Dell Poweredge M I/O Aggregator Switch - Dell External M1000e t Owner's Manual

form a distributed modular system. The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender connects to the server modules using 10 Gb
Ethernet and consists of eight 10 Gb Ethernet fabric uplinks to the parent Cisco Nexus switch. The Cisco Nexus B22
Fabric Extender module consists of the following:
• Sixteen 10 Gb (internal) Ethernet ports
• Eight 10 Gb Ethernet SFP + ports
• Two single color LEDs per port for external uplink ports
Figure 18. Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender Module
1. external network ports (8)
2. port LED indicator
3. status indicator
4. identification indicator

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.
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