IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch
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1. The adapters are installed in slots in each compute node The following figure shows the locations of the slots in the x240 Compute Node The positions of the adapters in the other supported servers are similar Figure 4 Location of the I O adapter slots in the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 15 Connectors and LEDs Figure 5 shows the front panel of the IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 14x 10 Gb uplink ports 2x 40 Gb uplink ports 10 standard 4 with Upgrade 2 enabled with Upgrade 1 Switch release handle SFP ports QSFP pors Management Switch one each side ports LEDs Figure 5 Front panel of the IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches The front panel contains the following components e LEDs that display the status of the switch module and the network e The OK LED indicates that the switch module has passed the power on self test POST with no critical faults and is operational e Identify This blue LED can be used to identify the switch physically by illuminating via the management software e The error LED switch module error indicates that the switch module has failed the POST or detected an operational fault e One mini USB RS 232 console port that provides an additional means to configure the switch module This mini USB style connector enables connection of a special2. _ is Poni O eoz o o S e Pons oo O ME eos oo o S e a a a a a S a S ema J f e e a m a ras ay O ra fa _ ena p O O rae e _ i t ret J C Cd we ras a a a a S a S ema J f e ee O E Ports 3 and 4 require Upgrade 1 of the EN4093 or EN4093R 10 Gb switch Ports 5 and 6 require Upgrade 2 of the EN4093 or EN4093R 10 Gb switch Ports 7 and 8 are reserved for future use IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 14 The following table lists the I O adapters supported by the EN4093 and EN4093R 10 GbE switches Table 6 Supported network adapters Feature code Part x config Description number e config EN4093 10 Gb Ethernet Embedded Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter 2 por Virtual Fabric Adapter Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter 2 por port None None None None IBM Flex System Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Upgrade ee EEEE None Feature on Demand to provide FCoE and iSCSI support IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter 90Y3554 A1R1 None 4 port IBM Flex System CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter SW aaa al ae Upgrade Feature on Demand to provide FCoE and iSCSI support TEM Flex System CN4OH8 por 100b Comergea ater Nove nore re02a yes fyes Bi Fossen EMIS 1068 ret apr rore now 72 fve Yee fovenemet Sd The Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter is included in models of the x240 with model numbers of the form x2x
3. scalability IBM Flex System a new category of computing and the next generation of Smarter Computing offers intelligent workload deployment and management for maximum business agility This chassis delivers high speed performance complete with integrated servers storage and networking for multi chassis management in data center compute environments Furthermore its flexible design can meet the needs of varying workloads with independently scalable IT resource pools for higher utilization and lower cost per workload Increased security and resiliency protect vital information and promote maximum uptime and the integrated easy to use management system reduces setup time and complexity providing a quicker path to ROI IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches Part number information The EN4093 and EN4093R switches are initially licensed for fourteen 10 Gb internal ports enabled and ten 10 Gb external uplink ports enabled Further ports can be enabled including 14 additional internal ports and two 40 Gb external uplink ports with Upgrade 1 and 14 additional internal ports and four additional SFP 10 Gb external ports with Upgrade 2 license options Upgrade 1 must be applied before Upgrade 2 can be applied Table 1 shows the part numbers for ordering the switches and the upgrades Table 1 Part numbers and feature codes for ordering Feature code Description Part number x config e config Switch modules IB
