Mellanox Technologies Switch-IB, User Manual

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Figure 72: Top and Bottom Ports
3.2 Air Flow
These switches come with the air flow pattern of air entering through the spine side and exiting
through the connector side.
3.3 QSFP Cable Power Budget Classification
All Switch-IB™ and Switch-IB™ 2 based switch systems are designed for active cables with a
max power per module of 3.5W. This is power level 4 according to the QSFP Public Specifica-
tion.
3.4 Management Module Interfaces
The switch system requires at least one management module. The management module has 6
interfaces to connect to the director switch system. They are:
• 1 I
2
C/CONSOLE port – this is an I
2
C/RS232 connector for connecting to a host machine
• 2 MGMT – this is an Ethernet connector
• 1 USB port
• 1 RST – reset button
• 1 QSFP port – for debug purposes only
Figure 73: Management Module Interfaces
Mgmt0
Mgmt1
USB Reset Console
3.4.1 I
2
C/Console (RS232)
The console port is used during the installation process to configure the chassis for remote man-
agement. Connect this port to a local host using the harness supplied with the chassis. See the