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:

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