IBM BladeCenter 1/10 Gb Uplink Ethernet..., Installation Manual

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Contents
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Chapter 1. The IBM BladeCenter 1/10 Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Major components of the switch module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2. Installing and replacing a switch module . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing a switch module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Removing or replacing a switch module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 3. Installing and removing a 10 Gb SFP+ module . . . . . . . . 11
Handling an SFP+ module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing an SFP+ module
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Removing an SFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 4. Cabling the switch module and the SFP+ module . . . . . . 15
Connecting the serial console cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Disconnecting the serial console cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the SFP+ module cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Disconnecting the SFP+ module cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the RJ-45 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Disconnecting the RJ-45 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 5. Updating the software and configuring the switch module . . . 19
Chapter 6. Information panels, LEDs, and external ports . . . . . . . . 21
Information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Information LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switch-module and port status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 7. Parts listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 8. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Running POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
POST errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 29
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to send Dynamic System Analysis data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Creating a personalized support web page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Software service and support
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Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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