Dell PowerEdge M1000e - User Manual

MXL - 10/40GbE blade 4 port SFP+ Module 4 port 10GBASE-T Module Limited to only one 10GBASE-T module . The other module bay can be populated 2 port QSFP+ Module Optical TransceiversSFP+ 40Gb: SR only QSFP+ to QSFP+ Direct Attach 1m, and 5m, Passive Copper 40GBASE-CR4 40Gb QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ Breakout Ca...

• Easy Deployment – Simplified layer 2 connectivity (no spanning tree) – Faster Deployment: All VLANs on all ports with the option to set VLANs – No touch DCB and no touch FCoE › DCB and FCoE settings detected from top of rack switch through DCBx protocol • Simple GUI Integrated into Chassis Managem...

M8024-k • Fully modular full wire-speed 10GbE managed Layer 2/3 Ethernet switching • Converged • Supports DCB (protocols PFC and DCBx) • FCoE Transit Switch via FIP Snooping Bridge (not supported in Simple Switch Mode) • Stack up to 6 devices using SFP+ fixed ports or SFP+ module (not supported in S...

M8428-k Converged Ethernet & Fibre Channel Switch • Dell 10GbE Converged Network Switch – DCB compliant design accommodates both NIC and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet I/O • Single wide blade I/O module supporting all 10GbE capable M1000e fabric bays • Robust I/O bandwidth solution with 28 active f...

10Gb Ethernet Pass Through -k • 16 ports correspond to 16 server blades – Only supports –k mezz cards • 16 external 10GbE SFP+ ports – Supports 10Gb connections ONLY • Supports DCB/CEE and FCoE – Connect to top-of-rack FCoE switches and Converged Network Adapters (CNA’s) in individual blades • Trans...

Cisco Nexus Blade B22DELL Fabric Extender (FEX) • Cisco 10GbE offering for the Dell M1000e Blade System – The 16 internal 10Gb or 1Gb ports and 8 external 10Gb ports enables customers to connect via 10GbE to a Cisco Nexus 5500 series Top of Rack switch • The B22DELL FEX is only supported with these ...

Global Marketing Model Dell MXL Switch Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator Cisco Nexus B22DELL FEX Dell M8024-k Dell M8428-k Overview 10/40GbE Switch 10GbE Plug & Play 10GbE Extender 10GbE Basic Ethernet / FC Server Ports Supported 32 (10GbE) 32 (10GbE) 16 (10GbE) 16 (10GbE) 16 (10GbE) External 40G ...

22 1/10Gb High-density M6348 1Gb Ethernet 1/10Gb Basic M6220 1Gb Pass- Through Cisco Catalyst 3130X/G & 3032 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide

M6348 High-density 1GbE copper with 10GbE uplinks • Managed Layer 2/3 Gigabit Ethernet switch for M1000e blade enclosure • Industry leading port availability • 32 internal (server) GbE ports; offering support of up to two ports per blade mezz card or Select Network Adapter (i.e. with quad-port 1GbE ...

4 x fixed 10/100/1000Mb (RJ-45) 48Gb Stacking Module 2 x 10Gb Optical SFP+ Uplinks 2 x 10Gb Copper CX-4 Uplinks 2 x 10GBASE-T Copper Uplinks 2 FlexIO Bays for: • Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2/3 Switch • Optional 10Gb uplinks & resilient stacking • IPv6 support • 24 port switch – 16 internal ports cor...

Gb Ethernet Pass-Through Cables CAT 5 1GbE Pass Through Module – 16 ports correspond to 16 server blades – Supports 10/100/1000Mb connections with all 1Gb Broadcom adapters (All other supported adapters provide 1Gb connection only) › Ethernet media speed is configured through the blade LOM firmware ...

28 Cisco Catalyst Blade Switches Cisco Catalyst 3130X – 1/10Gb Switch • Two 10GbE uplinks (X2 – CX4, SR, LRM optics)• Four fixed 1GbE uplinks - 4xRJ45• Virtual Blade Switch interconnect enabled Cisco Catalyst 3130G – GbE Switch • Up to eight GbE uplinks – fixed 4xRJ45 + up to four optional 1GbE SFPs...

