Hardware Overview; Internal Ports; Front Panel - Dell Force10 MXL Blade Getting Started Manual

Hardware Overview

This section contains information about device characteristics and modular
hardware configurations for the MXL 10/40GbE Switch.

Internal Ports

The MXL 10/40GbE Switch provides 32 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. Internal
ports are numbered 1 to 32.
The MXL 10/40GbE Switch also provides an internal Ethernet interface—the
out-of-band (OOB) interface—which is dedicated to switch management.
The OOB interface is connected to the chassis management controller
(CMC) through the chassis midplane. 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 MXL 10/40GbE Switch front panel:
Figure 1-1. MXL 10/40GbE Switch: Front Panel l
USB Console Port
Expansion Slot 0
Expansion Slot 1
40GbE QSFP+ Ports
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Hardware Overview