Component Identification; Port Side Of The Switch; Internal Ports Summary; Switch Redundancy - Cisco MDS 8/12c User Manual

Component identification

Figure 1 identifies the physical components of the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch.
Figure 1

Identifying components

1 Midplane connector
3 Installation handle

Port side of the switch

Figure 1 identifies Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch external ports (ports EXT 1 through EXT 4 and ports EXT
5 through EXT 8).
Figure 2

Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch external ports

1 Left bank—EXT 1, EXT 2, EXT 3
and EXT 4
NOTE:
See Interpreting LED activity

Internal ports summary

Sixteen logical internal ports (numbered 1 through 16) connect sequentially to server bays 1 through 16
with the enclosure midplane. Server bay 1 is connected to Switch Port 1, Server bay 2 is connected to
Switch port 2, and so forth.

Switch redundancy

The HP BladeSystem c-Class is engineered as a no-single-point-of-failure bladed solution. Attributes that
contribute to switch redundancy include:
8 1 Overview
1
2 External SFP ports (Two
populated, six unpopulated
4 UID and Health LEDs)
1
2 Right bank—EXT 5, EXT 6, EXT 7
and EXT 8
for complete information on Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch LEDs.
scale: 3/8" = 1"
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