30 8Gb M5424 8Gb Pass- Through 8Gb SAN Module Fibre Channel 16Gb M6505 See also the M8428-k in the Converged Ethernet section Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide

8/4Gbps FC SAN Module M5424 8Gbps FC SAN Switch M6505 16Gbps FC SAN Switch Model Choices 12-port 12-port, 24-port 24-port (Ent Perf Pk) 12-port, 24-port 24-port (Ent Perf Pk) Scalable Ports Upgrade +12-ports +12-ports (for 12-port SKU) +12-ports (for 12-port SKU) Factory pre-installed SFP+ Transceiv...

16 Gb Fibre Channel ports* • 24 Fibre Channel ports o Up to 16 internal 16/8Gb server ports* o Up to 8 external 16/8/4Gb SAN ports** *16Gb capacity functions with newer M1000e chassis using 1.1 mid-plane. Switch will function on older M1000e chassis at 8Gb speed only. **For connection to storage dev...

• 8/4 Gbps Fibre Channel SAN solution • Provides up to 24 8/4Gb FC ports – Up to 16 internal 8/4Gb server ports – Up to 8 external 8/4Gb SAN ports* *For connection to storage devices and/or other FC switches only • One management console port • Configurable as Brocade full fabric switch or Access Ga...

Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module • Base model provides 12 active ports with two external SAN 8Gb SWL optical transceivers • Scalable to 24 active ports using 12-port pay-as-you-grow option kit (includes two additional 8Gb SWL SFP+ transceivers) • Add additional 8Gb SWL SFP+ transceivers for up to 8 extern...

SimpleConnect for SAN Best solution for modular SAN connectivity • Based on industry-standard NPIV (N-port ID Virtualization) • Combines pass-through simplicity for connecting each server to any SAN fabric with beneficial I/O and cable aggregation • Helps solve interoperability issues with heterogen...

InfiniBand 40Gb M4001T FDR10 56Gb M4001F FDR 41 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide

Mellanox Blades • For high performance computing (HPC) & low latency applications • Available in redundant switch configuration • Full non-blocking throughput Infiniband 42 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide Models M4001F M4001T Speed FDR FDR10 Data rate 56Gbps 40Gbps Total ports 32 (16 internal and ...

Fabric Topologies 44 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide Find more topologies and guides here: • EqualLogic Compatibility Matrix - http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/2661.equallogic-compatibility-matrix.aspx • EqualLogic Configuration Guide - http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/sto...

FCoE transit Direct traffic to the Top-of-Rack via FIP Snooping Bridge Topology Fabric Inside Chassis: FCoE Blade models: MXL, IOA, M8024-k Top-of-Rack switch: Nexus 5K Configuration • All FCoE traffic moves from the adapters, to the IOM, then to the Top-of-Rack switch • FC is broken out at the Top-...

Fibre Channel Breakout at Edge of Chassis Topology Fabric Inside Chassis: FCoE Blade model: M8428-k Configuration FCoE inside chassis (from adapter to blade switch) and Native FC outside the chassis Topology / Configuration Topology Diagram LAG LAG LAN SAN A LAN SAN B Inside Chassis FCoE from Adapte...

iSCSI and LAN Converged Storage Traffic Topology Fabric Inside Chassis: Converged iSCSIBlade models: MXL or IOATop-of-Rack switch: S4810, S4820TStorage: iSCSI External Array Configuration Converged iSCSI traffic (LAN and iSCSI) up to the Top-of-Rack switch Topology / Configuration Topology Diagram V...

Storage Blade with Optional External Array Topology Fabric Inside Chassis: Converged iSCSIBlade model: MXLTop-of-Rack switch: S4810, S4820TStorage: PS4410 storage bladeOptional Storage: EqualLogic External Array Configuration • Converged iSCSI to the blades and up to the Top-of-Rack switch • MXLs ar...

