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    www .mellanox.com Third p arty in forma tion br ought to you co ur tesy of Del l. SwitchX 56Gb/s Infini Band Blade Switch I/O Module for PowerEdge M-Series User Manual PN: M4 001F , M4 001Q Rev 1.0[...]

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    Mellano x T ec hnolo gies 350 Oak mead Park way Suite 100 Sunnyv ale, CA 94 085 U.S.A. www .me llanox.com T el: (408) 970- 3400 Fax: (40 8) 970-3403 Mellano x T ec hnologi es, Ltd. Beit Mel lanox PO Box 586 Y okneam 206 92 Israel T el : +972 (0)4 909 7200 ; +972 (0)74 723 7200 Fax: +972 (0)4 959 3 245 © Co pyright 2012 . Mellanox, Brid geX, Connec[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 3 Content s Contents 3 Revision Hist ory 4 About t his Manual 5 Chapter 1 Overvi ew 7 1.1 Infini Band Conn ectors 8 1.2 Switch S tatus Li ght s 9 1.3 I2C Interface RJ-45 Connec t or 10 Chapter 2 Inst allatio n and Basic Oper ation 11 2.1 Installati on Sa[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 4 Revi sion Hi stor y T able 1 - Revision History T able Dat e Revision Description Nove mber 2 01 1 1.0 Initial release[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 5 About this Manual This manual describe s the inst alla tion and ba sic use of t he SwitchX M4001 F 56 Gb/s, a nd the M4001Q 40 Gb/s I nfiniBand blade swit ch I/ O modules for the PowerEd ge M-Seri es chassi s. Intended Au dience This manua l is intende[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 6 This symbol in dicates information th at is helpful to the user . This symbol indicates a situation that can p otentially cause damage to hard ware or software. BEWARE! This symbol indicates a s ituation that can poten tially cause personal in jury or damage t o hardware or s oftware.[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 7 1O v e r v i e w The Switch X M4001F 56 Gb/ s, and the M4001Q 40 Gb/s Infi niBand blad e switch I /O module fo r the Po werE dge M-S erie s chas sis pr ovide s a hig h ban dwidt h, low latenc y fab ric for Ente rpris e Data Centers (EDC), Hi gh-Perform[...]

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    Overview Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 8 Figure 1: Switch Front Panel and Locking Mechanism 1.1 InfiniBand Co nnectors This swi tch has 16 QSFP conne ctors through t he fr ont panel . The re maining 16 inter faces ar e through t he Midplane Connect or out of the back of the swi tch. Figure 1 shows th e front 16 ports . Each of t he Infini Band p[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 9 Figure 2: Physical and Logical Link I ndication LEDs 1.2 Switch St atus Light s The swit ch Sta tus light s indicate whether t he switch is re ceiving powe r from the chass is, and t he state of the swit ch . Figu re 3 : Indi cat or LE Ds Ta b l e 3 - [...]

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    Overview Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 10 1.3 I2C Inter face RJ-45 Connector There is an “I2C” interfa ce on the f ront p anel. Figure 4: I2C RJ-45 Inter face The I2C c onnection provi des acce ss to Flash an d EEPROMs. The I2C c onnector is used to upd ate firm ware shou ld in-b and f irm ware updat e not work . Y ou will need to order an R[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 11 2 Inst a llation and Ba sic Operation Instal lati on and initia liza tion of the I/ O module are st raigh tforward pr ocesses, req uiri ng attenti on to the n ormal mechani cal, p ower , and thermal pre cauti ons for r ack-mounted equipmen t. The I/O [...]

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    Install ation and Basic Operatio n Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 12 5. Copper Infi niBand Cabl e Connecting /Disconnect ing 6. Rack Mounti ng and Servic ing 7. Equipment Ins tallati on 8. Equipment Dis posal 9. Local and Nat ional Elec trica l Codes Copper Inf iniBand cables are heavy and no t flex ible, as such they should be carefully attached[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 13 2.2 Mechanical Inst allation These swit ches a re hot plu ggable . It is not neces sary to powe r down th e Dell Chass is to install a new switc h or to rep lace an ol d switch wi th a new one. Figur e 5: Rear View of the Dell P owerEd ge M1000e Ch as[...]

