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SwitchX-2 60 Port Ethernet Hardware System 

Installation Guide  

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MSX1024B-1BFS, MSX1024B-1BRS, MSX1024B-2BFS, MSX1024B-2BRS

Summary of Contents for SwitchX-2 MSX1024B-1BFS

Page 1: ...www mellanox com SwitchX 2 60 Port Ethernet Hardware System Installation Guide P N MSX1024B 1BFS MSX1024B 1BRS MSX1024B 2BFS MSX1024B 2BRS ...

Page 2: ... SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING THE CUSTOMER IN TESTING APPLICATIONS THAT USE THE PRODUCTS IN DESIGNATED SOLUTIONS THE CUSTOMER S MANUFACTURING TEST ENVIRONMENT HAS NOT MET THE STANDARDS SET BY MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TO FULLY QUALIFY THE PRODUCTO S AND OR THE SYSTEM USING IT THEREFORE MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL OPERATE WITH THE HIGHEST QU...

Page 3: ...3 1 1 1 Installation Kits 6 1 2 Package Contents 6 1 3 Mechanical Installation 7 1 4 Grounding the Switch 11 1 5 Power Connections and Initial Power On 11 1 6 Battery Replacement 12 Chapter 2 Configuring the Switch 14 2 1 Configuring the Switch for the First Time 14 2 2 Rerunning the Wizard 19 Chapter 3 Connecting to the Switch Platform 20 3 1 Starting an SSH Connection to the Switch CLI 20 3 2 Re...

Page 4: ... 2 Placement of Switch in Rack 8 Figure 3 Mounting Options 9 Figure 4 Screwing on the Rail 9 Figure 5 Inserting the Caged Nuts 10 Figure 6 Slide the Rail into the Rail Slide 10 Figure 7 Two Power Inlets Electric Caution Notifications 12 Figure 8 Console Port 14 Figure 9 Reset Button 21 ...

Page 5: ...chX 40GigE 1U Ethernet Switch Installation Guide Rev 1 0 Mellanox Technologies 3 Revision History Table 1 Revision History of this Installation Guide Revision Date Details 1 0 February 2013 Initial release ...

Page 6: ...in this document to mean size in mega bytes The use of Mb or Mbits small b indicates size in mega bits Table 2 Reference Documents Document Name Description Switch Hardware User Manual This document contains HW descriptions LED assign ments and HW specifications among other things Switch Product Release Notes For possible hardware issues see the switch support product page This requires a customer...

Page 7: ...ogies 5 This symbol indicates information that is helpful to the user This symbol indicates a situation that can potentially cause damage to hardware or software BEWARE This symbol indicates a situation that can potentially cause personal injury or damage to hardware or software ...

Page 8: ...2 2U FF 40 Gb s equivalent throughput 16 640Gb s 24 960Gb s 35 2880 Gb s Light version of the Management software 36 2880 Gb s C Data Rate X 10Gb s Ethernet B 40Gb s Ethernet Separator P Power Supplies 0 0 1 1 2 2 M Depth of the Unit S standard depth B short depth Y Air Flow direction R Connector side to Power side airflow F Power Side side to Connector side airflow R Chip Generation R SwitchX S S...

Page 9: ...ation instructions before connecting the equipment to the power source This equipment should not be operated in an area with an ambient temperature exceed ing the maximum recommended 45 C 113 F Moreover to guarantee proper air flow allow at least 8cm 3 inches of clearance around the ventilation openings The chassis should not be stacked on any other equipment If the chassis falls it can cause bodi...

Page 10: ...quipment should be installed in compliance with local and national electrical codes Caution Use of controls or adjustment or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT and reference to the most recent laser standards IEC 60 825 1 1993 A1 1997 A2 2001 and EN 60825 1 1994 A1 1996 A2 2001 For North American power connec...

Page 11: ...ve Caution Slide rail mounted equipment is not to be used as a shelf or a work space According to the WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC all waste electrical and electronic equipment EEE should be collected separately and not disposed of with regular household waste Dispose of this product and all of its parts in a responsible and environmentally friendly way ...

