Front-End And Back-End Switch Connections - Dell ECS EX Series Hardware Manual

Table 4. Switch port number (continued)
Switch Port number
Fox 1-16
17-32
33
34
35
36
37-38
39
40
41-44
45-48
49-50
51-54

Front-end and back-end switch connections

The front-end switch management ports connect to back-end switch ports via two CAT6 cable and two 1GBaseT SFP.
These two cables and two SFP are used for Dell EMC switches. If you are deploying in a third party rack with customer
switches, or using customer switches in a Dell EMC rack, these two cables and two SFP are not required.
The connection between the front-end switch ports and back-end switch ports are as follows:
● Hare (FE2) to Fox (BE1)
● Rabbit (FE1) to Hound (BE2)
The connections are shown with green lines in the following diagram.
Description
Private network ports connected to nodes (10/25 GbE)
iDRAC ports
To Rabbit (FE1) switch
To service tray in front
To Hare (FE2) switch
Open for rear service connectivity
Not designated
In from Gen2 Turtle switch
Out to Gen2 Turtle switch
In from EX-Series rack when the ECS system has more than one rack (10/25 GbE)
Out to EX-Series rack when the ECS system has more than one rack (10/25 GbE)
VLT ports (100 GbE)
Not designated (100 GbE)
Switches 13