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Chapter 1. Introduction
This Installation Guide provides information and instructions for installing the IBM
System Networking RackSwitch
™
G8332. For information about configuration and
management of the switch, see the Command Reference and the product release
notes.
The RackSwitch G8332 is a 1U rackable aggregation switch used to aggregate
multiple high-speed server racks. The RackSwitch 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 contains twenty-four 40 GbE Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable
Plus (QSFP+) ports. These ports can be populated with optical QSFP+
transceivers. The RackSwitch also supports an additional media dependent adapter
(MDA) module with eight 40 GbE ports to expand the number of QSFP+ ports to
thirty-two ports.
This 1U switch is rack mountable in either the horizontal or vertical direction,
depending on your application.
If documentation updates are available, you can download them from
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/. 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 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
firmware and 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:
v 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.
v
If you are using a Linux operating system, insert the CD into the CD or DVD
drive and run the following command from the
mnt/cd
directory,
sh.linux.sh
.
Select the installation guide that supports your product.
Double click on the Installation Guides directory and select the installation guide
that supports your product.
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