IBM G8052, Installation Manual

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Double click on the Installation Guides directory and select the installation guide
that supports your product.
Hardware and software requirements
The IBM Documentation CD requires the following minimum hardware and
software:
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Microsoft Windows NT 7, Windows 2000, or Red Hat Linux
v 100 MHz microprocessor
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32 MB of RAM
v Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later) or xpdf, which comes with Linux operating
systems. Acrobat Reader software is required for reading the documentation CD
Related documentation
For documentation about configuring your switch, see the Application Guide and
Command Reference guide for your switch.
For details about the switch information, statistics, and configuration parameters,
see the
Command Reference guide for your switch.
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:
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Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
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Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or problem situations.
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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.
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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.
RackSwitch G8052 features
This section provides an overview of RackSwitch G8052 features.
Performance
v 176 Gbps throughput (full duplex), non-blocking switching architecture
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100% line rate
v Deterministic port-to-port latency under 2 microseconds with 64B packets
Management Features
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