Supermicro SuperBlade SBM-GEM-X2C+, User Manual

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Chapter 7
Layer 2/3 Ethernet Switch Firmware
This chapter is provided to help you quickly get started in using the firmware for your
SBM-GEM-X2C(+)/SBM-GEM-X3S+, 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet or SBM-XEM-X10SM
10-Gigabit Ethernet switch module, using the web-based management GUI tool.
7-1 Overview
The Supermicro switch utility for the Layer 2/3 Gigabit Ethernet switch modules provides
a web-based interface for managing layer2 and layer3 switching at wire speed for
constructing a switched/routed network. This interface provides both a bridging
functionality and advanced features such as link aggregation, Dynamic VLAN/Dynamic
Multicast, IGMP Snooping and Network Access Control. This web-based interface also
comes with several Layer3 features as well (such as wire speed routing, Differentiated
services, multicast routing and so on).
The Supermicro Switch firmware is implemented using open sources from OpenSSL,
OpenSSH and other open source communities and is configured using web browsers
such as Internet Explorer.
NOTE: The 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet switch module is available in three versions:
• SBM-GEM-X2C which supports 10 or 14 blade enclosure systems
• SBM-GEM-X2C+ which also supports twin-blade (20 node)
systems in addition to the 10 and 14 blade enclosures.
• SBM-GEM-X3S+ which supports all blade enclosures and provides
three SFP+ 10GbE uplink ports
Except for the the maximum number of blades supported, both the
SBM-GEM-X2C and SBM-GEM-X2C+ are identical. The
“SBM-GEM-X2C(+)” part number is therefore used throughout the rest
of this manual to refer to features and operational characteristics of
both versions.
NOTE: The 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch module is available in only one version,
the SBM-XEM-X10SM. This module supports either or the following
configurations:
• Twin blade (20 node (SBE-720E enclosure)) systems with a
configuration that has four external 10-Gbps Ethernet ports available
• 10-blade systems (SBE-710Q enclosure) whose configuration has ten
external 10-Gbps Ethernet ports available
NOTE: See the SM-CLI Guide included on your SuperBlade Switch System
CD-ROM for further information on the 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet switch firmware
and its controls using the CLI.