Chapter 1. introduction, Chapter, Introduction – IBM Nortel 10 User Manual

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Chapter

1.

Introduction

The

Nortel

10

Gigabit

Uplink

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

IBM

®

BladeCenter

®

is

an

I/O

module

that

is

installed

into

a

BladeCenter

unit.

This

Installation

Guide

contains

information

about

installing

and

configuring

the

Nortel

10

Gigabit

Uplink

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

IBM

BladeCenter.

Note:

Throughout

this

document,

the

Nortel

10

Gb

Uplink

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

IBM

BladeCenter

is

referred

to

as

the

GbE

switch

module.

For

installation

details,

see

Chapter

2,

“Installing

and

removing

the

GbE

switch

module,”

on

page

9

and

Chapter

3,

“Installing

and

removing

options,”

on

page

15.

For

additional

information,

see

the

instructions

in

the

BladeCenter

documentation.

The

product

name

and

serial

number

are

on

the

identification

label

on

the

GbE

switch

module.

You

will

need

this

information

when

you

register

your

GbE

switch

module

with

IBM.

The

media

access

control

(MAC)

address

is

on

a

separate

label

on

the

information

panel

under

the

external

Ethernet

port

connectors.

See

the

following

illustration

for

the

locations

of

the

identification

label

and

the

MAC

address

label.

Note:

The

illustrations

in

this

document

might

differ

from

your

hardware.

Media access control
(MAC) address label

Product name
and serial
number label

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2006

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