Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s - Manual (Page 5)

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Hardware Overview
This section contains information about input/output aggregator (IOA) characteristics and modular
hardware configurations.
Internal Ports
The Aggregator provides 8x10 Gigabit Ethernet internal ports. The internal ports are connected to a
server through the Dell PowerEdge FX2 server chassis midplane.
The Aggregator also provides an internal Ethernet interface — the out-of-band (OOB) interface, which is
dedicated to switch management traffic on this port. The OOB interface is segregated from operational
network traffic on the switch ports and cannot be switched or routed to the operational network.
Front Panel
The following figure shows the Aggregator front panel.
Figure 1. I/O Aggregator Front Panel
Port Numbering
When installed in a server enclosure, the Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Aggregator ports are numbered from 1
to 12. Ports from 1 to 8 are internal server-facing ports. Ports from 9 to 12 are external ports numbered
from left to right on the switch.
The following three types of stock keeping units (SKUs) are supported with the external interfaces on the
front:
• FN410S (4x10G SFP+)
• FN410T (4x10G Base-T)
• FN2210S (4x10G Combo ports with Ethernet and Fibre Channel)
The properties of the Combo card are:
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