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    Install ation and Basic Operatio n Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 14 2.2.2 Removing a n I/O Module Blank From the Chassis 1. Unlock th e I/O Module Bl ank by p ushing the red la tch rele ase butto n. 2. Pull th e locki ng arm down to a posi tion perpe ndicular to th e front of the chas sis. 3. Pull th e I/O Module Bl ank out of the cha ssis usi n[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 15 T o remove, disen gage t he locks a nd slowly p ull t he connect or away from the po rt recep tacle . Both LED in dicat ors w ill tur n off whe n the ca ble is u nsea ted. Care shou ld be t aken not t o impede the air exhau st fl ow through t he chas [...]

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    Cluster Ma nagem ent and Fi rmware Re v 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 16 3 Cluster Management and Fi rmware 3.1 Network Manageme nt and Clustering Software Download and install , on al l nodes, the Mella nox OpenFabri c softwar e package f or Linu x, W indo ws, or other o perating syste ms from the Mel lanox soft ware web site: http:/ /www .mellanox[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 17 4 T roubleshooting As soon as a switch i s insert ed in make su re that t he power LED co mes on. The power LED for the switch does not come on: 1. Check tha t the chas sis ha s power . 2. Remove and r einst all the s witch. The status LED for the swi[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 18 Append ix A : S pec ifica tions T able 4 - M40 01[F , Q ] Specificat ion Data Phys ical Power and Environmental H x W x D: We i g h t : Mountin g: SerDes Speed s Connectors: 12.2 x 1. 3 4 x 10.7 i nch es 310. 7 x 34 .1 x 27 1.8 mm 2.6Kg f ul ly configu red V ertically mounted rac k 10, 20 , 40, 56 Gb/s p er port [...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 19 Scal ability a nd Perfor manc e Switch ing Performance: Addressing: Swi t ch i n g Cap a ci ty Simult aneous wire -speed an y port to an y port 48K Unica st Addresses Ma x. per Subn et 16K Mul tic a st Addre sses per Subne t 2.56 T b/s Phys ical Power[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 20 Appendix B : EMC Cert ification St ate ment s[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 21 Appendix B.1: FCC Statements (USA) Clas s A St atem ent s: § 15.21 Statement Warnin g! Change s or m odificati ons to this eq uipment not e xpressly approv ed by the part y resp onsible for compl ian ce (Mell ano x T echnologi es) cou ld voi d th e u[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 22 (T ra nslation - "Th is is a Class A product based on the standard o f the V o luntary Co ntrol Council for Interference by Information T echnology Equipment ( VCCI). If this equipment is used in a dome stic environment, radio interfer ence may occur , in wh ic h case the user may be required to take corr ec[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 23 Append ix C : QSFP Inter face GND Rx2 n GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Rx1n Rx2 p Rx1p GND GND GND GND GND GN D Tx2n Tx1n Tx2p Tx1p Tx4n Tx3n Tx4p Tx3p GND GND Rx4 n Rx3n Rx[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 24 Figure 6: Pinout Looking Into the Rear of the Connector and the Front of the Cage 18.35 8.50 Top ResetL SDA SCL ModSelL RX3p TX2n GND VccRx 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TX2p GND TX4n TX4p GND 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 GND GND GND RX3n RX1p RX1n 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 3 3 [...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 25 Appendix D : A ver tissements de sécurité d’inst allation 1. Instruct ions d’ install ation 2. T empératur e excess ive 3. E mpil age d u châ s sis 4. Orages – dang ers él ectriques 5. Branchement/ débranche ment des câbl es Infini Band e[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 26 9. Codes éle ctriques l ocaux et nat ionaux Ce matériel doit êt re ins tallé da ns le res pect des c odes él ectriqu es loc aux et nationaux.[...]

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    InfiniBan d Blade Sw itch I/O Module f or PowerEdg e M-Series Rev 1.0 Mellano x Tec hno logie s 27 Append ix E: Inst allation - Sich erheit shinweise 1. Install ationsanl eitungen 2. Übertemp era tur 3. S tapeln des Chass is 4. Bei Gewitt er - Elekt rische G efahr 5. Anschließ en/T rennen v on InfiniBand -Kupferka bel 6. Rack-Montag e und W artun[...]

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    Rev 1.0 Mellan ox Techn ologie s 28 9. Regionale und national e elektri sche Bestim mungen Dieses Gerät sol lte unter Beachtung der regionalen und nationalen el ektrischen Bestimmungen i nstal liert we rden.[...]