Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Getting Started Guide

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2016-01

Rev. A01

About this Guide

This document helps you in getting started with Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module. For complete installation and configuration information, refer to the following documents:

Table 1. Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Documents

Introduction

This document provides basic information about the Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module, including how to install and perform the initial configuration. This document assumes the Dell PowerEdge FX2 server chassis is installed correctly. For complete installation instructions, see the Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Installation Guide.

For information about how to bring up, configure, and monitor the switch features, see the Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Configuration Guide, which is available on the Dell Support website at http://www.dell.com/support/manuals.

Product Description

The FN I/O Module is a Layer 2/Layer 3, 12x10-Gigabit Ethernet switch that operates in a Dell PowerEdge FX2 server chassis. The chassis supports up to eight servers and two FN I/O modules with four uplink interfaces each. The FN I/O Module operates in Layer 2 I/O Aggregation mode or Layer 2/Layer 3 switch mode.

The Dell PowerEdge FX2 server chassis is managed by a single chassis management controller (CMC), which is similar to the CMC unit on the Dell PowerEdge M1000e and provides management connectivity to two FN I/O modules and the iDRAC units of all eight servers.

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NOTE: By default, the FN I/O Module is in standalone mode. You can change the mode into Full Switch mode using the stack-unit stack-unit-id atom-mode full-switch command. For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Command Line Reference Guide.

Hardware Overview

This section contains information about FN input/output module (IOM) characteristics and modular hardware configurations.

Internal Ports

The FN I/O Module provides 8x10 Gigabit Ethernet internal ports. The internal ports are connected to a server through the Dell PowerEdge FX2 server chassis midplane. It also provides an internal Ethernet interface — the out-of-band (OOB) interface, which is dedicated to switch management traffic on this port. The OOB interface is segregated from operational network traffic on the switch ports and cannot be switched or routed to the operational network.

Front Panel

The following figure shows the FN I/O Module front panel.

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USB Storage Port

Figure 1. FN I/O Module Front Panel

Port Numbering

When installed in a