IBM RackSwitch G8264CS, Installation Manual

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Chapter 1. Introduction
This Installation Guide provides information and instructions for installing an IBM
®
System Networking RackSwitch
™
G8264CS. For information about configuration
and management of the converged switch, see the Command Reference for the
IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264CS and the product release notes.
The RackSwitch G8264CS (converged switch) is a rackable aggregation switch with
unmatched line-rate Layer 2/3 performance. The RackSwitch G8264CS uses a
wire-speed, non-blocking switching fabric that provides simultaneous wire-speed
transport of multiple packets at low latency on all ports.
The RackSwitch G8264CS contains forty-eight 10 GbE small form-factor pluggable
plus (SFP+) ports and four 40 GbE quad small form-factor pluggable plus (QSFP+)
ports. The SFP+ ports can be populated with optical or copper transceivers, or
Direct Attach Cables (DACs). The QSFP+ ports can be populated with optical
QSFP+ transceivers or DACs.
The RackSwitch G8264CS provides support for Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and
routing, including Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), 10 Gb Ethernet switching,
Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Omniports SFP+, QSPF+ ports and 2/4/8 Gb
Fiber Channel (FC). OmniPort technology allows the same port to be used as a 10
Gb Ethernet port or as a 2/4/8 Gb Fibre Channel port.
The RackSwitch G8264CS provides a high density 10 Gigabit and OmniPort
Ethernet/FC/FCoE converged switch with 40 Gigabit uplink ports with the following
features:
v Stackable 64 x 10 GbE 1U Switch
v
36 external SFP+ ports with 1Gb and 10Gb support
v 12 external SFP+ OmniPort ports with 10/1 Gb Ethernet and 2/4/8 Gb FC
support
v
4 external QSFP+ ports with 4x10G support
v Hot Swappable Power Supplies
v
Hot Swappable Fan module
v Server-like airflow (reversible)
v
Low latency with no blocking
v
Server Enhancing Software feature set
v
FCoE/FC Software/Hardware
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.
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them from
the IBM website. 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. To check for updates, complete the following steps.
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