Dell PowerEdge M1000e User Manual page 11

PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator
Plug & Play
Easy Deployment
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– 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 Management Controller (CMC)
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(Note: CMC GUI will not function if the IOA is stacked. IOA must be managed through CLI when stacked.
Maximum stacking capability is 2)
High Port Count:
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– 32x 10GbE internal server ports
– Up to 16 external 10GbE ports (4 QSFP+ ports with breakout cables)
Two FlexIO bays enable choice
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– 2-port 40GbE QSFP+ module
– 4-port 10GbE SFP+ module
– 4-port 10GBASE-T module
(If running Base-T module then second IO slot must be of different type due to power
constraints)
– 4-port FC module
Converged
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Supports DCB (protocols PFC, ETC and DCBx)
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Converged iSCSI with EqualLogic and Compellent
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Two FCoE Options
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Native Fibre Channel uplinks with FC FlexIO module (FCoE on internal ports to the servers)
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FCoE transit to top of rack switch with IOM acting as a FIP Snooping Bridge
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Industry standard CLI. Standard troubleshooting commands via CLI
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VLT up to 2 devices
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Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide
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(converts to 8-port 10GbE SFP+ using breakout cables)
Converged
Two
FlexIO
Modules
Two
QSFP+
ports