Page 12: ...ail kit 1 2 Package Contents Before you install your new switch unpack the system and check to make sure that all the parts have been sent check this against the parts list below Check the parts for visible damage that may have occurred during shipping The switch comes packed with the following items 1 X switch 1 X installation kit X power cable one for each PS unit Type C13 C14 A single power cor...

Page 13: ... put on the ESD strap Make sure the ESD strap is touching your skin and that the other end is connected to a verified ground 2 Choose which side of the switch you want even with the rack vertical support Either the side with the power supply units or the side with the QSFP connectors can be even with one of the vertical rack supports Phillips Screwdrivers 1 and 2 Grounding screw ESD strap Groundin...

Page 14: ... want the connector side recessed in the rack to allow for a larger cable bending radius It is possible to recess the connector side by 2 5cm by optional placement of the switch rails See Figure 3 Mounting Options Will the connector side be recessed past other equipment in the rack and will this be problematic The installation kit allows for a 2 5cm recess of the switch past the vertical support 1...

Page 15: ...itches and 7 screws for standard depth switches to connect each switch slide Figure 4 Screwing on the Rail 5 screws per side are needed for the short switch 7 screws per side are needed for the standard switch There are 16 screws in the kit you will have left over screws 5 screws per side are needed for the short switch 7 screws per side are needed for the standard switch There are 16 screws in th...

Page 16: ...e holes on the opposite side of the rack Check that both sides of the switch left and right are the same level in the rack 7 Slide the rail into the rail slide 8 Using two of the bolts for each corner install the rails and rail slides in the rack Do not tighten the bolts yet Figure 6 Slide the Rail into the Rail Slide Side you will slide the switch into Second side This side of the rail kit goes o...

Page 17: ...of the casing screws and connect the other end to a valid ground If you choose to not use the ground screw make sure that the rack is properly grounded and that there is a valid ground connection between the chassis of the switch and the rack Test the ground using an Ohm meter 1 5 Power Connections and Initial Power On The switch platform ships witone or twoh power supply units For switches with o...

Page 18: ...e fan status indicator is not green then unplug the power connection and check that the fan module is inserted properly and that the mating connector of the fan unit is free of any dirt and or obstacles Caution When turning off the switch make sure ALL Connector LEDS are off to ensure a powered down status Do not hot swap the power supply if your switch has only one power supply You must power dow...

Page 19: ...SwitchX 40GigE 1U Ethernet Switch Installation Guide Rev 1 0 Mellanox Technologies 13 Customer removal of the switch cover will void the warrantee ...

Page 20: ...ch system using the supplied cable The Console ports for systems are shown below as examples Figure 8 Console Port Step 2 Configure a serial terminal program for example HyperTerminal minicom or Tera Term on your host PC with the settings described in Table 4 Make sure to connect to the Console RJ 45 port of the switch and not to the Ethernet MGT port No remote IP connection is available at this s...

Page 21: ...ept the default hostname then press Enter Otherwise type a different hostname and press Enter Step 2 Use DHCP on mgmt0 interface no Perform this step to obtain an IP address for the switch eth0 is the management port of the switch If you wish the DHCP server to assign the IP address type yes and press Enter If you type no no DHCP then you will be asked whether you wish to use the zeroconf configur...

Page 22: ...assword Enter to leave unchanged CHANGED To change an answer enter the step number to return to Otherwise hit enter to save changes and exit Choice Enter Configuration changes saved To return to the wizard from the CLI enter the con figuration jump start command from configuration mode Launching CLI switch name The wizard displays a summary of your choices and then asks you to confirm the choices ...

Page 23: ...able IPv6 autoconfig SLAAC on mgmt0 interface no no Step 9 Admin password Enter to leave unchanged Step 9 Confirm admin password Enter to leave unchanged You have entered the following information 1 Hostname switch 112126 2 Use DHCP on mgmt0 interface no 3 Use zeroconf on mgmt0 interface no yes 4 Default gateway 192 168 10 1 5 Primary DNS server 6 Domain name 7 Enable IPv6 yes 8 Enable IPv6 autoco...

