Dell PowerEdge M1000e User Manual

M-Series Blade I/O Guide
I/O Connectivity Options for the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure
January 15, 2014
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Dell PowerEdge M1000e Specifications

General

Form Factor	Blade Enclosure
Power Supply	Up to six 2700W hot-plug power supplies
Cooling	Redundant, hot-swappable fan modules
I/O Slots	Ethernet, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and InfiniBand
Management	Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
Maximum Blades	16 half-height blades

Summary

Ethernet I/O Modules

Converged Ethernet Switches

Details MXL, I/O Aggregator, M8024-k, and M8428-k converged Ethernet switches.

10Gb Ethernet Pass Through

Explains the 10Gb Ethernet Pass Through module for transparent server to LAN connections.

Cisco Nexus Blade Fabric Extender (FEX)

Describes the B22DELL FEX as a remote line card for Cisco Nexus switches.

1Gb Ethernet Switches

Details the M6348 high-density and M6220 basic 1GbE Ethernet switches.

1Gb Ethernet Pass-Through Module

Cisco Catalyst Blade Switches

Fibre Channel I/O Modules

Brocade M6505 16Gb FC Switch

Details the Brocade M6505 16Gb Fibre Channel switch.

Brocade M5424 8Gb FC Switch

Covers the Brocade M5424 8Gb Fibre Channel SAN solution.

Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module

Describes the Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module for modular SAN connectivity.

Dell 8/4Gbps FC Pass-Through

InfiniBand I/O Modules

Mellanox M4001F 56Gb FDR Switch

Details the Mellanox M4001F high-performance InfiniBand switch.

Mellanox M4001T 40Gb FDR10 Switch

Covers the Mellanox M4001T mainstream InfiniBand switch.

System Management and Interoperability

M1000e Enhanced Management

I/O Interoperability Guide

1Gb Ethernet I/O Interoperability

10Gb Ethernet I/O Interoperability

InfiniBand I/O Interoperability

Fibre Channel I/O Interoperability

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