4. to 4 x 10Gb SFP Cable 3m 40Gb QSFP to 4 x 10Gb SFP Cable 5m 40Gb QSFP to 4 x 10Gb SFP Cable QSFP direct attach cables 40 GbE 1m QSFP to QSFP DAC 3m QSFP to QSFP DAC IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 4 With the flexibility of the IBM switch clients can take advantage of the technologies that they require for multiple environments For 1 GbE links you can use SFP transceivers plus RJ 45 cables or LC to LC fiber cables depending on the transceiver For 10 GbE you can use direct attached cables DAC also known as Twinax which come in lengths between 1 m and 5 m These DACs are a cost effective and low power alternative to transceivers and are ideal for all 10 Gb Ethernet connectivity within the rack or even connecting to an adjacent rack For longer distances there is a choice of SFP transceivers SR or LR plus LC to LC fiber optic cables For 40 Gb links you can use QSFP to QSFP cables up to 3 m or QSFP transceivers and MTP cables for longer distances Clients also have the ability to break out the 40 Gb ports into four 10 GbE connections using break out cables Benefits The IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches are considered particularly suited for these clients Clients who want to use 10 GbE communications between servers in the chassis but still require upstream 1 GbE connections to their existing infrastructure Clients who are implementin
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6. all I Redbooks IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches IBM Redbooks Product Guide The IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches provide unmatched scalability and performance while also delivering innovations to help address a number of networking concerns today and providing capabilities that will help you prepare for the future These switches are capable of supporting up to sixty four 10 Gb Ethernet connections while offering Layer 2 3 switching They are designed to install within the I O module bays of the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis These switches can help clients migrate to a 10 Gb or 40 Gb Ethernet infrastructure and offer virtualization features like Virtual Fabric and VMready plus the ability to work with IBM Distributed Virtual Switch 5000V H t f to taf teS tof tof inSiteS sted sed schsed ssf ixf al if ll Figure 1 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch Did you know Flexible port licensing for the EN4093 EN4093R allows you to buy only the ports that you need when you need them The base switch configuration includes fourteen 10 GbE connections to the servers and ten 10 GbE uplinks You then have the flexibility of turning on more 10 GbE connections to the server and more 10 GbE or 40 GbE uplinks when you need them using IBM Feature on Demand licensing capabilities that provide pay as you grow
7. of the switch comes from the ability to turn on additional ports as required both down to the server and for upstream connections including 40 GbE Also as you consider migrating to a converged LAN and SAN the EN4093 and EN4093R support the newest protocols including Data Center Bridging Converged Enhanced Ethernet DCB CEE that can be leveraged in either an iSCSI Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE or NAS converged environment EN4093R s stacking capabilities simplify management for clients by stacking up to eight switches that share one IP address and one management interface Support for Switch Partition SPAR allows clients to virtualize the switch with partitions that isolate communications for multi tenancy environments e Integrated network management A key challenge is the management of a discrete network environment EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches are tightly integrated and managed through the IBM Flex System Manager The switches also support a command line interface CLI for integration into existing scripting and automation Network management can be simplified by using port profiles topology views and virtualization management For more advanced levels of management and control IBM offers IBM System Networking Element Manager SNEM that can significantly reduce deployment and day to day maintenance times while providing in depth visibility into the network performance and operations of IBM switches Plus whe
8. 000 DS5000 IBM System Storage DS8000 IBM Storwize V7000 SAN Volume Controller IBM XIV Note You also need SFP modules and optical cables or SFP DACs not shown in Table 9 and Table 10 see Table 3 for details for the external 10 Gb Ethernet connectivity IBM provides extensive FCoE testing to deliver network interoperability For a full listing of IBM supported IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 22 FCoE and iSCSI configurations see the System Storage Interoperation Center SSIC website at http ibm com systems support storage ssic Related publications For more information see the following IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches product publications available from the IBM Flex System Information Center at http publib boulder ibm com infocenter flexsys information index jsp Installation Guide Application Guide Command Reference These are other useful references IBM US Announcement Letter for the EN4093 http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 897 ENUS 1 12 053 IBM US Announcement Letter for the EN4093R http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 112 185 IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0865 html IBM Redbooks publication BM Flex System Products and Technology SG24 7984 http www redbooks ib
