Brocade FCoE Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User’s Guide - Manual (Page 15)

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Chapter 1. Introducing the Brocade FCoE Switch Module
This Installation and User’s Guide contains the following instructions and information:
• Installing, removing, and replacing the high speed switch module
• Enabling the high speed switch module and its external ports
• Using the information panel, LEDs, and external ports on the high speed switch module
• Configuring the high speed switch module through a Telnet interface
• Configuring the high speed switch module through a Web browser interface
• Upgrading and expanding the functionality of the high speed switch module
• Performing basic troubleshooting tasks and solving problems with the high speed switch
module
• Getting help, service, and technical assistance
Important: This product is not intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means
whatsoever to interfaces of public telecommunications networks.
Notes:
1. Throughout this document, including the references to screen contents, the Brocade FCoE
Switch Module is generically referred to as the high speed switch module, HSSM, or the switch
module. With respect to certain screen contents or titles, a high speed switch module might be
referred to as a switch module or switch, because the term switch module or switch appears
on those screens.
2. Unless otherwise stated, references to the BladeCenter unit apply to all BladeCenter units that
support the I/O module. As of the date of this document, the following devices are examples of
applicable BladeCenter units:
• BladeCenter H unit
• BladeCenter HT unit
3. Unless otherwise stated, references to the blade server apply to all blade servers that support
the high speed switch module and expansion card.
4. The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
5. The screens that are described or referenced in this document might differ slightly from the
screens that are displayed by your system. Screen content varies according to the type of
BladeCenter unit and the firmware versions and options that are installed.
6. Unless otherwise stated, references to the management module apply only to the BladeCenter
Advanced Management Module, which is the only type of management module that supports
the Brocade FCoE Switch Module.
Components
The Brocade FCoE Switch Module has the following components:
• Fourteen internal autonegotiating (1 Gbps to 10 Gbps) CEE ports, one connected to each of the
blade servers in the BladeCenter H unit (twelve internal ports in the BladeCenter HT chassis)