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53-1002267-01
18 March 2011
PowerConnect B-FCX
Switch
Hardware Installation Guide
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Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo,, Dell OpenManage , and PowerConnect are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Server are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries
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Contents About This Document Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
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Installing or replacing fan trays on PowerConnect B-FCX624 and PowerConnect B-FCX648 devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Installing an optional module on PowerConnect B-FCX624s or PowerConnect B-FCX648s devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Installing an optional module in PowerConnect B-FCX624 and PowerConnect B-FCX648 devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chapter 3 Checking Network Devices and Testing Connectivit
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Chapter 5 Hardware Specifications Hardware specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Physical dimensions and weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Cooling system and fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Pinouts and signalling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Cable specifications.
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About This Document Audience This document is designed for system administrators with a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing. If you are using a Dell Layer 3 Switch, you should be familiar with the following protocols if applicable to your network – IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, IGMP, PIM, DVMRP, and VRRP. Supported hardware and software The following hardware platform is supported in this release: • PowerConnect B-FCX624s • PowerConnect B-FCX648s • PowerConnect B-FCX624
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For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in bold: for example, show version. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case sensitive. . Command syntax conventions The following conventions apply to the command syntax in this guide. command and Commands and parameters are printed in bold. parameters [ ] Optional parameter. variable Variables are printed
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Chapter Product Overview 1 Hardware features The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of this guide: • The PowerConnect B-FCX624s stackable switch has twenty 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 ports plus four Combo ports, which include four 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 ports and four 100/1000 Mbps SFP ports. The switch has two management interfaces, a DB9 serial port (Console) on the front panel and an RJ45 port (Out-of-band Management Interface) on the rear panel. Two rear-panel power su
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1 Hardware features • The PowerConnect B-FCX648-I switch has forty four 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 ports plus four Combo 1 Gbps ports. The device has two management interfaces on the front panel, a serial port (Console) and an RJ45 port (Out-of-band Management Interface). The front panel has a slot for an optional four-port 1GbE SFP module, (works as Combo port) or four-port 10 Gbps SFP+ module. On the rear panel a removable fan tray provides a cooling airflow from the back to the front (BtF) of
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Hardware features 1 FIGURE 5 PowerConnect B-FCX648-E and PowerConnect B-FCX648-I front panel Reset 1 2 Diag Console PS Mgmt13 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 FIGURE 6 PowerConnect B-FCX624-E, PowerConnect B-FCX624-I, PowerConnect B-FCX648-E , PowerConnect B-FCX648-I rear panels CAUTION For the PowerConnect B-FCX624-E, PowerConnect B-FCX624-I, PowerConnect B-FCX648-E , and PowerConnect B-FCX648-I
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1 Hardware features • Out-of-band RJ45 management Interface Serial management interface (DB9 Console port) The serial management interface allows you to configure and manage the device using a third-party terminal emulation application on a directly-connected PC. A straight-through EIA or TIA DB9 serial cable (M or F) ships with the device. The serial management interface (the DB9 Console port) is located in the left corner of the front panel. Out-of-band RJ45 management interface The out-of-
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Hardware features 1 NOTE PowerConnect B-FCX624 and PowerConnect B-FCX648 devices do not ship with SFP ports. You must install the optional SFP or SFP+ module for SFP support. Slot designations Table 2 lists the slot designations for PowerConnect B-FCX models. TABLE 2 Stack unit slots for PowerConnect B-FCX stackable devices Device Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 PowerConnect 20 10/100/1000 Mbps ports plus 4 Combo Two 16 Gbps uplink ports Two Gbps B-FCX624s ports (RJ45 ports 1-4, or SFP ports 1F-4F) on r
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1 Hardware features SFP interfaces Table 3 describes the network interfaces supported on PowerConnect B-FCX devices. TABLE 3 SFP network interfaces Interface Show Media Description Description 1000Base-BX-D M-GBXD 1000Base-BXD SFP optic SMF, transmits at 1490nm and receives at 1310nm, LC connector, single strand SMF fiber. This optic should only be connected to an E1MG-BXU at the far end. 1000Base-BX-U M-GBXU 1000Base-BX-U SFP optic SMF, transmits at 1310nm and receives at 1490nm, LC
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Hardware features 1 CAUTION The optional 10Gbps XFP module is not hot-swappable. FIGURE 7 Two-port 10 Gbps XFP module TABLE 4 10 Gbps XFP module port status LEDs LED Condition Status Link or Act LED (Link or On or flashing Green Port has a valid link at 10 Gbps. Flashing indicates activity. Activity) Off The link is down. Optional Four-port 1 Gbps SFP and 10 Gbps SFP+ modules The PowerConnect B-FCX624 and PowerConnect B-FCX648 devices include a slot on the front panel for a four-port 1 Gbps S
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1 Hardware features FIGURE 9 Four-port 10 Gbps SFP+ module X1 X2 X3 X4 FCX-4XG TABLE 6 Four-port 10 Gbps SFP+ module status LEDs LED Condition Status Link or Act LED (Link or On or flashing Green Port has a valid link at 10 Gbps. Flashing indicates activity. Activity) Off The link is down. NOTE The two left ports on the Four-port 10Gbps SFP+ module do not pass regular Ethernet traffic by default. The stack disable CLI command mu
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Hardware features 1 FIGURE 10 Port status LEDs 1 2 Slot 3 A/S 1, 2 Port status LEDs TABLE 7 Port status LEDs LED Condition Status Ethernet On/Flashing Green The port has established a valid link at 1000 Mbps. Flashing (1~24/48) indicates the port is transmitting and receiving user packets. Link or On/Flashing Amber The port has established a valid link at 10 or 100 Mbps. Flashing Activity or Speed indicates the port is transmitting and receiving user packets. Off A link is not established wit
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1 Hardware features TABLE 8 System status LEDs LED Condition Status PS1 Green Power supply is operating normally. PS2 Amber Power supply fault. (Power Supply Off Power off or failure. Status) Diag Flashing Green System self-diagnostic test in progress. (Diagnostic) Green System self-diagnostic test successfully completed. Amber System self-diagnostic test has detected a fault. (Blower, thermal or any interface fault.) A or S Green The device is the Active controller. If this LED is flashing gr