9. 0BASE T Ethernet IEEE 802 3ab 1000BASE T copper twisted pair Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol IEEE 802 3ae 10GBASE SR short range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ae 10GBASE LR long range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE SR4 short range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE CR4 copper 40 Gb Ethernet IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802 3x Full duplex Flow Control IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE SX short range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE LX long range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet SFF 8431 10GSFP Cu SFP Direct Attach Cable IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 11 Supported chassis and adapter cards The switches are installed in switch bays in the rear of the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis as shown in the following figure Switches are normally installed in pairs because I O adapter cards installed in the compute nodes route to two switch bays for redundancy and performance Switch bay 1 3 2 4 Figure 2 Location of the switch bays in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis are shown diagrammatically in the following figure The figure shows both half wide servers such as the x240 with two adapters and full wide servers such as the p460 with four ada
10. 13438 Class A CE Mark EN55022 Class A EN55024 EN61000 3 2 EN61000 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A China GB 9254 1998 Turkey Communique 2004 9 Communique 2004 22 Saudi Arabia EMC CVG 28 October 2002 Popular configurations The following usage scenarios are described e EN4093R as a 10 Gb Ethernet Virtual Fabric switch e EN4093R as an FCoE transit switch EN4093R as a 10 Gb Ethernet Virtual Fabric switch The EN4093R Virtual Fabric vNIC solution is based on the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis with a 10 Gb Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE infrastructure and 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters VFAs installed in each compute node In Virtual Fabric mode the EN4093R 10 Gb switch is vNIC aware that is the configuration of vNICs is done on a switch then it propagates vNIC parameters to VFA using the DataCenter Bridging eXchange DCBX protocol vNIC bandwidth allocation and metering is performed by both the switch and the VFA In such a case a bidirectional virtual channel of an assigned bandwidth is established between them for each vNIC Up to 32 vNICs can be configured on a half wide compute node The EN4093R switches can be connected to the top of rack aggregator switches e IBM RackSwitch G8264 via the 10 GbE uplinks e IBM RackSwitch G8316 via the 40 GbE uplinks IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 18 The following figure illustrates this scenario G8264 G8316 IBM PureFlex System IBM PureFlex System
11. CN4054 VFA CN4054 VFA EN4093R 10 Gb Fabric Switch EN4093R 10 Gb Fabric Switch 10 GbE uplinks 40 GbE uplinks ee Dual redundant uplinks Figure 6 EN4093R as a 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Switch The solution components used in the scenario shown in Figure 6 are listed in Table 8 Table 8 Components used in a Virtual Fabric solution with the EN4093R switch Figure 6 Diagram Description Part Quantity reference number IBM Flex System Virtual Fabric solution IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter 90Y3554 IBM Flex System CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter Upgrade 90Y3558 1 per VFA IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 95Y3309 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch Upgrade 1 49Y4798 1 per EN4093R IBM RackSwitch G8264 or G8316 Note You also need SFP QSFP modules and optical cables or SFP QSFP DACs not shown in Table 8 see Table 3 for details for the external 10 Gb Ethernet connectivity IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 19 EN4093R as an FCoE transit switch IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches are Data Center Bridging DCB switches that can transport FCoE frames by using FCoE Initialization Protocol FIP snooping These switches provide an inexpensive solution for transporting encapsulated FCoE packet to the Fibre Channel Forwarder FCF which is functioning as both an aggregation switch and an FCoE gateway Exampl
