BladeIO Guide

• Industry leading 56 port design:
– 32x 10Gb internal server ports
– Up to 6 external 40Gb ports
– Up to 24 external 10Gb ports (6 QSFP+ ports with breakout cables)
• Two FlexIO bays enable choice (Modules can be different)
– 2-port 40GbE QSFP+ module (can convert to 8-port 10GbE SFP+
using breakout cables)
– 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)
• Stack up to 6 devices
• PVST+ protocol for easy integration into Cisco environments
• Converged
• Supports DCB (protocols PFC, ETC and DCBx)
• Converged iSCSI with EqualLogic (supports iSCSI TLV)
• FCoE Transit Switch via FIP Snooping Bridge
• Industry standard CLI
• Enterprise class OS (FTOS)
9
Two
FlexIO
Modules
Two
QSFP+
ports
Converged
MXL – 10/40GbE blade
Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide