Description
This is an IBM eServer Bladcenter Fibre Channel Expansion Card. Its IBM Part Number is 13N2203. This part also comes with mounting tray with IBM FRU 49P2514. Fibre Channel is a high-speed data transport technology used for mass storage and netowrking. By adding BladeCenter fibre channel I/O expansion cards to the blade servers and fibre channel compatible I/O modules to the BladeCenter unit, you can attach the blade server to an external storage area network (SAN) through the external 2 Gbps (gigabits per second) optical ports on the I/O modules. The BladeCenter Fibre Channel Expansion Card supports data-transfer rates up to 200 MB per second half-duplex and 400 MB per second full-duplex per port. This item was originally made for use by an OEM as a part of a system. Even though it may have the same partnumber as a standard part; this item may be configured specifically for the OEM that originally order it.