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BX4000 Series Quick Start Guide
Document Number
3054
Rev 1
.5
Quick Start Guide
Overview
Mellanox BX4000 series is a 1U, top-of-rack gateway that provides I/O consolidation on both InfiniBand
and Ethernet. The product supports 10/20/40Gb/S InfiniBand to 1/10Gigabit Ethernet and 2/4/8G Fibre
Channel.
The BX4000 series, a top of the rack gateway, provides LAN and SAN connection to the InfiniBand and 10
Gigabit Ethernet based networks.
The uplink and downlink ports are separated into gateway port groups. Specific uplink ports are assigned
corresponding downlink ports. Each gateway port group is assigned a color to easily associate the uplink
ports to the corresponding downlink ports of the gateway port group.
Figure 1: MTB 4010 Gateway Port Groups Distinguished by Color
The Port Numbering Table shows the uplink and downlink ports by color, alpha-numeric id identifying the
IB uplink ports.
A20 and B20 are InfiniBand ports.
Table 1 - MTB 4010B Port Numbering
Gateway
Port Group
by Color
BridgeX
Controller
Number
Uplink
Ports
Corresponding Downlink
FC Ports
Corresponding Downlink
Ethernet Ports
White
1
A20
A10 A11 A12 A13
A10 A11 A12
Orange
1
B20
B10 B11 B12 B13
B10 B11 B12
B20
A20
1 GigE
I2C RS232
Sys
Fan
PSU 1
PSU 2
FC
EN
FC
EN
A1
B1
I2C
IOIO
A11
A12
A13
A10
B11
B12
B13
B10
Mellanox
®
BX4010
Gateway Port Group A – BridgeX controller 1 – White
Gateway Port Group B – BridgeX controller 1 – Orange
