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Access gateway mode – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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M5424 SAN I/O Module Hardware Reference Manual

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Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes

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These ports are capable of Brocade ISL Trunking with appropriate licensing.

Up to 16 internal backplane F_Ports. Each port can automatically negotiate its speed at either
4 Gbps or 8 Gbps to match the speed of attached devices.

Dynamic ports on demand, which allows ports to be activated as needed based on available
licenses.

Frame filtering that augments the hardware zoning capabilities of the Brocade ASIC, which
implements hardware zoning at the port level of the SAN I/O Module.

Brocade ASIC expanded capabilities, including World Wide Name (WWN) and device-level
zoning.

Hardware zoning implemented by firmware-accessible table per output port.

Extensive diagnostics and monitoring capabilities.

Unicast and broadcast data traffic support.

Up to eight Brocade-branded small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers.
Although the product ships with a specific number of transceivers, you can add additional
transceivers by purchasing a Ports on Demand (POD) license.

NOTE

You can also install 4 Gbps SFPs in the SAN I/O Module, however all SFPs must be
Brocade-branded.

One serial console port on the front panel.

One green and amber light-emitting diode (LED) above each port to indicate port status.
If dark, the port is unlicensed.

The following system LEDs:

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One green power LED to indicate module power-on.

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One green/amber LED to indicate module status.

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One blue, identify module and flash blue to locate module.

See

“Interpreting LED activity”

on page 22 for details about the SAN I/O Module LEDs.

Access Gateway mode

Up to 8 autosensing (2, 4, and 8 Gbps) Fibre Channel ports. These are universal and
self-configuring ports capable of becoming the following types:

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F_Port (fabric enabled)

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N_Port (fabric enabled)

Up to 16 internal backplane F_Ports. Each port can automatically negotiate its speed at either
4 Gbps or 8 Gbps to match the speed of attached devices

Dynamic ports on demand, which allows any port to be activated as needed based on available
licenses.

Up to eight Brocade-branded small-form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers.
The SAN I/O module ships with a specific number of 8 Gbps SFPs. If you purchase a POD
license, you will receive additional SFPs.