Lenovo 7309DRX, Product Manual

Page 1: ...d FCoE in one switch 36 SFP ports supporting 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet Flexibility with 12 Omni Ports that support 10 Gb Ethernet or 4 8 Gb Fibre Channel connections Ideal for clients looking to aggregate FC or FCoE traffic with the ability to connect to existing SANs Future proofed with four 40 Gb QSFP ports Low cost low complexity and simpler deployment and management Figure 1 RackSwitch G8264CS Di...

Page 2: ...our fan assemblies rear to front airflow or front to rear airflow Generic Rack Mount Kit 2 post Console Cable Kit that includes RJ 45 plug to RJ 45 plug serial cable 1 m Mini USB to RJ 45 jack adapter cable 0 2 m with retention clip DB 9 to RJ 45 jack adapter Warranty Flyer Important Notices Flyer Documentation CD ROM Note Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately see Table 2 fo...

Page 3: ...m 10A 100 250V C13 to IEC 320 C14 Rack Power Cable 39Y7937 6201 2 8m 10A 100 250V C13 to IEC 320 C20 Rack Power Cable 39Y7938 6204 4 3m 10A 100 250V C13 to IEC 320 C14 Rack Power Cable 39Y7932 6263 Country specific power cords European 10A line C13 to CEE 7 7 2 8M 39Y7917 6212 Denmark 10A line C13 to DK2 5A 2 8M 39Y7918 6213 Switzerland 10A line C13 to SEV 1011 2 8M 39Y7919 6216 Israel 10A line C1...

Page 4: ... Breakout Cables for distances up to 5 meters For distances up to 100 m optical MTP to LC break out cables can be used with the 40GBASE SR4 transceiver but Lenovo does not supply these optical breakout cables For 40 GbE to 40 GbE connectivity clients can use the affordable QSFP to QSFP DAC cables for distances up to 7 meters For distances up to 100 m the 40GBASE SR4 QSFP transceiver can be used wi...

Page 5: ...LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN499 ASR5 48 Lenovo 1m LC LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN502 ASR6 48 Lenovo 3m LC LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN505 ASR7 48 Lenovo 5m LC LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN508 ASR8 48 Lenovo 10m LC LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN511 ASR9 48 Lenovo 15m LC LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN514 ASRA 48 Lenovo 25m LC LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN517 ASRB 48 Lenovo 30m LC LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN520 ASRC 48 SFP passive direct attach cables 10 GbE L...

Page 6: ...le 00D5813 A2X9 4 SFP transceivers 8 Gb FC supported in Omni Ports Lenovo 8Gbps Fibre Channel SW SFP Transceiver supports 4 8 Gbps 44X1964 5075 12 Lenovo 8Gbps Fibre Channel LW SFP Transceiver supports 4 8 Gbps 00FM472 ASCK 12 Benefits The traditional approach of segmenting storage and data traffic has certain advantages such as traffic isolation and independent administration Nevertheless it also...

Page 7: ...s address I O requirements for multiple NICs while reducing cost and complexity By using Virtual Fabric you can carve a physical dual port NIC into multiple vNICs between 2 8 vNICs and to create a virtual pipe between the adapter and the switch for improved performance availability and security It is also important to know support for FCoE as 2 vNIC cans be configured as CNAs to allow for addition...

Page 8: ...ed separately see Table 3 One 10 100 1000 Ethernet port RJ 45 connector for out of band OOB management One RS 232 serial port mini USB connector that provides an additional means to configure the switch One USB port for mass storage devices Scalability and performance 1 Gb 10 Gb and 40 Gb Ethernet ports for bandwidth optimization and performance Up to 64 10 Gb Ethernet SFP connections with optiona...

Page 9: ...or up to 128 static routes Routing protocol support RIP v1 RIP v2 OSPF v2 BGP Support for DHCP Relay Support for IGMP snooping and IGMP relay Support for Protocol Independent Multicast PIM in Sparse Mode PIM SM and Dense Mode PIM DM IPv6 Layer 3 functions IPv6 host management IPv6 forwarding Support for static routes Support for OSPF v3 routing protocol IPv6 filtering with ACLs up to 128 IPv6 ACLs...

Page 10: ... Full Fabric mode Name Server Fabric login services Fabric Shortest Path First FSPF Fabric Device Management Interface FDMI Port security Zoning Manageability Industry standard command line interface isCLI Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP V1 V2 and V3 HTTP HTTPS browser GUI Telnet interface for CLI Secure Shell SSH v1 and v2 for CLI Secure Copy SCP for uploading and downloading the switch c...

Page 11: ...BASE ER extended range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE SR4 short range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE LR4 long range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE CR4 copper 40 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet management port only IEEE 802 3x Full duplex Flow Control IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE SX short range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3z ...

Page 12: ...Ds that display the status of the switch and the network One Mini USB RS 232 console port that provides an additional means to configure the switch One USB port for mass storage devices 36x SFP SFP port connectors to attach SFP SFP transceivers for 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet connections or DAC cables for 10 Gb Ethernet connections 12x Omni Ports to attach SFP transceivers for 4 8 Gb Fibre Channel or 1...

