Dell M8428-K Electrical, Architectural specification

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Electrical A

Electrical

Table 8 lists switch module electrical specifications.

Architectural specification

The switch module meets the specifications shown in Table 9.

TABLE 8 Electrical specifications and requirements

Dimension Measurements

DC input 12 V and 3.3 V from chassis

Power consumption About 60 W normally and 70 W maximum measured

TABLE 9 Architecture

Feature Description

Scalability Refer to the current scalability guidelines publication

Certified maximum Refer to the current scalability guidelines publication

Performance -FC ports 1.063 Gbps line speed, full duplex

2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex

4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex

8.50 Gbps line speed, full duplex

Performance -CEE ports 1 Gbps line speed, or

10 Gbps line speed

Fabric latency

(full fabric mode only)

700 nanosecond with no contention, cut-through routing @ 8 Gbps

Maximum frame size Fibre Channel - 2112-byte payload

Ethernet - 9048 -byte frame

Class of service Class 2

Class 3

Class F (interswitch frames)

Port types FL_Port

F_Port

E_Port

N_Port

Fabric services

(full fabric mode only)

Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN),

Alias Server (multicast),;

Zoning, Web Tools, Enhanced Group Management, Fabric Watch

(optional), ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitor

Supported software Telnet, RADIUS, SNMP, Web Tools, Enhanced Group Management,

Fabric Watch, Advanced Zoning, ISL Trunking, Advanced

Performance Monitoring, Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)

Contents

Main Page Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Introducing the Dell M8428-k Chapter 2 Configuring the Dell M8428-k Chapter 3 Operating the Dell M8428-k Appendix A Dell M8428-k specifications Index Page About This Document How this document is organized Supported hardware and software Whats new in this document Document conventions Text formatting Command syntax conventions Command examples Notes, cautions, and warnings Notice to the reader Additional information Industry resources Getting technical help Page Page Introducing the Dell M8428-k Dell M8428-k overview NPIV mode and full fabric mode - TABLE 1 Hardware description Port side TABLE 1 FIGURE 1 Top view 3 21 7 68 45 Labeling Transceivers ISL trunking groups Optional features NPIV mode Full fabric mode Unpacking and installing the Dell M8428-k Page Page Configuring the Dell M8428-k Introduction Items required Modifying the converged network switch IP address Using the CMC CLI to set the IP address FIGURE 3 Using the CMC GUI to set the IP address Using the Dell M8428-k CLI to set the IP address Configuring for FCoE Connecting the switch to the Ethernet management network Connecting the switch to the fabric Page Page Changing from NPIV aggregator mode to full fabric mode Changing to full fabric mode using the browser-based GUI Changing to full fabric mode using the command line interface Changing from full fabric mode to NPIV aggregator mode Changing to NPIV mode using the browser-based GUI Changing to NPIV mode using the command line interface Backing up the configuration Operating the Dell M8428-k Interoperability Port negotiation on Fibre Channel ports Accessing the converged network switch Interpreting POST results Interpreting LED activity FIGURE 4 Switch module status LEDs Port status LEDs Locating the serial number TABLE 2 TABLE 3 Removing and replacing the converged network switch FIGURE 5 Appendix A Dell M8428-k specifications NPIV Mode default port mapping Processor and memory specifications Weight and physical dimensions Weight and physical dimensions The information in Table 7 shows the operating and non-operating limitations of the Dell M8428-k. Table 6 lists the weight and physical dimensions of the switch module. Facility requirements TABLE 5 Electrical The switch module meets the specifications shown in Table 9. Table 8 lists switch module electrical specifications. Architectural specification TABLE 8 Supported mezzanine cards Fibre Channel standards compliance Regulatory compliance FCC warning (US only) KCC Statement (Republic of Korea) VCCI statement (Japan) Page CE statement Canadian requirements Laser compliance Environmental regulation compliance China RoHS Environmental Protection Use Period (EPUP) Disclaimer RoHS TS/HS Dual Language Sheet Environmental regulation compliance Regulatory certifications CHINA ROHS/(HS/TS) TABLE 10 Country Safety specification EMC specification Environmental regulation compliance A TABLE 10 Country Safety specification EMC specification Page Index B C D E F H I O P R S T