Table Of Contents - IBM EN4093R User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
UL Regulatory Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Chapter 1. The IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10 Gb
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Major components of the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Installing and removing the switch module
Before installing the switch module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Removing or replacing the switch
Installing and removing the SFP+ and QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cabling the switch, the SFP+ and the QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locating the information panels, LEDs, and external ports . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3. Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Establishing a TCP/IP session through the management module
Enabling management through external ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Accessing the switch through the SSHv2/Telnet interface . . . . . . . . . 22
Accessing the switch through the serial-port interface. . . . . . . . . . . 23
Accessing the switch through the browser-based interface . . . . . . . . . 23
Initial configuration
Logging in to the switch
Chapter 4. Updating the firmware and licensing
Determining the level of switch firmware
Obtaining the latest level of switch firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Upgrading the switch firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Resetting and restarting the switch
Acquiring feature licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Scalable Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Handling the SFP+ and QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the SFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing the QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Removing the SFP+ and QSFP+ module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the serial console cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Disconnecting the serial console cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the SFP+ and QSFP+ module cable . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Disconnecting the SFP+ and QSFP+ module cable . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the RJ-45 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Disconnecting the RJ-45 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Information LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Switch-module status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Port status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Accessing the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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