IOM provides southbound connectivity to servers using backplane ports and northbound connectivity to Fabric Interconnects using fabric ports. When a service profile is successfully associated with the server, the backplane port's status shows as Up
.
Perform the following procedure to look into the status of IOM backplane and fabric ports:
- Log in to UCS Manager.
- Click on the
Equipment
tab in the navigation pane. - In the
Equipment
tab, expand the desired server in the desired chassis. - Expand the desired IO module by expanding
IO Modules
, and the status ofBackplane Ports
andFabric Ports
will be shown in the work pane. - The following screenshot shows the
Backplane Ports
statuses that are connected to the server's mezzanine card:
- The following screenshot shows the
Fabric Ports
statuses that are connected with Fabric Interconnect server ports:
It is also possible to configure a port channel for the IOM fabric ports connected to Fabric Interconnect. This configuration...