Air Flow; Qsfp Cable Power Budget Classification; Management Module Interfaces; I2C/Console (Rs232) - Mellanox Technologies Switch-IB User Manual

3.2

Air Flow

These switches come with the air flow pattern of air entering through the spine side and exiting
through the connector side.
3.3

QSFP Cable Power Budget Classification

All Switch-IB™ and Switch-IB™ 2 based switch systems are designed for active cables with a
max power per module of 3.5W. This is power level 4 according to the QSFP Public Specifica-
tion.
3.4

Management Module Interfaces

The switch system requires at least one management module. The management module has 6
interfaces to connect to the director switch system. They are:
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• 1 I C/CONSOLE port – this is an I
• 2 MGMT – this is an Ethernet connector
• 1 USB port
• 1 RST – reset button
• 1 QSFP port – for debug purposes only
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3.4.1 I C/Console (RS232)
The console port is used during the installation process to configure the chassis for remote man-
agement. Connect this port to a local host using the harness supplied with the chassis. See the
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Figure 72: Top and Bottom Ports

2
C/RS232 connector for connecting to a host machine

Figure 73: Management Module Interfaces

Reset
USB
Mgmt1
Mgmt0 Console
Interfaces
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