IBM RACKSWITCH G8000 User manual

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Model: RACKSWITCH G8000

Category: Network switch modules

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BNT 1Gb

10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x

IBM System x at-a-glance guide

BLADE Network Technologies’ (BNT) 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM® System x® (Figure 1) is a

Top of the Rack (TOR) switch that delivers unmatched line-rate Layer 2/3 performance at a very attractive

price. It has 44x 1GbE RJ45 ports, four 1G SFP ports, and standard redundant power supplies along with

up to four optional 10GbE SFP+ or CX4 ports. Unlike most rack equipment that cools from side to side,

the RackSwitch G8000 has rear-to-front airflow that matches server airflow.

Figure 1. BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x

Did you know?

Did you know that:

BNT’s G8000 comes standard with redundant power supplies and rail kits.

BNT’s G8000 is designed specifically for the data center environment: airflow, high-availability

hardware and software features, rich layer 2/3 functionality, and ease of management.

VMready is switch-resident software that reduces the complexity of configuring and managing virtual

machines throughout the network.

BLADEOS software features deliver seamless, standards-based integration into existing upstream

switches.

The G8000 supports stacking for up to six switches using a single switch image and configuration file

that shares one IP address and one management interface.

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Part number information

Table 1 lists the part numbers for ordering switches and additional options.

Table 1. IBM part numbers and feature codes for ordering

Description IBM part number

BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x 0446013

10G options

BNT RackSwitch G8000 Dual-port SFP+ XGE uplink module 46C3417

BNT RackSwitch G8000 Dual-port CX4 XGE uplink module 46C3421

SFP+ 10G Short Range Transceiver 46C3447

Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable 0.5 m 59Y1932

Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable 1 m 59Y1936

Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable 3 m 59Y1940

Molex Direct Attach Copper SFP+ Cable 5 m 59Y1944

3 m Optical Cable 46D0153

10 m Optical Cable 46D0156

30 m Optical Cable 46D0159

1G options

SFP 100Base-T Copper Transceiver 81Y1618

SFP 100Base-SX Optical Transceiver 81Y1622

0.6 m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K5679

1.5 m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K8785

3 m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K5581

10 m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K8927

25 m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K8930

Note: Small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) and SFP transceivers are not included.

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The module part numbers include (Table 2):

One BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x

Generic Rail Mount Kit (2-post)

BNT Horizontal Rack Mount Kit

BNT Mini-USB to DB9 serial cable (3 m)

Publication Group

Two power cords depending on the country of purchase (Make sure that you include in your

configuration.)

Table 2. Module part numbers

39Y7917 Power Cord Europe AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7918 Power Cord Europe (Denmark) AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7919 Power Cord Europe (Switzerland) AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7920 Power Cord Europe (Israel) AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7922 Power Cord Europe (South Africa) AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7923 Power Cord UK AC plug 13A/250V; OPT

39Y7924 Power Cord Australia AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7925 Power Cord Korea AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7926 Power Cord Japan AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7927 Power Cord India AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

39Y7928 Power Cord China AC plug 16A/250V; OPT

39Y7929 Power Cord Brazil AC plug 16A/250V; OPT

39Y7930 Power Cord Uruguay/Argentina AC plug 16A/250V; OPT

39Y7931 Power Cord US/Canada AC plug 10A/250V; OPT

Table 3 shows additional transceivers and direct-attach cable options that are available directly through

BNT and its distribution channel. These transceivers are in addition to the 10GBase-SR SFP+ and SFP

transceivers available from IBM listed in Table 1.

Table 3. BNT part numbers for ordering SFP-based transceivers and cables

Description BNT part number

BLADE 1000Base-LX SFP Transceiver BN-CKM-S-LX

SFP+ 10G Long Range Transceiver BN-CKM-SP-LR

SFP+ Copper Direct Attach Cable (8.5 meters) BN-SP-CBL-8M5

If you would like to order any of these transceivers or cables, see the following webistes:

Transceivers: http://www.bladenetwork.net/Ethernet-Transceivers.htmlz

Cables: http://bladenetwork.net/SFP=Cable.html

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Summary: BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x

The BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch offers the following benefits:

High performance: The G8000 provides up to 176 Gbps throughput and supports up to four 10G

uplink ports for a very low oversubscription ratio.

