Dell Console Switch manual Safety Precautions, Flash Upgradable, Tiering Expansion

FLASH Upgradable

You can upgrade your firmware at any time through a simple update utility to ensure that your Console Switch system is always running the most current version available. Both the Console Switch and the SIPs are FLASH upgradable. See "Appendix A: Flash Upgrades" for more information.

Tiering Expansion

Each Console Switch supports up to 16 directly attached servers and can conveniently scale to support more. You can expand your system by tiering with Console Switches and legacy analog Console Switches. This extra “tier” of units allows you to attach up to 256 servers in one system. See "Tiering Console Switches" for more information.

Figure 1-2. Example of a Console Switch Configuration
	Console Switch
	(tiered)
Legacy Switch	Rack of Servers
(tiered)
SIP	Critical Server
Module

Analog

Connection

Console Switch (main)

Analog

Connection

Safety Precautions

Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system and working environment from potential damage.

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