IBM CN4093, User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
UL Regulatory Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Chapter 1. The IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10 Gb Converged Scalable
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Major components of the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Installing and removing the switch module . . . . . . . . . 5
Before installing the switch module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Removing or replacing the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing and removing SFP+ and QSFP+ modules and DACs . . . . . . . 11
Handling the SFP+ or QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the SFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Removing the SFP+ or QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cabling the switch and the SFP+ and QSFP+ modules . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting the serial console cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Disconnecting the serial console cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the SFP+ or QSFP+ module cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Disconnecting the SFP+ or QSFP+ module cable . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the RJ-45 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Disconnecting the RJ-45 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locating the information panels, LEDs, and external ports . . . . . . . . . 16
Information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Information LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switch status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Port status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3. Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Establishing a TCP/IP session through the management module . . . . . . 22
Enabling management through external ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Accessing the switch through the SSHv2/Telnet interface . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Accessing the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Accessing the switch through the serial-port interface. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Accessing the switch through the switch browser-based interface . . . . . . 25
Initial configuration
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Logging in to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4. Updating the firmware and licensing . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Determining the level of switch firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Obtaining the latest level of switch firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Upgrading the switch firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Resetting and restarting the switch
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Acquiring feature licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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