12. M Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch 49Y4270 AOTB 3593 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 95Y3309 A3J6 ESW7 Features on Demand upgrades IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch Upgrade 1 49Y4798 A1EL 3596 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch Upgrade 2 88Y6037 A1EM 3597 The part number for the switch includes the following items One IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 or EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch Important Notices Flyer Warranty Flyer Documentation CD ROM Note Neither SFP nor SFP small form factor pluggable plus transceivers or cables are included with the switch They must be ordered separately See Table 3 The switch does not include a serial management cable However IBM Flex System Management Serial Access Cable 90Y9338 is supported and contains two cables a mini USB to RJ45 serial cable and a mini USB to DB9 serial cable either of which can be used to connect to the switch locally for configuration tasks and firmware updates The part numbers for the upgrades 49Y4798 and 88Y6037 include the following items e Feature on Demand Activation Flyer e Upgrade activation key IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 2 The base switch and upgrades are as follows e 49Y4270 and 95Y3309 are the part numbers for the physical device and come with fourteen internal 10 Gb ports enabled one to each compute node and ten external 10 Gb
13. T UTP Category 5 5E and 6 up to 100 meters RJ 45 Transceiver 81Y1618 IBM SFP SX Transceiver 1000BASE SX_ 850 nm multimode fiber cable 50 u or 62 5 u up to LC 81Y1622 550 m IBM SFP LX Transceiver 1000BASE LX 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC 90Y9424 Management ports External 1 GbE 1000BASE T UTP Category 5 5E and 6 up to 100 meters RJ 45 management port External RS 232 RS 232 DB 9 to mini USB or RJ 45 to mini USB console Mini USB management port cable comes with optional Management Serial Access Cable 90Y9338 Warranty There is a 1 year customer replaceable unit CRU limited warranty When installed in a chassis these switches assume your system s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 17 Physical specifications These are the approximate dimensions and weight of the switch Height 30 mm 1 2 in Width 401 mm 15 8 in Depth 317 mm 12 5 in Weight 3 7 kg 8 1 Ib Shipping dimensions and weight approximate Height 114 mm 4 5 in Width 508 mm 20 0 in Depth 432 mm 17 0 in Weight 4 1 kg 9 1 Ib Regulatory compliance The switches conform to the following standards United States FCC 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B ANSI C63 4 2003 Class A IEC EN 60950 1 Second Edition Canada ICES 003 issue 4 Class A Japan VCCI Class A Australia New Zealand AS NZS CISPR 22 2006 Class A Taiwan BSMI CNS
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15. bE This configuration leverages six of the eight ports on the CN4058 adapter available for IBM Power Systems compute nodes IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 3 Supported cables and transceivers Table 3 lists the supported cables and transceivers Table 3 Supported transceivers and direct attach cables Feature code Description Part number x config e config Serial console cables 90Y9338 81Y1618 3268 EB29 81Y1622 3269 EB2A 90Y9424 A1PN ECB8 46C3447 5053 EB28 IBM SFP LR Transceiver 90Y9412 A1PM ECB9 10GBase SR SFP MMFiber transceiver 44W4408 4942 3382 SFP direct attach cables 10 GbE QSFP transceiver and cables 40 GbE IBM QSFP 40GBASE SR Transceiver 49Y7884 A1DR EB27 Requires either cable 90Y3519 or cable 90Y3521 10m IBM MTP Fiber Optical Cable requires transceiver 49Y7884 90Y3519 A1MM EB2J 90Y3521 A1MN EC2K 49Y7886 A1DL EB24 49Y7887 A1DM EB25 49Y7888 A1DN EB26 49Y7890 A1DP EB2B 49Y7891 A1DQ EB2H A2RR None IBM Flex System Management Serial Access Cable Kit SFP transceivers 1 GbE IBM SFP RJ 45 Transceiver does not support 10 100 Mbps IBM SFP SX Transceiver IBM SFP LX Transceiver SFP transceivers 10 GbE IBM SFP SR Transceiver 1m IBM Passive DAC SFP 3m IBM Passive DAC SFP 5m IBM Passive DAC SFP 30m IBM MTP Fiber Optical Cable requires transceiver 49Y7884 QSFP breakout cables 40 GbE to 4x10 GbE 1m 40Gb QSFP
