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Cisco Nexus 4001I and 4005I Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter Hardware Installation Guide

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Chapter 1      Product Overview

  Management Options

Management Options

The Switch Module offers the following management options:

BladeCenter Advanced Management Module.

 The Switch Module supports the chassis 

management interface to the aMM in a BladeCenter chassis. For a standalone switch modules, you 
can use the aMM to configure the Switch Module. See the

 

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management 

Module User’s Guide

 for more information. 

SNMP network management. 

You can manage Switch Modules from an SNMP-compatible 

management station. The Switch Module supports a comprehensive set of Management Information 
Base (MIB) extensions. See the 

Cisco Nexus Switch Module 4001I and 4005I for IBM BladeCenter 

NX-OS Configuration Guide

 on Cisco.com and the documentation that came with your SNMP 

application for more information. 

Summary of Contents for Nexus 4001I

Page 1: ...zation and IO consolidation are required Note This product is not intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means whatsoever to interfaces of public telecommunications networks This section lists the Switch Module hardware characteristics Six external 10 Gb Ethernet ports for uplink 14 internal XAUI ports for connection to the server blades in the chassis One 10 100 1000Base T RJ45 co...

Page 2: ...nterfaces Figure 1 1 displays the Switch Module and the hardware interfaces which are described in following table Figure 1 1 Switch Module 4001I 4005I Out of Band Management Port The out of band management RJ45 port supports10 100 1000Base T Ethernet It can autonegotiate to operate at any line speed 10 100 1000 Mbps full and half duplex modes for 10 and 100 Mbps line speed and only full duplex at...

Page 3: ... Switch Module to a host such as a PC workstation or a terminal server Use the supplied console cable to connect the switch module to a host For more information about the console port refer to the Cisco Nexus 4001I and 4005I Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter Getting Started Guide and the Cisco Nexus 4001I and 4005I Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter NX OS Configuration Guide on Cisco com Internal ...

Page 4: ...Management Module aMM through the blade enclosure backplane connector Traffic to and from this port is isolated from the switch module ports This port only supports autonegotiation with 100 Mb s and full duplex mode The Switch Module supports two 100Base T Ethernet ports connected to the Management Modules through the backplane The two Management Module Ethernet interfaces are combined into a sing...

Page 5: ...y LED blinks green or is off to indicate link activity The Link Status LED is either solid green or off 1 10 Gb Ethernet port 15 Link and Activity LED 2 10 Gb Ethernet port 16 Link and Activity LED 3 10 Gb Ethernet port 17 Link and Activity LED 4 10 Gb Ethernet port 18 Link and Activity LED 5 10 Gb Ethernet port 19 Link and Activity LED 6 10 Gb Ethernet port 20 Link and Activity LED 7 Out of band ...

Page 6: ...the following topics SFP Ethernet Transceivers page 1 6 SFP Copper Cables page 1 7 SFP Ethernet Transceivers The enhanced Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP 10 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver module is a bidirectional device with a transmitter and receiver in the same physical package It has a 20 pin connector on the electrical interface and duplex LC connector on the optical interface The Switch Module...

Page 7: ... are available for use with the 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module The cables come in the following lengths 1m 30AWG 3m 28 30 AWG 5m 26 28 AWG Model Description SFP 10G LR 10 Gigabit Ethernet long range SFP module SFP 10G SR 10 Gigabit Ethernet short range SFP module SFP 10G USR 10 Gigabit Ethernet ultra short range SFP module 187492 Model Description SFP H10GB CU1M 10GBASE CU SFP Cable 1 Meter SFP H1...

Page 8: ...r chassis For a standalone switch modules you can use the aMM to configure the Switch Module See the IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module User s Guide for more information SNMP network management You can manage Switch Modules from an SNMP compatible management station The Switch Module supports a comprehensive set of Management Information Base MIB extensions See the Cisco Nexus Switch Modul...

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