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72-Port 4x QDR InfiniBand
Network Express Module

Sun Blade 6048

Option X5500A

541-3378
NEM Assembly/FRU

Notes

  1. Option X5500A does not include documentation or InfiniBand cables.
  2. Option X5500A occupies the NEM0 and NEM1 slots.
  3. Solaris does not support Option X5500A (see 820-6706).
  4. The locate button is non-functional (see 820-6706).

Port Notes

  1. Option X5500A is marketed as a 72-port InfiniBand Network Express Module.
  2. Option X5500A has fifty-four external ports and forty-two internal ports.
  3. There are thirty external InfiniBand ports, three per external connector.
  4. There are twenty-four internal InfiniBand ports, two per blade slot.
  5. There are eighteen internal intraswitch InfiniBand ports, nine per switch.
  6. There are twenty-four external pass-through Gigabit Ethernet ports, two per blade slot.

References

  1. InfiniBand QDR Switched Network Express Module User's Guide, 820-6705.
  2. InfiniBand QDR Switched Network Express Module Product Notes, 820-6706.

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