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Installing the hardware
4.4 Connecting devices to the system unit
On the back of the system unit are the ports for the network connection and the
administration of the blade server.
Ports on the back of the system unit
Figure 8: Ports for external devices
CB 1 -8 Slots for connection blades. For information on the ports of the connection
blades, see "Connection blades" on page 91.
MMB 1, 2 Management blade 1 and 2
The management blades have the following ports
1 Service LAN port (as a point-to-point connection, for system unit
administration only, no access to server blades and connection blades)
2 USB ports for backing up and restoring the MMB configuration and for
access to logging information
3 Serial port for a local management console
4,5 LAN ports for blade server management (including server blades and
connection blades)
CB 2
CB 4
CB 6
CB 8
MMB 2
CB 1
CB 3
CB 5
CB 7
MMB 1
2
1
3
4
5