Comments on: HP BladeSystem Rumours http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/ Making blade servers simple Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Blades Made Simple · More HP and IBM Blade Rumours http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Blades Made Simple · More HP and IBM Blade Rumours Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:05:04 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-157 [...] going to the Ethernet fabric and the Fibre traffic going to the Fibre fabric (check out this rumour blog I posted a few days ago for details.)  Guess only time will [...] [...] going to the Ethernet fabric and the Fibre traffic going to the Fibre fabric (check out this rumour blog I posted a few days ago for details.)  Guess only time will [...]

]]> By: More HP and IBM Blade Rumours « BladesMadeSimple.com (MIRROR SITE) http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-156 More HP and IBM Blade Rumours « BladesMadeSimple.com (MIRROR SITE) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:21:54 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-156 [...] going to the Ethernet fabric and the Fibre traffic going to the Fibre fabric (check out this rumour blog I posted a few days ago for details.) Guess only time will [...] [...] going to the Ethernet fabric and the Fibre traffic going to the Fibre fabric (check out this rumour blog I posted a few days ago for details.) Guess only time will [...]

]]> By: Kevin Houston http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Kevin Houston Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:25:14 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-140 RE: FCoE offerings from IBM<br><br>Mark - you are absolutely right. I missed IBM's announcement on their Virtual Fabric Extension Module, however I plan to write up a post to give some details on this offering very soon. Thanks for pointing it out to me, and thanks for reading! RE: FCoE offerings from IBM

Mark – you are absolutely right. I missed IBM's announcement on their Virtual Fabric Extension Module, however I plan to write up a post to give some details on this offering very soon. Thanks for pointing it out to me, and thanks for reading!

]]> By: IBM’s New Approach to Ethernet/Fibre Traffic « BladesMadeSimple.com (MIRROR SITE) http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-142 IBM’s New Approach to Ethernet/Fibre Traffic « BladesMadeSimple.com (MIRROR SITE) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:45:24 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-142 [...] few days ago, I commented that no one has yet offered the ability to split out Ethernet and Fibre traffic at the chassis [...] [...] few days ago, I commented that no one has yet offered the ability to split out Ethernet and Fibre traffic at the chassis [...]

]]> By: Blades Made Simple · IBM’s New Approach to Ethernet/Fibre Traffic http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Blades Made Simple · IBM’s New Approach to Ethernet/Fibre Traffic Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:44:17 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-141 [...] few days ago, I commented that no one has yet offered the ability to split out Ethernet and Fibre traffic at the chassis [...] [...] few days ago, I commented that no one has yet offered the ability to split out Ethernet and Fibre traffic at the chassis [...]

]]> By: Mark http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Mark Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:28:36 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-137 IBM's BladeCenter H announced this capability two months ago. See <a href="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0717.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0717....</a>. Using the QLogic CNA, the BNT 10GE CEE Ethernet switch, and the QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module, the IBM BladeCenter H offers the ability for FCoE to the server, and separate FC and Ethernet uplinks out of a single chassis.<br><br>The BNT 10Gb Ethernet switch communicates with the QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module over the BladeCenter H backplane. This disables four external BNT ports per QLogic module, as those four connections are used to communicate with the QLogic module. IBM's BladeCenter H announced this capability two months ago. See http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0717….. Using the QLogic CNA, the BNT 10GE CEE Ethernet switch, and the QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module, the IBM BladeCenter H offers the ability for FCoE to the server, and separate FC and Ethernet uplinks out of a single chassis.

The BNT 10Gb Ethernet switch communicates with the QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module over the BladeCenter H backplane. This disables four external BNT ports per QLogic module, as those four connections are used to communicate with the QLogic module.

]]> By: Kevin Houston http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Kevin Houston Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:04:36 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-134 I believe HP's initial G7 blade server release will be Intel based. I believe HP's initial G7 blade server release will be Intel based.

]]> By: elidezman http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-bladesystem-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-133 elidezman Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:01:30 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=254#comment-133 Do you know if G7 will be Intel or AMD based ? Do you know if G7 will be Intel or AMD based ?

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