This white paper explores a modular system that helps ensure availability of network and storage resources. Modular systems have inherent capabilities for hot plugging of modules without the need to bring down an entire chassis, making them an ideal technique to solve resource availability issues associated with changes in system configurations. You will learn about an approach that has the following benefits:
- The ability to swap out or upgrade server blades with Ethernet, iSCSI, & Fibre Channel controllers seamlessly, without affecting the LAN/SAN;
- No reconfiguration of deployment frameworks, DHCP servers, MAC based licensing schemes, or SAN Zoning;
- Completely independent of the IO Mezzanine cards on the blade and IO modules in the enclosure;
- Centrally managed, enabled, and configured at the chassis level via web and CLI interfaces.
