1–General Description
Hardware Overview
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I/O blades are ordered separately so that you can specify how many I/O blades
you want and what types. To maintain proper air flow and cooling, blank panels
are installed in empty I/O slots. The following I/O blade types are available:
16-port 4-Gbps I/O blade
16-port 8-Gbps I/O blade
4-port 10-Gbps I/O blade
Figure 1-1 shows a QLogic Model 9200 switch, two I/O blades, and the
corresponding blade IDs.
Figure 1-1 QLogic 9000 Series Switch Model Components
I/O Blades (IO0–IO1)
Maintenance Panel (MP)
CPU
Blades
Fan
Blades
Power Supply
Blades
I/O Panels (IO2–IO7)
PS PS
FAN FAN
CPU
CPU