Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 6)

Overview Rev 1.0
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1 Overview
The PTM is an I/O module designed for the PowerEdge M1000e Dell Chassis. The product pro-
vides 10Gigabit connectivity for blade servers to Ethernet LANs. The product supports the follow-
ing Ethernet protocols.
Each front panel port provides connectivity to the blade with the corresponding number in the
chassis.
Figure 1: Dell 10Gb Ethernet Pass Through -k module Front Panel
1.1 Features
The PTM feature set includes:
Internal Links
• 16 ports of 10Gb Ethernet 10GBASE-KR through the backplane
External links
• 16 SFP+ front panel ports of 10Gb Ethernet
IEEE and Other Ethernet Standards Compliance
• IEEE 802.3ae 10Gigabit Ethernet support
• IEEE 802.3ap Ethernet Operation over Electrical Backplanes
• Including KR startup protocol and Forward Error Correction (FEC) support
• Supports KR auto-negotiation
• Jumbo Frames up to 9K support
Connectors and Cabling
• Twin Axial Pair connector
• Optical modules for SR and LR
• All ports support active cables
Table 3 - Protocols
Physical Connections Pass Through -k Protocol
Blade Servers to PTM (Internal Links) KR
Front Panel Ports (External Links) 10G XFI
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
D D D 10 Gb Ethernet Pass Through -k