HP Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class - Manual (Page 8)

8 1 Overview
Component identification
Figure 1 identifies the physical components of the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch.
Figure 1 Identifying components
Port side of the switch
Figure 1 identifies Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch external ports (ports EXT 1 through EXT 4 and ports EXT
5 through EXT 8).
Figure 2 Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch external ports
NOTE:
See Interpreting LED activity for complete information on Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch LEDs.
Internal ports summary
Sixteen logical internal ports (numbered 1 through 16) connect sequentially to server bays 1 through 16
with the enclosure midplane. Server bay 1 is connected to Switch Port 1, Server bay 2 is connected to
Switch port 2, and so forth.
Switch redundancy
The HP BladeSystem c-Class is engineered as a no-single-point-of-failure bladed solution. Attributes that
contribute to switch redundancy include:
1 Midplane connector
2 External SFP ports (Two
populated, six unpopulated
3 Installation handle 4 UID and Health LEDs)
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