Page 13: ...64CS Figure 3 Rear panel of the RackSwitch G8264CS The rear panel of the G8264CS contains the following components Two hot swap AC power supplies IEC 320 C14 power connector Four hot swap fan assemblies Network cabling requirements RackSwitch G8264CS 13 ...

Page 14: ...sceiver 90Y9415 10GBASE ER 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 40 km LC Direct attach cable 10GSFP Cu SFP DAC cables up to 7 m see Table 3 SFP 1 Gb Ethernet SFP RJ 45 Transceiver 00FE333 1000BASE T UTP Category 5 5E and 6 up to 100 meters RJ 45 SFP SX Transceiver 81Y1622 1000BASE SX Up 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo see Table 3 850 nm multimode fiber cable up to 550 m 50 µ or up...

Page 15: ...e offerings are country specific that is each country might have its own service types service levels response times and terms and conditions Not all covered types of warranty service offerings might be available in a particular country For more information about the Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country visit the Product Selector at the following website htt...

Page 16: ...eak to a Lenovo sales representative or Lenovo Business Partner For examples of official tested configurations see the System Storage Interoperation Center SSIC at the following website http ibm com systems support storage ssic interoperability wss Lenovo provides extensive FCoE testing to deliver network interoperability For a full listing of supported FCoE and iSCSI configurations visit the Syst...

Page 17: ...cluded 90Y6456 90Y5178 95Y3762 95Y3760 88Y6454 95Y3760 pNIC vNIC2 G8264CS Cisco SAN Brocade SAN Storwize V3700 Storwize V7000 SAN Volume Controller DS3K 5K DS8K XIV Tape Win2008 WS2012 ESX 4 5 RHEL 5 6 SLES 10 11 QLogic 8200 PCIe Adapter FoD Key 90Y4600 00Y5624 pNIC vNIC2 G8264CS Cisco SAN Brocade SAN Storwize V3700 Storwize V7000 SAN Volume Controller DS3K 5K 8K XIV Tape Win2008 WS2012 ESX 4 5 RH...

Page 18: ...y it can go on to the client s storage devices Figure 5 Leveraging Ethernet further in an existing data center Table 6 summarizes the supported components Table 6 Components Adapter NIC mode Transit FCoE switch SAN switch Storage target OS levels Emulex VFA II III Adapter FoD key 49Y7950 49Y4274 49Y7940 49Y4274 95Y3751 Included 90Y6456 90Y5178 95Y3762 95Y3760 88Y7429 95Y3760 pNIC vNIC2 G8124E G826...

Page 19: ...he client can install the G8264CS to connect directly upstream to an Storwize V3700 V7000 using simpler Ethernet connectivity Figure 6 Leveraging Ethernet further in an existing data center with end to end FCoE Table 7 summarizes the supported components Table 7 Components Adapter NIC mode Transit FCoE switch SAN switch Storage target OS levels Emulex VFA II III Adapter FoD Key 49Y7950 49Y4274 49Y...

Page 20: ...se in the data center breaking out the FC connections and connecting to the existing SAN switches and then to the storage devices Figure 7 Leveraging a BladeCenter environment Table 8 summarizes the supported components Table 8 Components Adapter NIC mode FCoE switch SAN switch Storage target OS levels Emulex VFA 2 Adapter FoD Key pNIC vNIC2 G8264CS Cisco SAN Brocade SAN Storwize V3700 Storwize V7...

Page 21: ...ata center breaking out the FC connections and connecting to the existing Brocade or Cisco SAN switches and then in to the storage devices Figure 8 Leveraging G8264CS in a Flex System environment Table 9 summarizes the supported components Table 9 Components Adapter NIC mode Transit FCoE switch SAN switch Storage target OS levels LOM CN4054 4 port adapter BE3 pNIC vNIC1 vNIC2 or UFP SI4093 EN4093 ...

Page 22: ...he top of the rack or elsewhere in the data center and then connect directly into the storage device Note FLOGI is used to obtain a routable FCID for use in the FC frame exchange between the G8264CS and the Storwize V7000 The switch provides the FCID during a FLOGI exchange Figure 9 Leveraging G8264CS for end to end FCoE in a Flex System environment Table 10 summarizes the supported components Tab...

Page 23: ...18 Flex System SI4093 System Interconnect Modules By using Flex System x222 compute nodes clients can easily setup a single chassis and then scale up to nine chassis with easy to build a 252 node POD or cluster In addition the automated capabilities of adding additional chassis after initial setup of the first client can also exploit the acquisition and operation cost savings of converging Etherne...

Page 24: ...of upstream LAN connect to your existing network vendor of choice 4 Brocade or Cisco MDS SAN fabric The IBM System Storage FC disk controllers can be selected from DS3000 DS5000 DS8000 Storwize V7000 SAN Volume Controller XIV Related publications and links For more information see the following RackSwitch G8264CS product publications which are available at http ibm com support entry portal Documen...

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