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We're looking to buy a second hand blade server filled with HS20 8832-L4X blades.<br />
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Two Questions.<br />
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1. If I wanted to add fibrechannel mezanine cards like <a href="http://codemicro.com/store/check_price.php?partid=3056523" rel="ugc">http://codemicro.com/store/check_price.php?partid=3056523</a>. would I need to add a special fibrechannel switch to the chassis? If so, what type?<br />
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2. Why is this a bad idea (are they all failing now, and no parts available)?
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We're looking to buy a second hand blade server filled with HS20 8832-L4X blades.

Two Questions.

1. If I wanted to add fibrechannel mezanine cards like http://codemicro.com/store/check_price.php?partid=3056523. would I need to add a special fibrechannel switch to the chassis? If so, what type?

2. Why is this a bad idea (are they all failing now, and no parts available)?

IBM HS20 blade server - how do you implement FC?

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