16. ddress IPv6 forwarding Up to 128 static routes Support for OSPF v3 routing protocol IPv6 filtering with ACLs e Virtualization Virtual NICs vNICs e Ethernet iSCSI or FCoE traffic is supported on vNICs Unified fabric ports UFPs e Ethernet or FCoE traffic is supported on UFPs Virtual link aggregation groups vLAGs 802 1Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging EVB is an emerging IEEE standard for allowing networks to become virtual machine VM aware e Virtual Ethernet Bridging VEB and Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator VEPA are mechanisms for switching between VMs on the same hypervisor e Edge Control Protocol ECP is a transport protocol that operates between two peers over an IEEE 802 LAN providing reliable in order delivery of upper layer protocol data units e Virtual Station Interface VSI Discovery and Configuration Protocol VDP allows centralized configuration of network policies that will persist with the VM independent of its location e EVB Type Length Value TLV is used to discover and configure VEPA ECP and VDP VMready Switch partitioning SPAR e Converged Enhanced Ethernet Priority Based Flow Control PFC IEEE 802 1Qbb extends 802 3x standard flow control to allow the switch to pause traffic based on the 802 1p priority value in each packet s VLAN tag Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS IEEE 802 1Qaz provides a method for allocating link bandwidth based on the 802 1p priority value in each packe
17. es of this scenario are depicted in Figure 7 and Figure 8 IBM PureFlex System IBM System Storage CN4054 VFA DS3000 DS5000 EN4093R 10 Gb Fabric Switch DS8000 V7000 SVC Dual redundant CEE FCoE links XIV gt Dual redundant FC links Figure 7 EN4093R as an FCoE transit switch with the Brocade VDX 6730 as an FCF IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 20 IBM PureFlex System IBM System Storage CN4054 VFA DS3000 DS5000 EN4093R 10 Gb Fabric Switch DS8000 V7000 SVC Dual redundant CEE FCoE links XIV lt Dual redundant FC links Figure 8 EN4093R as an FCoE transit switch with the Cisco Nexus 5548 5596 as an FCF IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 21 The solution components used in the scenarios shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8 are listed in Table 9 and Table 10 respectively Table 9 EN4093R as an FCoE transit switch with the Brocade VDX 6730 as an FCF Figure 7 reference number eo Brocade VDX 6730 Converged Switch for IBM IBM B type or Brocade SAN fabric IBM System Storage FC disk controllers IBM System Storage DS3000 DS5000 IBM System Storage DS8000 IBM Storwize V7000 SAN Volume Controller IBM XIV Table 10 EN4093R as an FCoE transit switch with the Cisco Nexus 5548 5596 as an FCF Figure 8 reference number eo Cisco Nexus 5548 5596 Switch Cisco MDS SAN fabric IBM System Storage FC disk controllers IBM System Storage DS3
18. g a virtualized environment Clients who require investment protection for 40 GbE uplinks Clients who want to reduce TCO and improve performance while maintaining high levels of availability and security Clients who want to avoid or minimize oversubscription which can result in congestion and loss of performance Clients who want to implement a converged infrastructure with NAS iSCSI or FCoE For FCoE implementations the EN4093R acts as a transit switch forwarding FCoE traffic upstream to other devices like the Brocade VDX or Cisco Nexus 5548 5596 where the FC traffic is broken out The switches offer the following key features and benefits IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches Increased network performance With the growth of virtualization and the evolution of cloud many of today s applications require low latency and high bandwidth performance The EN4093 and EN4093R are the embedded 10 GbE switches for a server chassis to support sub microsecond latency and up to 1 28 Tbps while also delivering full line rate performance making them ideal for managing dynamic workloads across the network Furtherrmore these switches provide a rich Layer 2 and Layer 3 feature set that is ideal for many of today s data centers and they offer industry leading uplink bandwidth by being the first integrated switches to support 40 Gb uplinks Pay as you grow flexibility The EN4093 EN4093R flexible port licensing al
