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Figure 16. Power Supply, CMC, and I/O Module Blanks
4.10 Cabling
There are two types of external cabling simplification features offered:
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Stacked Ethernet Switching
Internal switches have optional 10GbE uplinks and/or stacking connectors
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Manage/configure multiple switches as one with stacking
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Consolidate uplinks from multiple chassis into 2-4 x 10GbE ports
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Stacked CMCs
CMC has a 2nd Ethernet port for connection to other CMCs in the rack
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CMC connects to the management network to manage all blade servers
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Saves port consumption on external switches
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