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1 General Description
This section describes the features and capabilities of the QLogic 9000 Series
Stackable Chassis Switch. The following topics are described:
Hardware Overview
Maintenance Panel
I/O Blades
CPU Blades
Power Supply Blades
Fan Blades
Fabric and Switch Management
Hardware Overview
The QLogic 9000 Series switch is set of up to eight I/O blades interconnected with
all other I/O blades through the midplane. One or two CPU blades provide
configuration, monitoring, data path management, and control functions. Dual
Power Supply blades provide power, and dual Fan blades provide cooling.
Table 1-1 describes the available models.
Table 1-1. QLogic 9000 Series Switch Models
Model
Number
I/O Blades CPU Blades
Power Supply
Blades
Fan Blades
9100 0 1 2 2
9200 0 2 2 2