Dell M8428-K manual Introducing the Dell M8428-k, Npiv mode and full fabric mode

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Introducing the Dell M8428-k	1

In this chapter

•Dell M8428-k overview	1
•NPIV mode and full fabric mode	1
•Hardware description	3
•ISL trunking groups	6
•Optional features	6
•Unpacking and installing the Dell M8428-k	6

Dell M8428-k overview

The Dell M8428-k is a 28-port switch module with 8 external Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) ports, 4 external Fibre Channel (FC) ports, and 16 internal CEE ports that installs in a Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Server Enclosure. The switch module is designed to be inserted in any of the bays labeled B1, B2, C1, or C2.

The external CEE ports operate at 10 Gbps. The internal CEE ports can operate at either 10 Gbps or 1 Gbps. The FC ports support link speeds up to 8 Gbps.

The 16 internal ports connect to the server utilizing 10GBase-KR (KR) technology.

The Dell M8428-k ships with N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) mode enabled. This technology provides the ability to attach more devices to the fabric without having to create more domains.

Management for the converged network switch can be done through Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC), the browser based GUI, or the command line interface (CLI).

The switch module contains three (3) temperature sensors. While the sensors will report the temperature of the switch, they will not initiate shutdown if the temperature is too high. That decision is made by the CMC.

The switch ships with three licenses installed:

•Fabric license

•Enhanced Group Management license

•FCoE Base license

NPIV mode and full fabric mode

The converged network switch can function in either NPIV mode or full fabric mode.

•The switch module is shipped in NPIV mode by default.

Dell M8428-k Hardware Reference Manual	1
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