How do you connect storage to a virtual blade server?

Q: How should a client's storage solution be connected to a virtual blade server?

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You could use the fibre connectivity cards, or the InfiniBand cards, or even the new network SAN storage solutions, which allow you to connect the SAN directly into the blade where the SAN offers additional storage for the virtual machines on that blade.