VIC 1280 vs VIC 1240 + Port Expander

Hello,
What's the benefit of using VIC 1240 + Port Expander versus having a VIC 1280?? I don't see any.
Anybody has some inputs?

The port expander add-on will not be as costly as the 1280 VIC. The blades do not have 2 Mezz slots - they have a single Mezz slot and mLOM. You can't install a 1280 into an M3 expecting this will leave one additional slot available. If you're purchasing M3's blades with the 1240 mLOM, it makes more sense to just add-on the expander rather than add a full 1280 VIC on top of it. The expander also uses a fraction or power as the 1280 VIC. The most important difference is how the BW is aggregated
The mLOM + Expander can provide up to 40Gbps of aggregated/Port Channeled BW per fabric.
The 1280 VIC can provide up to 20 Gbps of aggregated/Port Channeled BW per fabric.
The mLOM + 1280 can provide up to 2 x 20Gbps aggregated/Port Channeld BW per fabric.
So you get no BW increase on the blade by using a 1240+1280 rather than the 1240+Expander. You do however get 2 adaptors per device for the host to manage, rather than 1.
Keep in mind, to achieve the max BW capacity to the blades you require 2nd GEN I/O Modules (2204/2208).
Regards,
Robert

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