IBM BladeCenter H Maximum Theoretical Bandwidth
As discussed, when calculating the maximum theoretical bandwidth of the chassis, each path is evaluated supporting its highest possible data rate, which is 10Gbps half-duplex (20Gbps fullduplex) in the case of BladeCenter H.
The aggregate bandwidth is the sum of the 14 blades, each driving 20 data lanes at 10Gbps, or 280 total data lanes:
• 200Gbps half-duplex per blade (20 data lanes at 10Gbps each, inbound or outbound)
• 400Gbps full-duplex per blade (inbound and outbound data rates added together)
• 5.6Tbps full-duplex per chassis (14 blades x 400Gbps)
Reference.
IBM
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/cn/resources/systems_cn_BLW03021USEN_NEW.PDF
http://ideasint.blogs.com/ideasinsights/2011/08/is-your-blade-chassis-obsolete.html