Page 24: ... 255 0 Step 6 Default gateway for example 192 168 10 1 Step 7 Primary DNS server Step 8 Domain name Step 9 Enable IPv6 yes yes Step 10 Enable IPv6 autoconfig SLAAC on mgmt0 interface no no Step 11 Admin password Enter to leave unchanged You have entered the following information 1 Hostname switch 112126 2 Use DHCP on mgmt0 interface no 3 Use zeroconf on mgmt0 interface no 4 Primary IP address 192 ...

Page 25: ...55 255 0 Speed 1000Mb s auto Duplex full auto Interface type ethernet Interface source physical MTU 1500 HW address 00 02 C9 11 2A AE Comment RX bytes 1343502058 TX bytes 313920869 RX packets 17589211 TX packets 992717 RX mcast packets 0 TX discards 0 RX discards 0 TX errors 0 RX errors 0 TX overruns 0 RX overruns 0 TX carrier 0 RX frame 0 TX collisions 0 TX queue len 1000 sx 43 standalone master ...

Page 26: ...g the following command using switch_IP_address is the IP address of the switch Step 4 You can enter any supported command now 3 2 Resetting the Switch On the connector side panel under the system LEDs is a reset button This reset button requires a tool to be pressed rem_mach1 ssh l username switch ip address Mellanox MLNX OS Switch Management Password Last login Thu Apr 28 11 24 13 2011 from 192 ...

Page 27: ...wering them up when the button is pushed A quick push of this button performs this reset When the button is held down for 15 sec onds the switch is reset and the password is deleted You will then be able to enter without a pass word and make a new password for the user admin The SwitchX Series User Manuals can be found at http www mellanox com PS1 PS2 UID RST 1 2 Press the reset button to reset th...

Page 28: ...elect 9 ResetL Module Reset 10 Vcc Rx 3 3 V Power supply receiver 11 SCL 2 wire serial interface clock 12 SDA 2 wire serial interface data 13 GND Ground 14 Rx3p Receiver Non Inverted Data Output 15 Rx3n Receiver Inverted Data Output 16 GND Ground 17 Rx1p Receiver Non Inverted Data Output 18 Rx1n Receiver Inverted Data Output 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 Rx2n Receiver Inverted Data Output 3 22 Rx...

Page 29: ... 6 7 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 RX4p GND GND GND RX4n RX2p RX2n TX1n GND TX1p GND TX3n TX3p GND IntL ModPrsL VccTx Vcc1 LPMode 18 35 8 50 Top ResetL SDA SCL ModSelL RX3p TX2n GND VccRx 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TX2p GND TX4n TX4p GND 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 GND GND GND RX3n RX1p RX1n 30 RX4p GND GND GND RX4n RX2p RX2n TX1n GND TX1p GND TX3n TX3p GND IntL ModPrsL VccTx Vcc1 LPMode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...

Page 30: ...olor coding T X D T X D R X D G N D G N D R X D G N D G N D R J 4 5 _ R T S R J 4 5 _ D T R R J 4 5 _ T X D G N D G N D R J 4 5 _ R X D G N D G N D J 3 4 P in 1 P in 8 L o o k in g in to th e S o c k e t C O N S O L E Table 9 RJ45 Pinout Connection Signal Pin Color TXD RJ45_RTS 1 G W TXD RJ45_DTR 2 G RXD RJ45_TXD 3 O W GND GND 4 Bl GND GND 5 Bl W RXD RJ45_RXD 6 O GND GND 7 Br w GND GND 8 Br ...

Page 31: ...wer supply side to connector side air flow MSX60 FF Fan module with connector side to power supply side air flow MSX60 FR 300W Power Supply w Power Supply Side to Connector side air flow MSX60 PF 300W Power Supply w Connector side to Power Supply side air flow MSX60 PR Power cord Type C13 C14 ACC000500 Installation Kit for short switches in racks 40 60 cm deep MSX60 BKIT Installation Kit for short...

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