Hardware Overview; Internal Ports; Front Panel; Base Module With 40Gbe Ports - Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator Getting Started Manual

Hardware Overview

This section contains information about device characteristics and modular
hardware configurations for the Aggregator.

Internal Ports

The Aggregator provides thirty-two 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet internal ports. The
internal ports are connected to server blades through the M1000e chassis
midplane. Each port can operate in either 1GbE or 10GbE mode.
The Aggregator also provides an internal Ethernet interface—the out-of-band
(OOB) interface—which is dedicated to switch management. Traffic on this
port is segregated from operational network traffic on the switch ports and
cannot be switched or routed to the operational network.

Front Panel

Figure 1-1 shows the Aggregator front panel:
Figure 1-1. I/O Aggregator Front Panel
Activity and Link Status LEDs
USB Storage Port
USB Console Port
Expansion Slot 0
Expansion Slot 1
40GbE QSFP+ Ports

Base Module with 40GbE Ports

The Aggregator provides two fixed 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the base
module. By default, these ports operate in 4x10GbE mode with breakout cables
and support up to eight 10GbE uplinks. You can also use the base-module ports
as 40GbE links for stacking.
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Hardware Overview