44X1914 IBM QLogic 20-Port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter (44X1905)

44X1914 is the replacement part number (CRU) for the QLogic 20-port 8 Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter, which carries marketing part number 44X1905. IBM also pairs the QLogic 8 Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module, 44X1907, with 44X1916, and the 8 Gb SFP+ short wave optical transceiver, 44X1964, with 44X1976.

The module is a full-fabric Fibre Channel switch with 20 ports: 14 internal connections to the blade servers through the midplane and six external SFP-enabled ports that autodetect 2, 4 and 8 Gb per second. The internal side has F-port connections with 2 Gb and 4 Gb autodetect, and the external ports can act as F, FL or E ports. It interoperates with standards-based SANs in open mode (FC-SW2 and FC-SW3), and a license key resident on the switch adds Intelligent Pass-thru capability.

QuickTools provides the graphical management, and two internal full-duplex 100 Mbps Ethernet links connect the switch to the two redundant management modules for setup and management. The module runs from 12 V continuous power, runs diagnostics at power-on and stores their progress for the management modules to read, and has an embedded CPU subsystem for initialization and management.

Physically the module measures about 29.5 mm high, 118.1 mm wide and 276.4 mm deep. It works at 10 to 52 degrees C up to 914 m and at 10 to 49 degrees C up to 3,000 m, with 8% to 80% non-condensing humidity. The 44X1905 and 44X1914 pair applies to the BladeCenter H, machine type 8852. More parts are in IBM Misc.