Chapter 1. The Rackswitch G8264; Introduction; G8264 Documentation; About This Installation Guide - Lenovo RackSwitch G8264 Installation Manual

Chapter 1. The RackSwitch G8264

Introduction

G8264 Documentation

About this Installation Guide

© Copyright 2015 Lenovo
This Installation Guide provides information about the Lenovo
G8264 (referred to as G8264 throughout this document).
The G8264 is a 1U rack-mountable aggregation switch with unmatched line-rate
Layer 2 and Layer 3 performance. The G8264 uses a wire-speed, non-blocking
switching fabric that provides simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets
at low latency on all ports.
The G8264 contains the following switching ports:
• Forty-eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Small Form Pluggable Plus (SFP+) ports
which also support legacy 1 GbE connections
• Four 40 GbE Quad Small Form Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) ports, each of which
can optionally be used as four 10GbE/FCoE SFP+ ports
SFP+ ports can be populated with optical or copper transceiver modules or
Direct-Attach Cables (DACs), and QSFP+ ports can be populated with optical
QSFP+ modules or DACs.
The G8264 is rack-mountable in either the horizontal or vertical direction, depending
on your application. Mounting options are available for a variety of rack systems (as
described in Chapter 3, "Installing G8264 Hardware and
For superior reliability, the G8264 uses redundant, hot-swap power supply modules
and four hot-swap fan modules. Module options are available for either front-to-rear
airflow, or rear-to-front airflow.
You can manage the switch through the local console port, or through a remote
network connection, a Web browser-based interface, or SNMP-based network
management software. For more information, see
on page 69.
Note: Other features supported on your switch depend on the specific firmware
installed. For more information, see the Application Guide and Command
Reference for your specific switch and its installed firmware.
This Installation Guide provides information and instructions for installing the
G8264, updating the firmware, and solving problems. For other information about
configuration and management of the switch, refer to the documents described in
"Related Documentation" on page
Note:
• The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
• The console output described or referenced in this document might differ slightly
from that displayed by your system. Output varies according to the type of
Lenovo chassis and the firmware versions and options that are installed.
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