19. ides a flexible way for clients to allocate reallocate and adjust bandwidth to meet their ever changing data center requirements e VM aware networking Delivering advanced virtualization awareness helps simplify management and automates VM mobility by making the network VM aware with IBM VMready which works with all the major hypervisors For companies using VMware IBM System Networking s Distributed Virtual Switch 5000V sold separately enables network administrators to simplify management by having a consistent virtual and physical networking environment 5000V virtual and physical servers use the same configurations policies and management tools Network policies migrate automatically along with virtual machines VMs to ensure that security performance and access remain intact as VMs move from server to server Support for Edge Virtual Bridging EVB based on the IEEE 802 1Qbg standard enables scalable flexible management of networking configuration and policy requirements per VM and eliminates many of the networking challenges introduced with server virtualization e Simplified network infrastructure The EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches simplify deployment and growth because of their innovative scalable architecture This architecture helps increase return on investment by reducing the qualification cycle while providing investment protection for additional I O bandwidth requirements in the future The extreme flexibility
20. ink bandwidth and performance Fixed speed external 10 Gb Ethernet ports to leverage 10 Gb core infrastructure Non blocking architecture with wire speed forwarding of traffic and aggregated throughput of 1 28 Tbps Media access control MAC address learning automatic update support for up to 128 000 MAC addresses Up to 128 IP interfaces per switch Static and LACP IEEE 802 3ad link aggregation up to 220 Gb of total uplink bandwidth per switch up to 64 trunk groups up to 16 ports per group Support for jumbo frames up to 9 216 bytes Broadcast multicast storm control IGMP snooping to limit flooding of IP multicast traffic IGMP filtering to control multicast traffic for hosts participating in multicast groups Configurable traffic distribution schemes over trunk links based on source destination IP or MAC addresses or both Fast port forwarding and fast uplink convergence for rapid STP convergence Availability and redundancy Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP for Layer 3 router redundancy IEEE 802 1D STP for providing L2 redundancy IEEE 802 1s Multiple STP MSTP for topology optimization up to 32 STP instances are supported by a single switch IEEE 802 1w Rapid STP RSTP provides rapid STP convergence for critical delay sensitive traffic like voice or video Per VLAN Rapid STP PVRST enhancements Layer 2 Trunk Failover to support active standby configurations of network adapter teaming on compute nodes Hot Li
21. lows you to buy only the ports that you need when you need them The base switch configuration includes fourteen 10 GbE connections to the servers and ten 10 GbE uplinks You then have the flexibility of turning on more 10 GbE connections to the server and more 10 GbE or 40 GbE uplinks when you need them using Features on Demand licensing capabilities that provide pay as you grow scalability without the need for additional hardware e Optimized network virtualization with virtual NICs With the majority of IT organizations implementing virtualization there has been an increased need to reduce the cost and complexity of their environments IBM is helping to address these requirements by removing multiple physical I O ports IBM Virtual Fabric provides a way for companies to carve up 10 Gb ports into virtual NICs vNICs to meet those requirements with Intel processor based servers To help deliver maximum performance per vNIC and to provide higher availability and security with isolation between vNICs the switch leverages capabilities of its IBM Networking Operating System For large scale virtualization the IBM Flex System solution can support up to 32 vNICs using a pair of CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters in each compute node and four EN4093 or EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches in the chassis The EN4093 and EN4093R offer the benefits of IBM s next generation vNIC Unified Fabric Port UFP UFP is an advanced cost effective solution that prov
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23. n leveraging tools like VMware vCenter Server formerly VMware VirtualCenter or vSphere SNEM provides additional integration for better optimization IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 6 Features and specifications The IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches have the following features and specifications e Internal ports 42 internal full duplex 10 Gigabit ports 14 ports are enabled by default Optional FoD licenses are required to activate the remaining 28 ports Two internal full duplex 1 GbE ports connected to the chassis management module e External ports 14 ports for 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet