Editing Blade server (section)

=== Networking ===

Blade servers generally include integrated or optional [[network interface controller]]s for [[Ethernet]] or [[host adapter]]s for [[Fibre Channel]] storage systems or [[converged network adapter]] to combine storage and data via one [[Fibre Channel over Ethernet]] interface. In many blades, at least one interface is embedded on the motherboard and extra interfaces can be added using [[mezzanine card]]s.

A blade enclosure can provide individual external ports to which each network interface on a blade will connect. Alternatively, a blade enclosure can aggregate network interfaces into interconnect devices (such as switches) built into the blade enclosure or in [[Blade server#Other blades|networking blades]].<ref name=sunindependentio>[http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/iomodules/ Sun Independent I/O ]</ref><ref name=hpvirtual>[https://www.hpe.com/emea_europe/en/integrated-systems/virtual-connect.html HP Virtual Connect]</ref>