Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem User Guide (AA-RWEBA-TE, September 2007)

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2 Setup

This chapter provides the following information:

•Shipping carton contents

• Installation and safety considerations

• Installing the switch

• Setting the IP address

•Configuring the switch

• Recovering the admin password

Shipping carton contents

The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem kit shipping carton contains three

items, identified in Figure 3 and Table 5:

• Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem installation instructions

• Small bag containing black, plastic SFP dust covers that must be inserted in ports where Small

Form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers are not installed

• One Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch with two or four SFPs installed. Models include:

• Cisco MDS 9124e 12-Port Fabric Switch with eight internal and four external active ports and

two 4Gb SFPs installed

• Cisco MDS 9124e 24-Port Fabric Switch with sixteen internal and eight external active ports

and four 4Gb SFPs installed

Figure 3 Carton contents

Table 5 identifies the Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch components.

Table 5 Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch components

Item Description

1 Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch

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