Dell M8428-K Document conventions

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Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this

document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:

bold text Identifies command names

Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements

Identifies keywords and operands

Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

italic text Provides emphasis

Identifies variables

Identifies paths and Internet addresses

Identifies document titles

code text Identifies CLI output

Identifies command syntax examples

For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed

lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is all lowercase.

Command syntax conventions

Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:

Command examples

This book describes how to perform configuration tasks using the switch module command line

interface, but does not describe the commands in detail.

command Commands are printed in bold.

--option, option Command options are printed in bold.

-argument, arg Arguments.

[ ] Optional element.

variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or

enclosed in angled brackets < >.

... Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]”

value Fixed values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,

--show WWN

| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: --show -mode egress | ingress

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