Dell Force10 MXL Blade Getting Started Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Internal Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Base Module
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
FlexIO
TM
Plug-in Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Port Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
USB Ports
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System and Port LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Unpacking the Switch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Installing and Configuring the Switch. . . 14
Installing the Switch Blade in a PowerEdge M1000e . 16
Connecting a Console Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Dell Force10 MXL Blade Specifications

General

Switching Capacity	1.28 Tbps
Forwarding Rate	952 Mpps
Product Type	Blade Switch
Latency	< 3 microseconds
Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Redundancy	Yes
Management	CLI, SNMP, Web
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Jumbo Frame Support	Up to 9216 bytes
Management Ports	1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Storage Temperature	-40°C to 70°C
Weight	4.5 kg (9.9 lbs)