Install Guide
Switch module overview
Topics:
• Hardware features
• Supported licenses
• Passwords
• Port-side view
• Nonport-side view
• Module management options
Hardware features
The MXG610s is a 32-port 32, 16, 8 Gbps FC switch module that provides the following hardware features:
• Up to 16 external FC ports to connect with external FC storage or an FC switch.
– Eight external ports are supported with eight SFP+ ports and another eight external ports are supported with two QSFP ports.
– All external SFP+ ports autonegotiate to 8-, 16-, or 32-Gbps speeds when you use 32 Gbps SFP+ transceivers.
– All external ports autonegotiate to 8-Gbps or 16-Gbps speeds when you use 16 Gbps SFP+ transceivers.
– All 32 Gbps QSFP ports auto negotiate to 16-Gbps or 32-Gbps speeds.
– All 16 Gbps QSFP ports auto negotiate to 8-Gbps or 16-Gbps speeds.
– The QSFP ports support breakout cables.
– All external ports support F_Port, N_Port, D_Port, and E_Port modes
– All external ports support connecting with another FC switch module through E_Port-to-E_Port mode or through N_Port (NPIV)-
to-F_Port mode.
– The external ports support an optional Dell EMC ISL Trunking license—included in the Enterprise model by default that trunks up to
eight ports in a single port group when connected to another Dell EMC switch.
– The external ports support dynamic load sharing (DLS) and dynamic path selection (DPS) using exchange-based balancing when
operating as E_Ports.
– Only ISL connections are supported on the QSFP ports. Interchassis link (ICL) connections are not supported on the MXG610s
QSFP ports.
• Up to 16 internal backplane FC ports to connect with the FC controller on server blades.
– The internal ports support 16-Gbps or 32-Gbps speed.
– The internal ports support F_Port mode and N_Port mode for NPIV connection from HBA mezzanine
• A dual-core T1022E processor operating at 1.2 GHz delivers high performance, scalability, and advanced fabric vision functionality.
• Hardware-enabled input and output (I/O) latency statistics collection
• Hardware-enabled virtual machine (VM) support
• Port-to-port latency is minimized to 900 nanoseconds including FEC using cut-through frame switching at 32 Gbps.
• Extended distance FC to support long-distance native FC Connectivity—included in the ENT model and ENT license for other models.
• Two 32 Gbps short wavelength (SWL) optical SFP+ transceivers in the entry-level 8-port model
• Four 32 Gbps SWL optical SFP+ transceivers in the midlevel 16-port model
• Eight 32 Gbps SWL optical SFP+ transceivers in the enterprise 16-port model
• Dynamic Ports on Demand (POD) support with increments of 8-port licenses
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