1–General Description I/O Blades

Fibre Channel ports are numbered based on the blade ID as shown in Figure 1-3. For example, for I/O blade IO0 with blade type FC8G16 or FC4G16, ports are always numbered 0–15. IO1 ports would be numbered 16–31, and so on up to a maximum of 127. For I/O blade IO0 with blade type FC10G4, ports are always numbered 0–3. FC ports can also be identified by I/O blade and port number. For example, port 0 is also known as IO0-0. The ports configure themselves to communicate with devices and other switches.

Each I/O blade features a set of LEDs, Fibre Channel (FC) ports, and FC port LEDs as shown in Figure 1-3.

I/O Blade LEDs

FC Port LEDs

Port Types

Transceivers and 10-Gbps Stacking Cables

Fault LED

I/O Blade Good LED Power LED

Error Code LED

 

 

Beacon LED

 

 

Hotswap LED

0

8

Logged-In LED

 

 

 

Activity LED

7 15

0

2

1

3

Logged-In LED Activity LED

FCxG16 I/O Blade

FC10G4 I/O Blade

Figure 1-3 I/O Blades

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59229-05 A, 9100 specifications

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