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Mellanox T echnologies Third party informatio n brought to you courtesy of Dell. InfiniScale® III M2401G 20Gb/s InfiniBand Blade Switch I/O Module for PowerEdge M-Series User Manual PN: M2401G Rev 1.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 2 Copyright 2008. Mellanox T echno logies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mellanox T echnologies ConnectX, In finiBlast, InfiniBridge, InfiniHost, InfiniRISC, InfiniScale, and InfiniPCI are registered trad emarks of Mellanox T echnolo gies, Ltd.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 3 Content s Contents 3 About this Manual 4 Revision History 5 Chapter 1 Overview 6 1.1 InfiniBand Connectors 7 1.2 Switch Status Lights 7 Chapter 2 Installation and Basic Operation 9 2.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 4 About this Manual This manual describes the installation and basic use of the Infin iScale® III M2401G 20Gb/s Infini - Band blade switch I/O module for PowerEdge M-Series.
M2401G 20Gb/s In finiBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 5 Revision History T able 2 - Revision History T able Date Revision Description Mar . 200 9 Rev 1.8 Modified product description and document title Mar . 200 9 Rev 1.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 6 1 Overview The InfiniScale® III M2401G 20Gb/s InfiniBand blade switch I/O modu le for PowerEdge M- Series provides a high bandwidth, low laten cy , lo w power fabric for Enterprise Data Center and High-Performance Computing environ ments.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 7 1.1 InfiniBand Connectors InfiniBand connectivity has 8 mi croGiGa connectors through t he front panel. The remaining 16 interfaces are through the AirMax Midplane Connector out the ba ck of the switch.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 8 T able 3 - IOM states and LE D configurations: LED Switch S tatus Indication Green Sta t u s OFF OFF OFF ON OFF Boot in Progress Switch not ready Bl inking Blue ON BLIN.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 9 2 Installation and Basic Operation Installation and in itialization of the switch platform are straightfo rward processes, requiring atten - tion to the normal mechanical, power , and thermal precautions for rack-mounted eq uipment.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 10 2.1 Installation Safety W arnings 1. Installation Instructions 2. Over -temperatur e 3. S tacking the Chassis 4. During Lightning - Electrical Hazard 5. Copper InfiniBand Cable Connecting/Disconnecting 6. Rack Mounting and Servicing 7.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 11 8. Equipment Disposal 9. Local and National Electrical Codes 2.2 Mechanical Installation These switches are hot pluggable. It is not necessary to power down the Dell Chassis to inst all a new switch or to replace an old switch with a new one.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 12 3. Unlock the switch from the chassis by pu shing the red latch release button. 4. Pull the l ocking arm down to a positio n perpendicular to the front of the chassis. 5. Pull the switch out of the chassis using the locking arm.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 13 2.4 InfiniBand Cable Installation All cables can be inserted or removed wi th the uni t pow er on. T o insert a cable, press the connector into the port receptacle until the connector is firmly seated .
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 14 3 Cluster Management and Firmwar e 3.1 Network Management and Clustering Software Download and install, on all nodes, the Mellanox OpenFabric software pack age for Linux, W in - dows, or other operating systems from the Mellanox software website: http://www .
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 15 Reports regarding cluster links will use direct routes. Loading IBDM from: /usr/local/lib/ibdm1.2 -I- Using port 1 as the local port. -I- Discovering ... 3 nodes (2 Switches & 1 CA-s) discovered.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 16 II. Using the ibnetdiscover tool: Run: [root@mymach]# ibnetdi scover | grep 00000006660 abcd0 | grep -w Switch Switch 24 "S-0000 0006660abcd0" "MT4 7396 Infiniscale -III Mellanox Technol ogies" base port 0 lid 17 lmc 0 Note: The resulting LID is given as a decimal number.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 17 4 T r oubleshooting As soon as a switch is plugged in ma ke sure that the power LED comes on. The power LED for the switch does not come on: 1. Check that the chassis has power .
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 18 Appendix A: Specifications T able 4 - M2401G Specification Data Physical Power and Environmental H x W x D: We i g h t : Mounting: SerDes Speeds Connectors: 1.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 19 Appendix B: Mechanical Drawing Figure 4 Mechanic al Drawing of th e Switch.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 20 Appendix C: EMC Certification S tatement s C.1: FCC S tatement s (USA) Class A S tatements: § 15.21 Statement Warning! Changes or modifications to this equi pment not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance (Mellanox T echnologies ) could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 21 C.1.3 VCCI S tatements (Japan) Class A S tatement: (T ranslation - "This is a Class A product based on the standard of the V oluntary Contr ol Council for Interference by I nformation T echnolo gy Equipment (VCCI).
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 22 . Appendix D: InfiniBand Connector Pinout Figure 5: InfiniBand Connector Pinout T able 5 - Connector Pin to Signal Name Correspondence Connector Pin Number Connector P.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 23 Px in the signal name signifies Port # x. This switch has 8 external ports.
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 24 Appendix E: A vertissements de sécurité d’installation 1. Instructions d’installation 2. T empérature excessive 3. Empilage du châssis 4. Orages – dangers électriques 5. Branchement/débranchement des câ bles InfiniBand en cuivr e 6.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 25 8. Elimination du matériel 9. Codes électriques loca ux et nationaux L ’élimination de ce matériel doit s’effectuer dans le respect de toutes les législations et réglementations nationale s en vi gueur .
Rev 1.8 Mellanox Technologies 26 Appendix F: Installation - Sicherheit shinweise 1. Installationsanl eitungen 2. Übertemperatur 3. S tapeln des C hassis 4. Bei Gewitter - Elektrische Gefahr 5. Anschließen/T rennen von InfiniBand- Kupferkabel 6. Rack-Montage und W artung 7.
M2401G 20Gb/s Infi niBand Blade Switch I/O M odule User Manual Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.8 27 8. Geräteentsorgung 9. Regionale und nationale elektrische Bestimmungen Die Entsorgung dieses Geräts sollte unter Beachtung aller nationalen Gesetze Bestim- mungen erfolgen.
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