Chapter 1. Introduction; The Ibm Documentation Cd - IBM G8052 Installation Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction

This Installation Guide provides information and instructions for installing an IBM
System Networking RackSwitch
management of the switch, see the Command Reference and the product release
notes.
The RackSwitch G8052 is a rackable aggregation switch with unmatched line-rate
Layer 2/3 performance. The G8052 uses a wire-speed, non-blocking switching
fabric that provides simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at low
latency on all ports.
The G8052 contains forty-eight 10/100/1000BASET ports and four 10 GbE SFP+
ports. The SFP+ ports can be populated with optical or copper transceivers, or
Direct Attach Cables (DACs).
This 1U switch is rack mountable in either the horizontal or vertical direction,
depending on your application.
You can manage the switch through the console port, or through a network
connection using Telnet, a Web browser-based interface, or SNMP-based network
management software. For more information, see Chapter 4, "Initializing the
RackSwitch," on page 47.
If documentation updates are available, you can download them from
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/. The switch might have features that are not
described in the documentation that comes with the switch, and the documentation
might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or
technical updates might be available to provide additional information that is not
included in the switch documentation.
To check for documentation updates,
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/ and click Documentation.
2. In the Quick find field enter the name of your product and press Enter.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. Procedures for locating

The IBM Documentation CD

The IBM Documentation CD contains documentation for your switch in Portable
Document Format (PDF).
The Documentation CD includes the product installation guide, safety document and
the license machine access code (LAMC) document. The Environmental Notices
CD includes the Environmental Notices for the product. To access these
documents:
v If you are using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into the CD or DVD
v If you are using a Linux operating system, insert the CD into the CD or DVD
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firmware and documentation might vary slightly from what is described in this
document.
drive and from My Computer, double click the CD or DVD drive and select the
installation guide that supports your product.
drive and run the following command from the mnt/cd directory, sh.linux.sh.
Select the installation guide that supports your product.
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