topic Re: mezzanine type 1 and type 2 in BladeSystem - General

mezzanine type 1 and type 2

sagi_1 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:36:58 GMT

Hi,

Can you please let me know the difference between mezzanine type 1 and type 2 cards in terms of features and performance.

Thanks & Regards,
Sagar.

Re: mezzanine type 1 and type 2

Torsten. — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:06:47 GMT

Type II is a bit larger and has doubled PCIe speed.

Re: mezzanine type 1 and type 2

Daniel Bowers — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:03:32 GMT

Type II doesn't necessarily mean more PCIe lanes. On some server blades, the mezzanine slot that could take Type II cards had more PCIe lanes, but that's not true on all blades.

There are actually just two differences:
a. Type II cards can be physically larger (just a bit)
b. Type II cards can draw more power than Type I cards

Type I cards can go into any mezz slot; Type II cards can only go into mezz slots that support Type II cards.

The majority of mezz cards are Type I.

Re: mezzanine type 1 and type 2

kris rombauts — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:07:55 GMT

I think the spec. is TYPE I = 15 Watts max.
TYPE II = 25 Watts

HTH

Kris

Re: mezzanine type 1 and type 2

iamstuntmanbob — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 05:12:10 GMT

I would like to see an image to see what each type looks like. I have one installed on a BL460c Gen 9 and can't tell if it's Type 1 or Type 2. I could really use some help on this. Thanks.