IBM RackSwitch G8000, Installation Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
RackSwitch G8000 features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Major components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Switch unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DC power supply
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Switch ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Gigabit Ethernet port expansion slots
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switch LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
XGE link LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Optional uplink modules
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Installing the RackSwitch and options . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Before installing the RackSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Preventing electric shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the RackSwitch in a standard equipment rack . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the RackSwitch in an IBM iDataPlex rack
. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing the RackSwitch in an IBM System x or Power rack . . . . . . . . 24
Installing the 1U air duct option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mounting kit components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing an SFP, SFP+, and QSFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing an SFP copper transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing an SFP optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing an SFP+ optical transceiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing a QSFP+ optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3. Removing and replacing the RackSwitch and components . . . 37
Removing and replacing the RackSwitch chassis unit from a rack . . . . . . 37
Removing the RackSwitch chassis from a standard equipment rack . . . . 37
Removing the RackSwitch chassis from a System x or Power rack. . . . . 38
Removing the RackSwitch chassis from an iDataPlex rack . . . . . . . . 40
Removing the 1U air duct option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing and replacing the main RackSwitch chassis unit
. . . . . . . . 42
Configuring Vital Product Data after a switch replacement . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 4. Initializing the RackSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Default configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring an IP interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Updating firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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