Magma EB7R-x8 Network Card User Manual


 
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Configuring EBU for I/O Sharing between multiple Blades or
Other Servers
All IO PCI-X cards in PE6R4 can be shared with multiple Blades.
PE6R4 is Magma’s PCI-X box and can be replaced with any of
Magma’s PCI Express expansion boxes as well, such as EB7, EB4
EB4-1u, EB2R, EB2, etc. This can be useful in virtualization
environments. See the figure below.
Virtualization, Clusters, and EBU
The EBU is ideally suited for configuring it to act as a concentrator box
that can be used for powerful I/O Virtualization solutions. The built-in