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01-08-2014 10:14 AM
01-08-2014 10:14 AM
FCoE over a gigabit adapter?
Hi all. I have a C7000 chassis with FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port modules in Interconnect bays 5 and 6. These modules are connected to Brocade FC switches. I have a Proliant BL460c G6 that I'd like to install in the chassis. This blade is coming from a different chassis (which had FC modules) and has a FC mezz card in mezz slot 2. My question is, if I want to connect this server to the SAN, can I just buy a regular gigabit ethernet mezz card (like the NC382m for $300) or do I need to get a CNA card (like a NC553m $900) to do FCoe (internally to the modules) and be able to access the SAN? Hope I stated that clearly. Thanks in advance for any input.
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01-09-2014 12:10 PM
01-09-2014 12:10 PM
Re: FCoE over a gigabit adapter?
The mezzanine card needs to match the I/O modules installed. In other words a Flexfabric mezzanine card would need to be installed into the mezzanine slot that maps to I/O bays 5 and 6. I suspect that installing a "NIC" into the mezzanine slot for IO bays 5 and 6 would result in an I/O Bay mismatch error.
Regards,
Louis