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Chapter 3. Information panel LEDs and external ports
This chapter describes the information panel and LEDs on the IBM
BladeCenter 4-Port Gb Ethernet Switch Module. This chapter also identifies the
external ports on the information panel.
Information panel
The information panel of the switch module consists of LEDs and four external
1000BASE-T ports, as shown in the following illustration.
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Ports
The switch module contains:
v Comprehensive LEDs display the status of the switch module and the
network (see "LEDs" on page 18).
v Fourteen internal ports, one connected to each of the processor blades.
v Two internal full-duplex 10/100 Mbps ports connected to the management
module.
v Four external 1000BASE-T Ethernet ports for 10/100/1000 Mbps connections
to external Ethernet devices, such as backbones, end stations, and servers.
These ports are identified as Ext1, Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 in the switch
configuration menus and are labeled 1 through 4 (from top to bottom) on
the switch module, as shown in the preceding illustration.
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LEDs
LINK
1
TX/RX
LINK
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LEDs
TX/RX
LINK
3
TX/RX
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TX/RX
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