Lower power and better cooling: The BNT G8000RackSwitch uses less power than two 60 W light

bulbs -- a fraction of the power consumption of most competitive offerings. Unlike side-cooled

switches, which can cause heat recirculation and reliability concerns, the G8000 RackSwitch

rear-to-front cooling design reduces data center air conditioning costs by matching airflow to the

server’s configuration in the rack. Variable speed fans assist in automatically reducing power

consumption.

VM-aware network virtualization: BLADE VMready software on the switch reduces configuration

complexity while significantly improving security levels in virtualized environments. VMready

automatically detects virtual machine movement from one physical server to another, and instantly

reconfigures each VM’s network policies across VLANs to keep the network up and running without

interrupting traffic or impacting performance. VMready works with all leading hypervisors, such as

VMware, Citrix Xen, and Microsoft.

Layer 3 functionality: The BNT switch includes Layer 3 functionality, which provides security and

performance benefits, as inter-VLAN traffic stays within the chassis. This switch also provides the full

range of Layer 3 static and dynamic routing protocols including Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for enterprise customers.

Active MultiPath (AMP™): This effectively doubles bandwidth by allowing all uplink ports to be

active/active, eliminating cross-stack traffic and providing up to 900Gbps aggregate bandwidth

between servers. Built-in fault tolerance constant health checking ensures maximum availability.

Fault tolerance: These BNT switches learn alternate routes automatically and perform faster

convergence in the unlikely case of a link, switch, or power failure. The switch uses proven

technologies such as L2 trunk failover, advanced VLAN-based failover, VRRP, HotLink™, Uplink

Failure Detection (UFD)™, IGMP V3 snooping, and OSPF.

Seamless interoperability: BNT switches interoperate seamlessly with other vendors' upstream

switches. See the Tolly Functionality and Certification: RackSwitch G8000, G8100, and G8124 and

Cisco Catalyst Interoperability Evaluation at

http://www.bladenetwork.net/userfiles/file/PDFs/Tolly209116BladeRackSwitchInteroperability.pdf.

Stacking: Cluster virtualization, single IP, and stacking of up to six virtual switches allow configuration

of multiple switches as one, saving valuable time, IP addresses, and resources.

The BNT switch comes with an IBM limited three-year hardware warranty.

Features and specifications

In this section we list the features and specifications.

Performance

The performance features are:

Full Line rate performance

176 Gbps (full duplex) switching architecture

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Hardware features

Figure 2 shows the front of the switch and Figure 3 shows the rear of the switch. The hardware features

are:

Interface options: Fourty-four 10/100/1000 + 4 1G SFP ports

Two port expansion slots for uplink modulesz

Dual-port 10GbE SFP+ module z

Dual-port 10GbE CX-4 module

One fixed mini USB console portz

Figure 2. Front of switch

Figure 3. Rear of switch

Dimensions: 17.3” wide, 15” deep, 1 RU high

Weight: 5.45 kg (11.99 lb)z

Airflowz

Rear-to-front cooling

Redundant variable speed fans to reduce power draw

Power z

The AC-Powered BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch has dual load-sharing internal power

modules, operating at 120 W, 50

–

60 Hz, 100 - 240 VAC auto switching per module.

The nominal power for the BNT switch is approximately 120 W.

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Rack installation kitz

Two-port rail kits

Rail kit designed specific for IBM Intelligent Cluster

LEDsz

System LEDs to indicate status

Stacking LEDs to indicate master/member

Environmental specifications

The environmental specifications are:

Temperature: ambient operating: 0ºC to +40ºC

Relative humidity: non-condensing, operating 10 to 90%

Altitude: operating 3,050 m (10,000 feet)

Acoustic noise: less than 65 dB

Heat dissipation: 520 BTU/hour

Cable management

Intuitive LEDs for port identification and cable management

Server-like port orientations enable short and simple cabling

Mean time between failure (MTBF): 195,000 hrs with ambient operating temperature of 40ºC MTBF is

calculated using the Telcordia Technologies Reliability Prediction Procedure for Electronic Equipment

(SR-332 issue 2), Parts Count (method 1 case 1) failure rate data.

