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Modifying the converged network switch IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring for FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the switch to the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing from NPIV aggregator mode to full fabric mode. . . . . . . . 17
Changing from full fabric mode to NPIV aggregator mode. . . . . . . . 18
Backing up the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Accessing the converged network switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Interpreting LED activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Locating the serial number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing and replacing the converged network switch . . . . . . . . . 25
Appendix A
Dell M8428-k specifications
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
NPIV Mode default port mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Processor and memory specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Architectural specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Supported mezzanine cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Fibre Channel standards compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the CMC CLI to set the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the CMC GUI to set the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Dell M8428-k CLI to set the IP address. . . . . . . . . . . 12
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing to NPIV mode using the browser-based GUI . . . . . . . 18
Port negotiation on Fibre Channel ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switch module status LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Port status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dell M8428-k Hardware Reference Manual
53-1001980-01
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