Chapter 2. Product overview
This chapter contains an overview of the IBM Ethernet Switch B48C and B50C
models.
The term c-series is used to distinguish these Ethernet switch models from other
IBM Ethernet switch products.
These products will be referred to in the remainder of this publication by specific
model when necessary to distinguish between model features and by the generic
terms
Ethernet switch
or simply
switch
and
switches
whenever possible.
Introduction
This guide includes procedures for installing the hardware and configuring essential,
basic parameters such as permanent passwords and IP addresses. The basic
software configuration procedures show how to perform tasks using the CLI. This
guide also includes instructions for managing and maintaining the switches.
The c-series switches consist of come in the following models:
v
B48C (4002-C4A) Copper - 48x 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 Ethernet ports including
4x combination 100/1000 Mbps SFP Ethernet ports
v
B50C (4002-C5A) Copper - 48x 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 Ethernet ports plus 2x
10 Gbps XFP Ethernet ports
v
B48C (4002-C4B) Hybrid Fiber - 48x 100/1000 Mbps SFP Ethernet ports
v
B50C (4002-C5B) Hybrid Fiber - 48x 100/1000 Mbps SFP Ethernet ports plus 2x
10 Gbps XFP Ethernet ports
Product overview
The c-series Ethernet switches are compact 1 RU, multi-service edge/aggregation
devices with a powerful set of capabilities that combine performance with rich
functionality at the network edge. These switches offer network planners a broad
set of high performance IPv4, Classic Layer 2, Provider Bridge (PB) and Provider
Backbone Bridge (PBB) functionalities in the same device. With these capabilities,
the switches address a diverse set of applications in metro edge networks, ISP
networks, mobile backhaul networks, data centers, large enterprises, government
networks and education/research.
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Figure 1. B50C (4002-C5A) copper Ethernet switch
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