Software features

The software features are:

Security

802.1x with VLAN assignment

Private VLAN edge

RADIUS

TACACS+

Wire Speed Filtering

Flexible ACL combinations - L2-L4 criteria: Source and Destination MAC, IP, TCP/UDP Ports

SSH v1, v2

HTTPS Secure BBI

MAC address move notification

SCP

Shift B Boot menu (Password Recovery/ Factory Default)

VLANsz

Port-based VLAN

4096 VLAN IDs supported

1024 Active VLANs (802.1Q)

802.1x with Dynamic VLAN assignment

Private VLAN Edge

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Trunkingz

LACP

Static Trunks (EtherChannel)

Configurable Trunk Hash algorithm

Cross Stack Trunks

Trunk Hashing support (RTAG 7)

Spanning Treez

Multiple Spanning Tree (802.1s)

Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1w)

Fast Uplink Convergence

PVRST+

Quality of service (QoS)z

QoS 802.1p

DSCP

Weighted round-robin

Metering

4 MB buffers for queuing

Routing protocolsz

128 static routes

Layer 2/3 static routes

RIP v1/v2

OSPF v3

BGP

IPv6

High availabilityz

Uplink failure detection

Hot links

Virtual Router Redundancy support (VRRP)

Active Multipath™

Layer 2 failover

Multicast: IGMP v1, v2, v3 Snooping with 2 K IGMP groupsz

Monitoringz

Port mirroring

ACL-based mirroring

Version 5z

Virtualizationz

VMready VI API supportz

Virtual switch stacking with up to six switches

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Management features

Clients:

BLADEHarmony Manager (optional)

isCLI (Cisco-like)

Browser-based client, SSH, or Telnet

Standard protocols

The standard protocols are:

SNMP v1, v2c, v3

RMON

Secondary NTP support

Accept DHCP

LLDP

16 K MAC table

9 K jumbo frames

802.3X flow control

Upgrades

The upgrades are:

Upgrade firmware via serial or TFTP

Dual software images

Popular configurations

Popular configurations are:

Rack-optimized server aggregation 1 GbE attached rack servers (Figure 4)

High-concentration of rack-optimized servers, for example:

System x 1U or 2U servers with a 1G adapter installed

System x 4U servers with multiple 1G connections per server

IBM BladeCenter® using any of the following modules in the chassis:

BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM

BladeCenter

BNT Layer 2 - 7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Intelligent Copper Pass-Thru Module for IBM BladeCenter

Server Connectivity Module for IBM BladeCenter

Low-profile, high-performance, 48-port GbE switch needed to perform aggregation function per

rack

BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x 9

Figure 4. Rack optimized server aggregation 1GbE attached rack servers

Table 4. Features and benefits

Features Benefits

Line-rate, non-blocking, all 48 ports Supports massive compute and virtualization workloads.

Less than 4 micro-seconds latency Faster application response times.

Four 10GbE uplink ports (40 Gb bandwidth to the core or

upstream switch)

Minimal oversubscription: 1:08 (~1 to 1).

Standards-based Layer 2/3 protocols, industry standard

CLI

Interoperates with existing network. No learning curve.

BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x 10

Rack-optimized server aggregation logical design (Figure 5): The design goal is to interoperate with

an existing Layer 2/3 switch and deploy BLADE G8000s at the Data Center Edge:

Logical configuration: Configure G8000s for Layer 2. Apply VLAN domains (1 and 2) at Core

switches.

Full Layer 2/3 feature set: STP, MSTP, RSTP, PVRST+; RIP v1/2, static routes, and OSPF.

Security: 802.1X; RADIUS/TACACS+; Wire Speed ACLs, SSH v1, v2; HTTPS Secure BBI.

QoS: Up to eight queues/port, IEEE 802.1p and DiffServ prioritization.

Figure 5. Rack optimized server aggregation logical design

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Related publications

For more information see the following BNT 1Gb/10Gb G8000 RackSwitch for IBM System x product

publications, available from:

http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5084429&brandind

=5000008

Application Guide: http://www.bladenetwork.net/userfiles/file/G8000

6-3.pdf

Command Reference: http://www.bladenetwork.net/userfiles/file/G8000

6-3.pdf

isCLI Reference: http://www.bladenetwork.net/userfiles/file/G8000

6-3.pdf

BBI (Browser-based Interface) Quick Guide:

http://www.bladenetwork.net/userfiles/file/G8000

BBI

6-3.pdf

Release Notes: http://downloads.bladenetwork.net/request?file=fe7gg9

End User License Agreement

Additional Product information: http://www.bladenetwork.net/IBMG8000.html

IBM US Announcement Letter:

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS11

0-136&appname=USN

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