The Copper Pass-Through Module (CPM) provides copper connectivity to each blade server in a BladeCenter, without providing any internal switching capability. The CPM provides an unconfigured network connection which allows the blade servers in a BladeCenter Chassis to connect to an existing network infrastructure. The CPM is Gb Ethernet only and requires no configuration. The channel that is created is "neutral" to the protocol, enabling the deployment of external switch devices with direct access to blade servers.