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 of Backplane Ports and Fabric 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 is different as compared to the north switch port channel, and this port channel is configured using the Chassis/FEX Discovery Policy section as shown in the following screenshot:
