Mellanox Technologies SwitchX-2 MSX6005F-1BFS Hardware User Manual page 25

SwitchX®-2 12 Port InfiniBand Switch System Hardware User Manual
2.6.3 USB Connector Internally Managed Switches Only
There is a single mini USB connector. This connector can be used to install software and or firm-
ware upgrades using a memory device that has a USB connector. This connector is USB 2.0 com-
pliant.
2.6.4 I2C Connector On Internally Managed Switches
There is an I2C connector on the far right of the rear side of the switch.
and Troubleshooting only.
firmware image be damaged and cannot be upgraded through a host PC or remotely. This inter-
face is for support personnel and advanced users only.
Each Ethernet connector gets connected to Ethernet switches. These switches must be
configured to 100M/1G auto-negotiation.
Use only FCC compliant Ethernet cables.
The externally managed switches are Plug and Play and all firmware updates should
be done in-band. The I2C connection should only be used if the firmware image was
corrupted to the point that the regular firmware tools cannot successfully reburn the
correct image.
The USB connector is not found on externally managed switches.
USB 1.0 is not supported.
Do NOT use excessive force when inserting or extracting the USB from the connec-
tor.
This connector can be used to install firmware upgrades, should the
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