IBM Bladecenter H NIC Mapping

Each Blade has 2 Onboard Ethernet Connections, a CIOv Card with 2 Fibrechannel connections (44X1945) and a CFFh card with 4 Ethernet connections (44W4479).

The Bladecenter has 6 Ethernet switches (Cisco 3012 43W4395), 2 Fibrechannel modules (39Y9280) and 2 Multi-Switch Interconnect modules (39Y9314).

The Multi-switch interconnect modules are installed in the top and bottom high-speed switch bays these create bays 7 and 9 and bays 8 and 10.The Ethernet switches are installed in bays 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10. The fibrechannel modules are installed in bays 3 and 4.

On the Blade the NIC’s connect as follows | NIC | Switch Bay | | — | — | | First NIC | 1| | Second NIC | 2 | | Third NIC | 7 | | Forth NIC | 8 | | Fifth NIC | 9 | | Sixth NIC | 10 |

Below is a image of the connections