IBM RackSwitch G8000, Installation Manual

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Chapter 1. Introduction
This Installation Guide provides information and instructions for installing an IBM
System Networking RackSwitch
™
G8000. For information about configuration and
management of the switch, see the Command Reference and the product release
notes.
The RackSwitch G8000 is a rackable aggregation switch with unmatched line-rate
Layer 2/3 performance. The G8000 uses a wire-speed, non-blocking switching
fabric that provides simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at low
latency on all ports.
The G8000 contains forty-eight 1GbE SFP+ ports:
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Forty-four 10/100/1000BaseT ports (RJ-45)
v Four SFP slots
The G8000 includes two port expansion slots for dual-port, 10 GbE uplink modules
with SFP+ or CX4 transceivers. One slot is located on the front panel, and one slot
is located on the rear panel.
You can manage the switch through the console port, or through a network
connection using Telnet, a Web browser-based interface, or SNMP-based network
management software.
This 1U switch is rack mountable in either the horizontal or vertical direction,
depending on your application.
The switch might have features that are not described in the documentation that
comes with the switch, 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.
If documentation updates are available, you can download them from
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.
To check for documentation updates,
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/ and click Documentation .
2. In the Quick find field enter the name of your product and press Enter.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. Procedures for locating
documentation might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
The IBM Documentation CD
The IBM Documentation CD contains documentation for your switch in Portable
Document Format (PDF).
The Documentation CD includes the product installation guide, safety document and
the license machine access code (LAMC) document. The Environmental Notices
CD includes the Environmental Notices for the product. To access these
documents:
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If you are using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into the CD or DVD
drive and from My Computer, double click the CD or DVD drive and select the
installation guide that supports your product.
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