Dell PowerEdge M1000e User Manual page 65

I/O Fabric Architecture with Quarter Height Blades
Quarter-Height (Slot a)
Fabric A
CPU
8 lane
PCIe
1
CPU
Fabric C
8 lane
2
PCIe
Mezzanine
Quarter-Height (Slot b)
Fabric A
CPU
8 lane
PCIe
1
CPU
Fabric B
8 lane
2
PCIe
Mezzanine
Quarter-Height (Slot c)
Fabric A
CPU
8 lane
PCIe
1
CPU
Fabric C
8 lane
2
PCIe
Mezzanine
Quarter-Height (Slot d)
Fabric A
CPU
8 lane
PCIe
1
CPU
Fabric B
8 lane
2 PCIe
Mezzanine
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M1000e Mid-plane
LOM
LOM
LOM
LOM
8.4Tb Mid-plane
Right side of chassis
Fabric A 2
Ethernet
I/O Module
Fabric B 2
I/O Module
Fabric C 2
I/O Module
Fabric C 1
I/O Module
Fabric B 1
I/O Module
Fabric A 1
Ethernet
I/O Module
Left side of chassis
Fabric A:
Dual port 10Gb Ethernet LOM
•
Connectivity for both LOM ports
•
requires IOMs with 32 internal
ports
Two IOMs with only 16 internal
•
ports will only provide a
connected to a single LOM port
on each blade
Fabric B & C:
Ethernet, Fibre Channel, &/or
•
InfiniBand mezzanine cards
Each quarter height blade only
•
has one mezzanine card
Link between a dual port adapter and
switch of same fabric type
Additional link provided by quad-port
adapter cards and an IOM with 32
internal ports
Redundant LOM link that requires an
IOM with 32 internal ports. There will
be no connection on this link with
IOMs with only 16 ports