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Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual

Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator Switch

The PowerEdge I/O Aggregator is a layer 2 switch blade with two fixed 40 GbE ports on the base module and provides support for two optional plug-in modules. The Aggregator runs the Dell Force10 Operating System (FTOS) and autoconfigures as an unmanaged switch with bridging and multiplexing features.
This module provides:
  • Thirty-two 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet internal ports-each port can operate in either 1 GbE or 10 GbE mode.
  • An internal Ethernet interface for switch management.
  • Two fixed 40 GbE ports on the base module. These ports operate in 4 x 10 GbE mode with breakout cables and support up to eight 10 GbE uplink ports. The 40 GbE ports can be configured as stacking links.
  • FlexIO plug-in modules in two expansion slots:
    • Four-port 10 GbE module using SFP+ optics or direct-attach cables (1 m, 3 m, or 5 m DAC)
    • Four-port 10GBASE-T module using RJ-45 connector (copper) cables
    • Two-port 40 GbE QSFP+ module for 10 GbE SFP+ connections using 4 x 10 GbE breakout cables.
For additional information about the PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator switch module, see the documentation that shipped with the module.
Figure 1. Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator Switch
The image shows the connectors and indicators on the Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator switch module.
  1. expansion slot 1
  2. expansion slot 0
  3. USB storage port
  4. activity and link LEDs
  5. USB console port
  6. 40 GbE QSFP+ ports

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