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DellForce10MXL10/40GbESwitchIOModuleGettingStartedGuideJune2012RegulatoryModel:DF10MXLNotes,Cautions,andWarningsNOTE:ANOTEindicatesimportantinformationthathelpsyoumakebetteruseofyourdevice.CAUTION:ACAUTIONindicatespotentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataifinstructionsarenotfollowed.WARNING:AWARNINGindicatesapotentialforpropertydamage,personalinjury,ordeath.____________________Informationinthispublicationissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.©2012DellInc.Allrightsreserved.ReproductionofthesematerialsinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutthewrittenpermissionofDellInc.isstrictlyforbidden.Trademarksusedinthistext:Dell™,theDELLlogo,DellPrecision™,OptiPlex™,Latitude™,PowerEdge™,PowerVault™,PowerConnect™,OpenManage™,EqualLogic™,KACE™,FlexAddress™andVostro™aretrademarksofDellInc.Intel®,Pentium®,Xeon®,Core™andCeleron®areregisteredtrademarksofIntelCorporationintheU.S.andothercountries.AMD®isaregisteredtrademarkandAMDOpteron™,AMDPhenom™,andAMDSempron™aretrademarksofAdvancedMicroDevices,Inc.Microsoft®,Windows®,WindowsServer®,MS-DOS®andWindowsVista®areeithertrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.RedHatEnterpriseLinux®andEnterpriseLinux®areregisteredtrademarksofRedHat,Inc.intheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.Novell®isaregisteredtrademarkandSUSE™isatrademarkofNovellInc.intheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Oracle®isaregisteredtrademarkofOracleCorporationand/oritsaffiliates.Citrix®,Xen®,XenServer®andXenMotion®areeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofCitrixSystems,Inc.intheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.VMware®,VirtualSMP®,vMotion®,vCenter®,andvSphere®areregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofVMWare,Inc.intheUnitedStatesorothercountries.Othertrademarksandtradenamesmaybeusedinthispublicationtorefertoeithertheentitiesclaimingthemarksandnamesortheirproducts.DellInc.disclaimsanyproprietaryinterestintrademarksandtradenamesotherthanitsown.RegulatoryModelDF10MXLJune2012P/NWMDP6Rev.A00Contents3Contents1Introduction........................52ProductDescription.................53HardwareOverview..................6InternalPorts........................6FrontPanel.........................6BaseModule........................7FlexIOTMPlug-inModules.................7PortNumbering......................9USBPorts........................10SystemandPortLEDs..................11Installation........................13UnpackingtheSwitch..................144InstallingandConfiguringtheSwitch...14InstallingtheSwitchBladeinaPowerEdgeM1000e.16ConnectingaConsoleTerminal.............184ContentsInvokingtheX-LoaderandU-BootCLIs.........19PerformingtheInitialConfiguration...........195AssemblingaSwitchStack..........25ConfiguringandBringingUpaStack..........26ManagingaStack....................286Splitting40GbEQSFP+Portsinto10GbESFP+Ports............................307SwitchConfiguration...............31DCBSupport.......................32FCoEConnectivity....................32iSCSIOperation.....................328NextSteps.......................339TechnicalSpecifications............34ChassisPhysicalDesign.................34EnvironmentalParameters................34PowerRequirements...................35IEEEStandards......................35Introduction5IntroductionThisdocumentprovidesbasicinformationabouttheDellForce10MXL10/40GbESwitchIOModule,includinghowtoinstalltheswitchintheDellPowerEdgeM1000eEnclosureandperformtheinitialconfiguration.Formoredetailedinformationaboutanyofthebasicinstallationsteps,refertotheDellPowerEdgeM1000eEnclosureOwner'sManualontheDellSupportwebsiteat(FTOS),providingswitching,bridging,androutingfunctionalityfortransmittingdata,storage,andservertrafficasfollows:•GbE/10GbEconnectionsthroughthemidplanetoupto32serverportsinthechassis•GbE,10GbEor40GbEconnectionsthroughuplinkportstotop-of-rack(ToR)switches•40GbEstackingconnectionstootherMXL10/40GbESwitchesinaswitchstackInadatacenternetwork,theMXL10/40GbESwitchprovidesconvergednetworksupportandinteroperateswithDellandthird-partyToRdevices.Theswitchsupportsdatacenterbridging(DCB)features,andoptimizesconnectivitybetweenserversandstoragedevicesoverFiberChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)andiSCSIlinks.Byprovidingincreased40GbEbandwidthfordeviceinterconnectioninasharednetworkstorageenvironment,withthepossibilityofsplitting40GbEQSFP+uplinksinto10GbESFP+connections,theMXL10/40GbESwitchisperfectlypositionedtohelptransitionadatacenterwithmultiplespeedrequirements.6HardwareOverviewHardwareOverviewThissectioncontainsinformationaboutdevicecharacteristicsandmodularhardwareconfigurationsfortheMXL10/40GbESwitch.InternalPortsTheMXL10/40GbESwitchprovides321/10-GigabitEthernetinternalports.TheinternalportsareconnectedtoserverbladesthroughtheM1000echassismidplane.Eachportcanoperateineithe