SFP transceivers support for 1OOOBASE SX 1000BASE LX 1000BASE T 10GBASE SR or 10GBASE LR or SFP copper direct attach cables DAC Ten ports are enabled by default An optional FoD license is required to activate the remaining four ports SFP modules and DACs are not included and must be purchased separately Two ports for 40 Gb Ethernet QSFP transceivers or QSFP DACs Ports are disabled by default An optional FoD license is required to activate them QSFP modules and DACs are not included and must be purchased separately One RS 232 serial port mini USB connector that provides an additional means to configure the switch module e Scalability and performance IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 40 Gb Ethernet ports for extreme upl
24. nks provides basic link redundancy with fast recovery for network topologies that require Spanning Tree to be turned off VLAN support Up to 1024 VLANs supported per switch with VLAN numbers ranging from 1 to 4095 4095 is used for management module s connection only 802 1Q VLAN tagging support on all ports Private VLANs Security VLAN based MAC based and IP based access control lists ACLs 802 1x port based authentication Multiple user IDs and passwords User access control Radius TACACS and LDAP authentication and authorization Quality of Service QoS Support for IEEE 802 1p IP ToS DSCP and ACL based MAC IP source and destination addresses VLANs traffic classification and processing Traffic shaping and re marking based on defined policies Eight Weighted Round Robin WRR priority queues per port for processing qualified traffic IP v4 Layer 3 functions Host management IP forwarding IP filtering with ACLs up to 896 ACLs supported VRRP for router redundancy Support for up to 128 static routes Routing protocol support RIP v1 RIP v2 OSPF v2 BGP 4 up to 2048 entries in a routing table Support for DHCP Relay Support for IGMP snooping and IGMP relay Support for Protocol Independent Multicast PIM in Sparse Mode PIM SM and Dense Mode PIM DM IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches e Pv6 Layer 3 functions IPv6 host management except default switch management IP a
25. ootstrap Protocol BOOTP and DHCP RADIUS TACACS and LDAP QoS metering and re marking ACLs for out profile traffic VMware Virtual Center vCenter for VMready Routing Information Protocol RIP Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Border Gateway Protocol BGP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP sFLOW IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 10 The following table summarizes key features supported by the EN4093 and EN4093R Table 4 EN4093 and EN4093R supported features Feature EN4093 EN4093R Layer 2 switching Yes Yes Layer 3 switching Yes Yes Switch stacking Yes Yes Virtual NIC standalone Yes Yes Virtual NIC stacking Yes Yes Unified fabric port standalone Unified fabric port stacking Edge virtual bridging standalone Edge virtual bridging stacking FCoE standalone FCoE stacking Standards supported The switches support the following standards IEEE 802 1AB Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol DCBX IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol STP IEEE 802 1p Class of Service CoS prioritization IEEE 802 1s Multiple STP MSTP IEEE 802 1Q Tagged VLAN frame tagging on all ports when VLANs are enabled IEEE 802 1Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging IEEE 802 1Qbb Priority Based Flow Control PFC IEEE 802 1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS IEEE 802 1x port based authentication IEEE 802 1w Rapid STP RSTP IEEE 802 2 Logical Link Control IEEE 802 3 1
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27. ports enabled to connect to a top of rack switch or other 10 Gb devices or to form a switch stacking group All external 10 Gb ports are SFP based connections e 49Y4798 Upgrade 1 can be applied on the base switch when you take full advantage of four port adapter cards installed in each compute node This upgrade enables 14 additional internal ports for a total of 28 ports The upgrade also enables two 40 Gb uplinks with QSFP connectors that can also be used for stacking These QSFP ports can also be converted to four 10 Gb SFP DAC connections using the appropriate fan out cable This upgrade requires the base switch e 88Y6037 Upgrade 2 can be applied on top of Upgrade 1 when you want more uplink bandwidth on the switch or if you want additional internal bandwidth to the compute nodes with the six port capable adapter cards The upgrade will enable the remaining four external 10 Gb uplinks with SFP connectors plus fourteen additional internal 10 Gb ports for a total of 42 ports three to each compute node Table 2 lists supported port combinations on the switch and required upgrades Table 2 Supported port combinations Quantity required Base switch Supported port combinations 49Y4270 or 95Y3309 Upgrade 1 49Y4798 Upgrade 2 88Y6037 e 14x internal 10 GbE e 10x external 10 GbE e 42x internal 10 GbET e 14x external 10 GbE e 2x external 40 GbE O DB e 28x internal 10 GbE e 10x external 10 GbE 1 1 e 2x external 40 G
