IBM BladeCenter PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
- Ability to stack up to four expansion blades per base compute blade without removing access to the CFFh slot on the base compute blade server
- Expansion blade supports 1 full-length, full-height slot and 1 half-length, full-height slot
- Each PCI Express Gen 2 slot supports 8 electrical and 16 mechanical lanes
- Supports PCI Express adapters up to 75 watts. Contact IBM for additional information on other high-wattage graphics adapters that can be supported
- 30mm form factor can attach to two or four-socket blades
- NEBS3/ETSI certified to Level 3 by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and long production life
- Please refer to the IBM ServerProven web page for a list of supported blade servers, adapters, and operating systems
IBM PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit
- Blade extender build to house two full height / full length PCI Express cards
- 30mm form factor can attach to two or four-socket blades
- Ideal to provide connectivity to special telecommunication network interface or hardware acceleration cards
- Provides PCI Express v1.1 8 lanes electrical with 16 lanes mechanical for each slot
- Please refer to the IBM ServerProven web page for a list of supported blade servers, adapters, and operating systems
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