IBM EN4093R, User Manual

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Notices and statements in this document
The caution and danger statements in this document are also in the multilingual
Safety Information document, which is on the IBM Documentation CD. Each
statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in the Safety
Information document.
The following notices and statements are used in this document:
v Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
v
Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or problem situations.
v Attention: These notices indicate potential damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which
damage could occur.
v
Caution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous
to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially
hazardous procedure step or situation.
v
Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the
description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or
situation.
Features and specifications
For detailed information about the switch hardware and firmware features,
specifications, and standards, see the switch
Application Guide for the switch
module. See the documentation that came with your IBM chassis for information
about the environmental conditions and specifications that are supported by the
system.
Major components of the switch
The switch has the following components:
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Forty-two 10 Gb internal ports and twenty-two external ports. External ports are
arranged as fourteen SFP+ and two QSFP+. The QSFP+ ports can be used as
eight SFP+ ports.
v The 10 Gb Ethernet switch supports single compute node port capability
(fourteen ports). Dual compute node port capability (twenty-eight ports) and triple
compute node port capability (fourty-two ports) are available with optional
licenses. See “Acquiring feature licenses” on page 27 for information on how to
upgrade the switch with optional licenses.
You can manage and configure the switch through the following interfaces:
v A SSHv2/Telnet connection to the embedded command-line interface (CLI)
v
A terminal emulation program connection to the serial port interface
v A Web browser-based interface (https/http) connection to the switch
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