Cisco Topspin InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter

The Cisco Topspin InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter provides InfiniBand I/O capability to processor blades in the IBM BladeCenter unit. The HCA adds two InfiniBand ports to the CPU blade cards to create an InfiniBand-capable cluster-in-a-box.

For information about the Topspin InfiniBand HCA expansion card, see the IBM Support Web site.

For information about implementing Cisco InfiniBand, see the Redbook Web site for Implementing Cisco Infiniband on IBM BladeCenter.

For information sources that are external to this information center, see Additional information sources.

Refer to the online Configuration and Options Guide for a list of which BladeCenter units support which parts. Select the BladeCenter chassis and click Options > I/O to see supported I/O switch modules for the chassis.

Important: This part of the BladeCenter information center provides installation guides for I/O modules, including modules that are no longer available from IBM. To find the modules that are currently available, go to the BladeCenter Open Fabric (I/O) Web site.