IBM Nortel 10 manual Introduction, Product name and serial number label

Chapter 1. Introduction

The Nortel 10 Gigabit Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM® BladeCenter® is an I/O module that is installed into a BladeCenter unit. This Installation Guide contains information about installing and configuring the Nortel 10 Gigabit Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter.

Note: Throughout this document, the Nortel 10 Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter is referred to as the GbE switch module.

For installation details, see Chapter 2, “Installing and removing the GbE switch module,” on page 9 and Chapter 3, “Installing and removing options,” on page

15.For additional information, see the instructions in the BladeCenter documentation.

The product name and serial number are on the identification label on the GbE switch module. You will need this information when you register your GbE switch module with IBM. The media access control (MAC) address is on a separate label on the information panel under the external Ethernet port connectors.

See the following illustration for the locations of the identification label and the MAC address label.

Note: The illustrations in this document might differ from your hardware.

Product name and serial number label

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TX/RX LINK

4 TX/RX

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Media access control (MAC) address label

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