IBM 32R1860 - Nortel Layer 2/3 Copper GbE Switch Module User Manual - page 6
BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter
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The switch module supports the following IEEE standards:
IEEE 802.1D STP with PVRST+
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IEEE 802.1s MSTP
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IEEE 802.1w RSTP
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IEEE 802.1p Tagged Packets
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IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN (frame tagging on all ports when VLANs are enabled)
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IEEE 802.1x port-based authentication
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IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control
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IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol
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IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex Flow Control
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For the copper switch module:
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IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet
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IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet
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IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
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IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet
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For the fiber switch module:
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IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet
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1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet
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Supported BladeCenter chassis and expansion cards
The BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules are supported in the IBM
BladeCenter chassis listed in Table 2.
Table 2. IBM BladeCenter chassis that support the BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet
Switch Modules
I/O module
Part number
BNT Layer 2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
32R1860
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
BNT Layer 2/3 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
32R1861
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
The BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules support the expansion cards listed
in Table 3. This table also lists the chassis bays in which the switch module must be installed when used
with each expansion card.
The BladeCenter chassis have the following bays:
BladeCenter S, E, and T have four standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, and 4)
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BladeCenter H has six standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) and four high-speed bays (7, 8, 9, and
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10)
BladeCenter HT has four standard I/O bays (1, 2, 3, and 4) and four high-speed bays (7, 8, 9, and 10)
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The BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules fit in a standard I/O bay (bays
1-4). The BNT Layer 2/3 Copper Ethernet Switch Module, with the addition of the Multi-Switch
Interconnect Module (MSIM) in the BladeCenter H and HT chassis, can also fit in a high-speed I/O bay
(bays 7-10). The BNT Layer 2/3 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module is supported in the BladeCenter H
chassis with MSIM (bays 7-10) but is not supported with MSIM-HT in the high-speed bays of the