Cross Chassis Stacking Topology Blade models: MXL, M8024-k, M6348, M6248, IOA (using CLI) Configuration Blade switches are stacked vertically so that there are two independent stacking rings. Switches on the left of the chassis form a ring and switches on the right side of the chassis form a ring. I...

Benefits of Stacking Topology Stacked blade switches connected directly to the Network Core switches Configuration Stacked blade switches act as the aggregation layer. No need for Top of Rack switches. Topology / Configuration Topology Diagram 50 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide Stacked IOMs Stacked IO...

Automation & Management 51 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide

Enhanced management of the M1000e Simplifying blade server and I/O connectivity The M1000e blade enclosure helps reduce the cost and complexity of managing computing resources with innovative management features. The Chassis Management Controller (CMC) is an integrated hardware module with embedded ...

FlexAddress Plus Intelligent Network Addressing • The CMC offers simple interface for enabling FlexAddress by chassis, by slot, or by fabric, assigning WWN/MAC values in place of factory-assigned WWN/MAC • User-configurable enablement of iSCSI MAC, Ethernet MAC, and/or WWN Persistence which allows b...

SimpleConnect for LAN Easy deployment feature What is SimpleConnect? • Feature included on all PowerConnect blade switches (M8024-k/M6348/M6220); “SimpleConnect” (locked) models also available (M8024S/M6348S/M6220S) • Aggregate traffic from multiple downlinks to one or more uplinks by mapping intern...

PowerEdge M1000e Chassis Fabrics and Capabilities A 1 B 1 C 1 C 2 B 2 A 2 Fabric A 2 Reserved for 1/10GbE LOMs or Select Network Adapters Fabric A 1 Reserved for 1/10GbE LOMs or Select Network Adapters Fabric B 2 1/10/40 GbE, 4/8/16Gb FC, 20/40/56Gb IB Fabric B 1 1/10/40 GbE, 4/8/16Gb FC, 20/40/56Gb...

M1000e Midplane Mapping and Capabilities 58 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide Half-Height Blade Slot (1 of 16) Fabric A LOM Fabric B Mezzanine Fabric C Mezzanine Half-Height Blade Slot (16 of 16) Fabric A LOM Fabric B Mezzanine Fabric C Mezzanine Left side of chassis Right side of chassis Front of Chass...

I/O Fabric Architecture for Half-Height Blades 59 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide CPU 1 CPU 2 Half-Height Blade Server (1 of 16) 4-8 lane PCIe 8 lane PCIe 8 lane PCIe Fabric A LOM Fabric B Mezzanine Fabric C Mezzanine CPU 1 CPU 2 Half-Height Blade Server (16 of 16) Fabric A LOM Fabric B Mezzanine Fabr...

Port Mapping of Half Height blades with Dual Port Adapters to IOMs with 16 or 32 Internal Ports IOM ports mapped to half height blade slots A1,B1,C1 • All six IOMs have the same port mapping for half height blades • IOMs with 32 internal ports will only connect with 16 internal ports when using dual...

Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 Slot6 Slot7 Slot8 Slot9 Slot10 Slot11 Slot12 Slot13 Slot14 Slot15 Slot16 Port Mapping of Half Height blades with Quad Port Adapters to IOMs with 32 Internal Ports IOM ports mapped to half height blade slots IOM1 P26 IOM2 P26 IOM1 P27 IOM2 P27 IOM1 P28 IOM2 P28 IOM1 P29 ...

62 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide CPU 1 CPU 2 Half-Height Blade Server (1 of 8) 4-8 lane PCIe 8 lane PCIe 8 lane PCIe Fabric A LOM Fabric B Mezzanine Fabric C Mezzanine CPU 3 CPU 4 Fabric A LOM Fabric B Mezzanine Fabric C Mezzanine 4-8 lane PCIe 8 lane PCIe 8 lane PCIe Left side of chassis Right side...

