IBM Ethernet Expansion Card At-a-glance Manual - page 3
Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
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Supported servers and I/O modules
The Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) is supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers listed in Table 2.
Table 2. Supported servers
Expansion card
Part
number
HS12 HS21 HS21
XM
HS22 LS22
LS42
JS12
JS22
QS22
Ethernet Expansion Card
(CIOv)
44W4475
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
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 shown in
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Location of the CIOv slot in the IBM BladeCenter HS22
The Ethernet 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:
Any IBM, BNT or Cisco Ethernet Switch Module (standard form-factor switch module)
z
Optical Pass-thru Module
z
Copper Pass-thru Module
z
Intelligent Copper Pass-thru Module
z