card