Description Of Hardware; Ethernet Ports - Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERGY BX Description

Features and Benefits Introduction

2.2 Description of Hardware

Ethernet Switch Module Port Configurations
PRIMERGY BX600 Front Panel Port Description
The PRIMERGY BX600 Ethernet Switch Module contains 6 Gigabit Ethernet ports and two
10G Ethernet port for connecting to the network and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports for connecting
PRIMERGY BX Blade Server management MMB modules.
The six Gigabit Ethernet ports can operate at 10, 100 or 1000 Mbps. These ports support auto
negotiation, duplex mode (Half or Full duplex), and flow control. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
that connect to server modules can only operate at 1000 Mbps, full-duplex. These 10 ports also
support flow control. The two 10G port for XFP & CX4 interface is up-link.
The following figure illustrates the PRIMERGY BX600 front panel.
Figure 1. PRIMERGY BX600 Front Panel

2.2.1 Ethernet Ports

Up-link Ports
Six external RJ-45 ports support IEEE 802.3x auto-negotiation of speed, duplex mode, and
flow control. Each port can operate at 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps, full and half duplex,
and control the data stream to prevent buffers from overflowing. The up-link ports can be
connected to other IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T compliant devices up to 100 m (328 ft.) away
using Category 5 twisted-pair cable. These ports also feature automatic MDI/MDI-X operation,
so you can use straight-through cables for all connections. The 10 G CX4 module is the
standard infiniband. The other XFP will support the single and dual mode. These up-link ports
are named g11 – g18 in the configuration interface.
Note – Note that when using auto-negotiation, the speed, transmission mode and flow control
can be automatically set if this feature is also supported by the attached device. Otherwise,
these items can be manually configured for any connection.
Note – Auto-negotiation must be enabled for automatic MDI/MDI-X pin-out configuration.
Internal Ports
The switch also includes 10 internal 1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet ports that connect to the
server blades in the chassis. These ports are fixed at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. The internal ports
are named g1 – g10 in the configuration interface.
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