Dell PowerEdge M1000e User Manual page 9

MXL – 10/40GbE blade
Industry leading 56 port design:
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– 32x 10Gb internal server ports
– Up to 6 external 40Gb ports
– Up to 24 external 10Gb ports (6 QSFP+ ports with breakout cables)
Two FlexIO bays enable choice (Modules can be different)
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– 2-port 40GbE QSFP+ module (can convert to 8-port 10GbE SFP+ using
breakout cables)
– 4-port 10GbE SFP+ module
– 4-port 10GBASE-T module (If running Base-T module then second IO slot
must be of different type due to power constraints)
– 4-port FC module
Stack up to 6 devices
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VLT
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PVST+ protocol for easy integration into Cisco environments
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Converged
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Supports DCB (protocols PFC, ETC and DCBx)
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Converged iSCSI with EqualLogic (supports iSCSI TLV)
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Two FCoE Options
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Native Fibre Channel uplinks with FC FlexIO module (FCoE on internal ports to the
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servers)
FCoE transit to top of rack switch with IOM acting as a FIP Snooping Bridge
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Industry standard CLI
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Enterprise class OS (FTOS)
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Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide
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Converged
Two
FlexIO
Modules
Two
QSFP+
ports