Internally Managed Vs. Externally Managed; Table 3: Switch Management By Opn - Mellanox Technologies MIS5025 Installation Manual

Internally Managed vs. Externally Managed

The following table shows which switches come with a management CPU and which do not.
Managed switches can be upgraded from simple chassis management to full fabric management
by purchasing an additional license. For more information on buying a license see the user's
manual.
Unmanaged switches are plug and play out of the box. All switches come with the latest firm-
ware burned on the Flash. Update the firmware on unmanaged switches in-band only. When new
firmware is available you will receive an email with the link to the Mellanox firmware download
site. The download site has the Mellanox firmware tool package and full instructions for updating
firmware.
All managed switches have internal chassis management and can manage up to 108 nodes.
FabricIT can support IB fabrics of up to 648 nodes. Managed switches need an initial configura-
tion before they will start working. See Table 3 for details.
Table 3 - Switch Management by OPN
Managed /
Family
Unmanaged
IS5025 Unman-
aged
IS5030 Managed
IS5035 Managed
Should your unmanaged switch have CONSOLE, Ethernet, and USB connectors, they will not
work. Only the I2C connector will work on unmanaged switches.
Management Connections
No Management
Plug and play 
All firmware updates should be done in-band using Mellanox Firm-
ware Management Tools. 12C port access using MTUSB-1 device is
required for firmware updates if in-band burning is not possible.
RS232 cable DB9 to RJ45 included in the box to connect to host PC
for initial configuration of the switch. After initial configuration the
switch can be managed through the Ethernet using a remote connec-
tion.
This switch is capable of Fabric management for an unlimited num-
ber of nodes, with the purchase of Mellanox UFM.
RS232 cable DB9 to RJ45 included in the box to connect to host PC
for initial configuration of the switch. After initial configuration the
switch can be managed through the Ethernet using a remote connec-
tion.
This switch is capable of Fabric management for an unlimited num-
ber of nodes, with the purchase of Mellanox UFM.
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