FEMs and REMs Required for NEMs

The following fabric expansion modules (FEMs) are required to be installed on the server modules to support NEMs in the following table.

Note - For NEM requirements based on chassis model, see the relevant topic in the section: Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Environment.

Supported NEMs	Required FEM
Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM (X4338A, 4338A)	No FEM required. Note - The Sun Blade X4-2B Server Module supports Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM with very limited conditions including support for 1GbE ports only. 10GbE ports are not operational. The Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE NEM external SAS ports are disabled in Sun Blade X4-2B Server Module.
Sun Blade 6000 10p GbE Pass-Thru NEM (7105397)	No FEM required.
Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24p 10 GbE (X2073A-N)	4871A-Z-N (ATO) and X4871A-Z-N (Xoption)
Sun Blade 6000 40 GbE Virtualized NEM (7100090) Note - Sun Blade 6000 40 GbE Virtualized NEM (7100090) is not supported by RHEL7.0	7100283 (ATO) 7100633 (Xoption)

The Sun Blade X4-2B Server Module can be installed in a legacy Sun Blade 6000 Chassis (version A90-A with its midplane upgraded or version A90-B-N) with these NEMs: (X)4338A, NEM-10 (X)4250A & 7105397, and (X)2073A.

Please note the Sun Server X4-2B does not support NEM+ (X)4212A, Goa (X)4236A, or Hydra (X)4238, even if they are already installed in a legacy Sun Blade 6000 Chassis (version A90-A with its midplane upgraded, A90-B-N). The customer is required to remove these NEMs before getting support.

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