Port Mapping of Full Height blades with Dual Port Adapters to IOMs with 16 or 32 Internal Ports A1,B1,C1 • All six IOMs have the same port mapping for half height blades IOM1 IOM2 A2,B2,C2 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 Slot6 Slot7 Slot8 IOM ports mapped to full height blade slots IOM1 P10 IOM2 P10 I...

Port Mapping of Full Height blades with Quad Port Adapters to IOMs with 32 Internal Ports • All six IOMs have the same port mapping for half height blades • An IOM with 32 internal ports is required to connect to all quad port adapters A1,B1,C1 IOM2 A2,B2,C2 IOM1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 Slot6 ...

I/O Fabric Architecture with Quarter Height Blades 65 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide Link between a dual port adapter and switch of same fabric type Additional link provided by quad-port adapter cards and an IOM with 32 internal ports Redundant LOM link that requires an IOM with 32 internal ports. Th...

A2 A1 IOM ports mapped to quarter height blade slots IOM A1 and A2 Slot1a Slot2a Slot1b Slot2b Slot3a Slot4a Slot3b Slot4b Slot5a Slot6a Slot5b Slot6b Slot7a Slot8a Slot7b Slot8b Slot1d Slot2d Slot3d Slot4d Slot5d Slot6d Slot7d Slot8d Slot1c Slot2c Slot3c Slot4c Slot5c Slot6c Slot7c Slot8c A2 P17 A1...

Port Mapping of Quarter Height blades to two IOMs with 16 Internal Ports on Fabric A: No LOM Port Redundancy IOM ports mapped to quarter height blade slots IOM A1 and A2 • On fabric A, two IOMs with 16 internal ports provide connectivity to one port of the LOM on each quarter height blade. • Connect...

Slot1a Slot2a Slot1b Slot2b Slot3a Slot4a Slot3b Slot4b Slot5a Slot6a Slot5b Slot6b Slot7a Slot8a Slot7b Slot8b Slot1d Slot2d Slot3d Slot4d Slot5d Slot6d Slot7d Slot8d Slot1c Slot2c Slot3c Slot4c Slot5c Slot6c Slot7c Slot8c Port Mapping of Quarter Height blades to four IOMs on Fabric B&C: Full M...

Dell PowerEdge M1000e I/O Interoperability guide 69 Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide

PowerEdge M1000e 1Gb Ethernet I/O Interoperability 1Gb Ethernet I/O Modules   1GbE Pass-Through M6348 M6220 Cisco 3032 Cisco 3130G Cisco 3130X Ada p te rs Broadcom 5708 Mezz       Broadcom 5709 LOM/Mezz       Broadcom 5709 4-port NDC/Mezz       Intel ET 4-port Mezz       1Gb ...

PowerEdge M1000e 10Gb Ethernet I/O Interoperability MXL PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator M8024-k M8024 M8428-k 10Gb Pass-Through (original model) 10Gb Pass- Through II 10Gb Pass-Through -k B22DELL Broadcom 57710 Mezz Not Compatible Not Compatible Not Compatible  Not Compatible   Not Compatible Not Comp...

PowerEdge M1000e InfiniBand I/O Interoperability I/O Modules M2401G Mellanox DDR M3601Q Mellanox QDR M4001Q Mellanox QDR M4001T Mellanox FDR10 M4001F Mellanox FDR Mezzanine Ca rd s Mellanox DDR Connect-X  DDR  DDR Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Mellanox QDR Connect-X2  DDR  QDR  QDR ...

PowerEdge Blade Servers and InfiniBand Adapters Mezzanine Cards Mellanox DDR Connect-X Mellanox QDR Connect-X2 Mellanox QDR Connect-X3 Mellanox FDR10 Connect-X3 Mellanox FDR Connect-X3 Blade Servers M420 Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported  Not Supported M520 Not Supported Not Supported   N...

