PCIe EMs

The PCIe EMs are designed to offer independent, dedicated I/O functions configurable on a per server module basis.

Each blade slot has two dedicated PCIe EM slots, numbered as follows that correspond to the server modules as shown in the following diagram.

The following table describes how the blade slots correspond to the PCIe EM slots.

The PCIe EM format is a standard developed by the PCI-SIG standards organization. The chassis midplane implements PCI Express connectivity between the PCIe EMs and server modules and assigns two PCIe EMs to each server module. All PCIe EMs are hot-pluggable, allowing system administrators to easily replace them.

PCIe EMs can be installed in a system without any modification to the connected server module hardware. The Sun Blade 6000 modular system supports industry-standard, hot-swappable PCIe EMs.

The following table shows the supported PCIe EMs and links to available PCIe EM documentation. The PCIe EMs listed here were available at the time this document was last updated.