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Introduction
This Installation Guide provides information and instructions for installing the following products:
IBM
®
BNT
™
RackSwitch
™
G8124R, Type 0446
IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124F, Type 7309
IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124ER, Type 7309
IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124EF, Types 1455 abd 7309
IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124DC, Type 7309
For information about configuration and management of the switch, refer to your
Command
Reference
and the product release notes.
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them from the IBM
website. The switch might have features that are not described in the documentation that comes
with the swtich, and the documentation might be updated occasionally to include information about
those features, or technical updates might be available to provide additional information that is not
included in the switch documentation.
Note –
Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. Procedures for locating firmware and
documentation might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
To check for firmware and documentation updates, go to
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/
. For
firmware updates, click
Downloads
. For documentation updates, click
Documentation
.
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