PowerEdge M1000e Fibre Channel I/O Interoperability I/O Modules FC4 Passthrough M4424 Brocade FC4 FC8 Passthrough Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module M5424 Brocade FC8 M6505 Brocade FC16 M ezzanin e Ca rds Emulex FC4  FC4  FC4  FC4  FC4  FC4 Not compatible QLogic FC4  FC4  FC4  FC4  FC4  FC4 Not co...

PowerEdge Blade Servers and Fibre Channel Adapters Mezzanine Cards for 12G Servers Emulex LPe1205-M FC8 QLogic QME2572 FC8 Emulex LPm16002 FC16 QLogic QME2662 FC16 Blade Servers M420   Not Supported Not Supported M520   Not Supported Not Supported M620     M820     M9 10     M915  ...

Global Marketing 77 12G+ M1000e Server Adapter Portfolio: Ethernet and InfiniBand QDR/FDRInfiniBand Mellanox CX3 FDR Mezz Mellanox CX3 FDR10 Mezz 1Gb Ethernet Broadcom 5720 4P LOM Broadcom 5719 4P Mezz Intel I350 4P Mezz 10Gb ConvergedEthernet Broadcom 57810S-k 2P NDC Broadcom 57810S-k 2P LOM Broadc...

Global Marketing 78 Select Network Adapters for blade servers 1: Citrix Xenserver 6.0 and Linux KVM only. 63 VFs per port 2: No. of queues will vary depending upon hypervisor memory limitations 3: 4 partitions per 10Gb port Broadcom 57810S-k NDC (Default choice) Ports x Link Speed 2x10Gb 2x10Gb 2x10...

Global Marketing 79 LOMs for Blade Servers 1: No. of queues will vary depending upon hypervisor memory limitations 2: 4 partitions per 10Gb port Features Broadcom 57810S-k 2p 10Gb LOM Broadcom 5720 4p 1Gb LOM Ports x Link Speed 2x10Gb 4x1Gb Supported Speed 1Gb, 10Gb 1Gb Chipset 57810S 5720 Interface...

Global Marketing 80 Blade Mezzanine Card: 1Gb 1: No. of queues will vary depending upon hypervisor memory limitations Features Intel I350 4p 1Gb Mezz Broadcom 5719 4p 1Gb Mezz Ports x Link speed 4x1Gb 4x1Gb Supported Speed 1Gb 1Gb Chipset I350 5719 Interface Serdes Serdes ISCSI HBA No No iSCSI Boot ...

10Gb Products with Convergence and Virtualization features Form Factor Device Name Convergence Virtualization ISCSI (Offload, Boot, SW) FCOE (Offload, Boot, SW) Switch Independent Partitioning SR-IOV Virtual Queues Select Network Adapters (10Gb) Broadcom 57810S-k (2x10Gb) All Yes Yes( 4 partitions p...

Vendors Chipset/ Devices Speed FCoE (offload, Boot) ISCSI (Boot, offload, SW) NPAR SR-IOV DCB w/ iSCSI Life Cycle controller 2.0 + Real time monitoring Broadcom 5719/5720 1G No Software iSCSI, iSCSI Boot (W2K8, Hyper-V, RH5.7, RH5.8, RH6 .1, RH6.2, SLES10 SP4 and SLES11 SP2, ESX/i 4.1/5.0) No No No ...

Select Network Adapters – 11G vs. 12G Speed Form Factor 11G 12G 1Gb Blade NDC Broadcom 5709 4P 1Gb Blade NDC (M710HD, M915 only) 10Gb Blade NDC Broadcom 57712-k 2P 10Gb KR NDC (M710HD, M915 only) Broadcom 57810S-k 2P 10Gb NDC Intel X520-k 2P 10Gb NDC QLogic QMD8262-k 2P NDC 86 Dell M-Series Blade I/...

Deployment & Technical Guides Detailed guides to help you get connected Product Focus Document Title Link M6220 Stacking PowerConnect M6220 Blade Switch http://del.ly/m6220stacking M6220 and Cisco MSTP Interoperability of the Dell 6200 & M6220 Series Switches http://del.ly/m6200mstp M6220 an...

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