28. pters ooo Figure 3 Logical layout of the interconnects between I O adapters and I O modules The EN4093 and EN4093R switches can be installed in bays 1 2 3 and 4 of the Enterprise chassis A supported adapter card must be installed in the corresponding slot of the compute node slot A1 when switches are installed in bays 1 and 2 or slot A2 when switches are in bays 3 and 4 With four port adapters an optional Upgrade 1 90Y3562 is required for the switch to allow communications on all four ports With eight port adapters both optional Upgrade 1 90Y3562 and Upgrade 2 88Y6037 are required for the switch to allow communications on six adapter ports and two remaining ports are reserved for future use In compute nodes that have an integrated dual port 10 GbE network interface controller NIC NIC ports are routed to bays 1 and 2 with a specialized periscope connector and the adapter card in slot A1 is not required However when needed the periscope connector can be replaced with the adapter card In such a case integrated NIC will be disabled IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 13 The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis Table 5 Adapter to I O bay correspondence O adapter slot Corresponding I O module bay in the chassis em e ee e ras ay O ras ay rae fam ran p TSC rae e
29. serial cable The cable is optional and it is not included with the switch See the Part number information section for details e Fourteen external SFP ports for 1 Gb or 10 Gb connections to external Ethernet devices e Two external QSFP port connectors to attach QSFP modules or cables for a single 40 Gb uplink per port or for splitting of a single port into 4x 10 Gb connections to external Ethernet devices e An Ethernet link OK LED and an Ethernet Tx Rx LED for each external port on the switch module IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches 16 Network cabling requirements The network cables that can be used with the EN4093 and EN4093R switches are shown in the following table Table 7 EN4093 and EN4093R network cabling requirements 40 Gb Ethernet IBM QSFP 40GBASE SR_ 40GBASE SR4__ 10 m or 30 m IBM MTP fiber optics cables see MTP Transceiver 49Y7884 Table 3 Direct attach cable 40GBASE CR4 1m or 3 m QSFP to QSFP DACs see Table 3 QSFP 10 Gb Ethernet IBM SFP SR Transceiver 10GBASE SR 850 nm multimode fiber cable 50 u or 62 5 u up to LC 46C3447 300 m IBM SFP LR Transceiver 10GBASE LR 1310 nm single mode fiber cable up to 10 km LC 90Y9412 10GBase SR SFP 10GBASE SR 850 nm multimode fiber cable 50 u or 62 5 u up to MMFiber transceiver 300 m 44W4408 Direct attach cable 10GSFP Cu Up to 5 m SFP copper DACs see Table 3 SFP 1 Gb Ethernet IBM SFP RJ 45 1000BASE
30. t s VLAN tag Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol DCBX IEEE 802 1AB allows neighboring network devices to exchange information about their capabilities e Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE FC BB5 FCoE specification compliant FCoE transit switch operations FCoE Initialization Protocol FIP support for automatic ACL configuration e Stacking IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 and EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches Up to eight switches in a stack FCoE support EN4093R only vNIC support 802 1Qbg support e Manageability Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP V1 V2 and V3 HTTP browser GUI Telnet interface for CLI SSH Secure FTP sFTP Service Location Protocol SLP Serial interface for CLI Scriptable CLI Firmware image update TFTP and FTP Network Time Protocol NTP and Precision Time Protocol PTP for switch clock synchronization e Monitoring Switch LEDs for external port status and switch module status indication Remote Monitoring RMON agent to collect statistics and proactively monitor switch performance Port mirroring for analyzing network traffic passing through switch Change tracking and remote logging with syslog feature Support for sSFLOW agent for monitoring traffic in data networks Separate SFLOW analyzer required elsewhere POST diagnostics The following features are not supported with IPv 6 Default switch management IP address SNMP trap host destination IP address B
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