Dell 1955 owner manual PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet Switch Module, Card Either or both Bays

Table 1-9 lists the valid I/O module configurations. See Figure 1-5 for I/O bay locations.

Table 1-9. Valid I/O Module Configurations

Network Controller	Bay IO/1	Bay IO/2	Bay IO/3	Bay IO/4
Server Module	Ethernet switch	N/A	N/A	N/A
Embedded NIC 1	module or pass-
	through module
Server Module	N/A	Ethernet switch	N/A	N/A
Embedded NIC 2		module or pass-
		through module
Fibre Channel	N/A	N/A	Fibre channel	N/A
Daughter Card Port 1			switch or pass-
			through module
Fibre Channel	N/A	N/A	N/A	Fibre channel
Daughter Card Port 2				switch or pass-
				through module
Gb Ethernet Daughter	N/A	N/A	Ethernet switch
Card Port 1			module or pass-
			through module
Gb Ethernet Daughter	N/A	N/A		Ethernet switch
Card Port 2				module or pass-
				through module
Infiniband Daughter	N/A	N/A	Infiniband module	Infiniband module
Card			(either or both	(either or both
			bays)	bays)

PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet Switch Module

The PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet switch module is a 16-port switch with 6 uplinks and 10 downlinks (see Figure 1-11). The uplinks connect to the external Ethernet network and operate at 1/2/4 Gb. The downlinks connect to the embedded Ethernet controller on the server module and operate at 1 Gb only.

The PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet switch module is hot-pluggable. To provide connectivity into separate Ethernet networks, two switch modules can be installed in bays I/O 1 and I/O 2 (see Figure 1-5). I/O bays 3 and 4 require that you install a Gb Ethernet daughter card in the server module. If redundancy is not required, the switch module must be installed in I/O 1 bay. The switch module has an internal serial port that communicates with the DRAC/MC module. Table 1-10 lists the indicators on each switch module. For additional information about the PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet switch module, see the documentation that shipped with the module.

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