Supermicro SuperBlade SBM-GEM-X2C+, User Manual

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5-1
Chapter 5
Ethernet Modules
Your SuperBlade enclosure can include either of several models of Ethernet switch
modules or of Ethernet pass-through modules installed in it.
The Ethernet switch modules and pass-through modules can only be installed in the
upper and/or lower left module bays, whereas the SBM-XEM-002/M 10-Gigabit
pass-through module must be installed in a double-wide slot in the enclosure in a
location alternately used for the InfiniBand switch module. The InfiniBand module is
discussed in
Chapter 4 .
5-1 SBM-GEM-001 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
The SBM-GEM-001 Gigabit Ethernet switch module is a layer 2 Ethernet switch. It
includes ten 1-Gb/s uplink (RJ45) ports and fourteen 1-Gb/s downlink ports for the
SuperBlade's LAN interfaces. The Gigabit Ethernet switch module has two internal
Ethernet paths to the CMM(s). The switch is used to provide a connection between the
Ethernet controller integrated on the mainboard and an external Ethernet device. This is
a hot-pluggable module. See
Figure 5-1 , Table 5-1 and Table 5-2 for switch details.
Figure 5-1. SBM-GEM-001 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
Table 5-1. SBM-GEM-001 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module Interface
Item Description
1 RS232 (COM) Serial Port
2 “Initiation OK” LED
3 Module Fault LED
4 RJ45 Ethernet Ports
4
5
1
6
3
2