Standards - IBM BladeCenter Installation Manual

Table 1. Features and specifications (continued)
v Two independent internal 100 Mbps FDX links connected to each of two
management modules (jumbo frame support not required on these links).
v Management-module I
v Level-2 (L2) switching per current industry standards and practice.
v "Non-networking" device appearance allows administration and installation of this
device by the system manager rather than a network administrator.
v Port aggregation (external ports).
v Port group failover (triggered by external ports).
v IEEE 802.3x Flow Control.
v Internet group multicast protocol (IGMP) snooping.
v IEEE 802.1Q support for SOL and optional user VLAN tagging of external ports.
v An embedded central processing subsystem for initialization, configuration, and
management.
v RADIUS or TACACS+ user authentication.
v Network cables
– 10BASE-T:
- UTP Category 3, 4, 5 (100 meters or 328.1 ft maximum)
- 100-ohm STP (100 meters or 328.1 ft maximum)
– 100BASE-TX:
- UTP Category 5 (100 meters or 328.1 ft maximum)
- EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm STP (100 meters or 328.1 ft maximum)
– 1000BASE-T:
- UTP Category 6 (standard for 1 GB devices)
- UTP Category 5e (100 meters or 328.1 ft maximum)
- UTP Category 5 (100 meters or 328.1 ft maximum)
- EIA/TIA-568B 100-ohm STP (100 meters or 328.1 ft maximum)

Standards

The Server Connectivity Module supports the following Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards:
v IEEE 802.3x
v IEEE 802.1Q (tagged) VLANs
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C interface that provides VPD and register access.
Chapter 1. Introduction
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