Dell Comprehensive Guide to M8428-K Specifications and Configurations

	Appendix
Dell M8428-k specifications	A

In this chapter

•NPIV Mode default port mapping	27
•Processor and memory specifications	27
•Weight and physical dimensions	28
•Facility requirements	28
•Electrical	29
•Architectural specification	29
•Supported mezzanine cards	30
•Fibre Channel standards compliance	30
•Regulatory compliance	31
•Environmental regulation compliance	34

NPIV Mode default port mapping

The switch module contains 28 total ports. Of these, F_Ports are ports 1-24 and N_Ports are ports 0 and 25-27.

In NPIV mode, the switch module F_Ports are mapped to N_Ports. The following table lists the factory-default F_Port to N_Port mapping for NPIV mode.

TABLE 4	NPIV mode port mapping
F_Ports	mapped to N_Ports
1-4, 17, 18	25
5-8, 19, 20	26
9-12, 21, 22	27
13-16, 23, 24	0

Ports 17-24 are the eight external CEE ports.

Processor and memory specifications

The processor and memory installed in the switch module are shown in Table 5.

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