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Contents
Contents 3
Revision History 4
About this Manual 5
Chapter 1 Overview 7
1.1 InfiniBand Connectors 8
1.2 Switch Status Lights 9
1.3 I2C Interface RJ-45 Connector 10
Chapter 2 Installation and Basic Operation 11
2.1 Installation Safety Warnings 11
2.2 Mechanical Installation 13
2.2.1 Removing an Old Switch From the Chassis 13
2.2.2 Removing an I/O Module Blank From the Chassis 14
2.2.3 Installing the Mellanox M4001[F, T, Q] Switch Into the Dell Chassis 14
2.3 Power Connections and Initial Power On 14
2.4 InfiniBand Cable Installation 14
2.4.1 Supported Approved Cables 15
Chapter 3 Cluster Management and Firmware 16
3.1 Network Management and Clustering Software 16
3.2 Updating Firmware 16
3.2.1 Instructions for Reprogramming Over the InfiniBand Network 16
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 17
Appendix A Specifications 18
Appendix B EMC Certification Statements 20
Appendix C QSFP Interface 22
Appendix D Avertissements de sécurité d’installation 24
Appendix E Installation - Sicherheitshinweise 26

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Revision History
Table 1 - Revision History Table
Date Revision Description
June 2012 1.2 Added graphics to section 2.4
Added section2.4.1
May 2012 1.1 Added M4001T switch
November 2011 1.0 Initial release

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About this Manual
This manual describes the installation and basic use of the SwitchX® M4001F(FDR) 56 Gb/s,
M4001T(FDR10) 40Gb/s and the M4001Q(QDR) 40 Gb/s InfiniBand blade switch I/O modules
for the PowerEdge M-Series chassis.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for users and system administrators responsible for installing and setting
up the switch platforms listed above.
The manual assumes familiarity with the InfiniBand® Architecture Specification.
Related Documentation
The documentation set accompanying the Mellanox M4001[F, T, Q] includes the following:
Online Resources
• Mellanox Technologies Web pages: http://www.mellanox.com
• Dell Support Web pages: http://support.dell.com
Conventions
Throughout this manual, the names M4001F, M4001T, and M4001Q and the terms switch, I/O
module, and IOM are used to describe the M4001F FDR, M4001T FDR10, and the M4001Q QDR
InfiniBand blade switch I/O modules, unless explicitly indicated otherwise.
Table 2 - Reference Documents
InfiniBand Architecture Specification
Volume 1 Release 1.2.1 and Volume 2
release 1.2.1
InfiniBand architecture specification descriptions
Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) 
User’s Manual 
Document # 2329
The MFT (Mellanox Firmware Tools) package is a set of firmware tools. The
manual supplied with this package provides an overview of the firmware its
installation and replacement. The MFT can be downloaded with its documenta-
tion at: 
http://www.mellanox.com > Downloads > Firmware Tools.

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to the user.
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This symbol indicates a situation that can potentially cause damage to hardware or
software.
BEWARE! This symbol indicates a situation that can potentially cause personal injury
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1 Overview
The SwitchX® InfiniBand blade switch I/O module for the PowerEdge M-Series chassis provides
a high bandwidth, low latency fabric for Enterprise Data Centers (EDC), High-Performance Com-
puting (HPC), and Embedded environments. Based on the 5th generation InfiniBand switch device
(1st Generation SwitchX). This I/O module (IOM) delivers up to 56Gb/s at FDR speed and 
40 Gb/s at FDR10 and QDR speed full bisectional bandwidth per port. When used in conjunction
with ConnectX®-3 InfiniBand dual port Mezzanine I/O cards, clustered data bases, parallelized
applications and transactional services applications these switches will achieve significant perfor-
mance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation.
The I/O module comes pre-installed with all necessary firmware, and configured for standard
operation within an InfiniBand fabric, and only requires an InfiniBand compliant Subnet Manager
running from one of the hosts. All that is required for normal operation is to follow the usual pre-
cautions for installation and connection from the switch to the HCAs or other switches. Once con-
nected, the Subnet Management software automatically configures the switch and begins utilizing
the switch.
It is recommended that Mellanox OpenFabrics software package be installed on all nodes con-
nected to the M4001[F, T, Q]. The software package provides a subnet manager and network man-
agement tools as well as connectivity software for servers and storage, and is available on the
Mellanox web site. See Chapter 3 for more information.
Basic installation, hot-swapping components and hardware maintenance is covered in “Installation
and Basic Operation” on page 11.
The M4001F, M4001T, and M4001Q switches have a Hot Swap controller and a PSOC Manage-
ment IC.

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Figure 1: Switch Front Panel and Locking Mechanism
1.1 InfiniBand Connectors
This switch has 16 QSFP connectors through the front panel. The remaining 16 interfaces are
through the Midplane Connector out of the back of the switch. Figure 1 shows the front 16 ports.
Each of the InfiniBand ports has two LEDs located between the connectors and the I2C interface.
The green LED, when lit, indicates that a valid physical connection to the other system (switch or
HCA port) exists. See Figure 2,“Physical and Logical Link Indication LEDs” for more details.
Locking Mechanism
Switch Status Lights
Port LEDs

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Figure 2: Physical and Logical Link Indication LEDs
1.2 Switch Status Lights
The switch Status lights indicate whether the switch is receiving power from the chassis, and the
state of the switch.
Figure 3: Indicator LEDs
Table 3 - IOM states and LED configurations:
LED Switch Status
Indication Green Status
OFF OFF OFF
ON OFF Boot in Progress
Switch not ready
LED Name Connection Status
Physical Link - Green Off – No Physical Link
ON – Physical Link
Data Activity - Yellow
Blinking – indicates Data Transfer
Constant on – indicates Link exists
with no Data Transfer taking place
Off with green LED lit – indicates that
the Subnet Manager may not be running
The IO Module is on and
ready when both the blue
and green LEDs are lit.
This LED can be blue or
amber. A fault is indicated
when the amber LED is
blinking. See Table 3.

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1.3 I2C Interface RJ-45 Connector
There is an “I2C”interface on the front panel.
Figure 4: I2C RJ-45 Interface
The I2C connection provides access to Flash and EEPROMs. The I2C connector is used to update
firmware should in-band firmware update not work. You will need to order an RJ-45 to DB9 I2C
adapter to make use of the I2C interface. You can order this adapter from Mellanox Technologies.
The Ordering Part Number is MTUSB-1.
These switches are Plug and Play and all firmware updates should be done in-band. The I2C con-
nection should only be used if the FW image was corrupted to the point that the regular FW tools
cannot successfully reburn the correct image.
Blinking Blue
ON BLINKING BLUE The CMC is identifying
the newly installed switch
ON ON BLUE Switch is on and operating Normally
ON ON or BLINKING
AMBER Fault in System
Self-diagnosed
OFF ON or BLINKING
AMBER Fault in System
CMC-detected
All firmware updates should be done in-band using Mellanox Firmware Management
Tools. This is for Advanced users and FAEs only.
LED Switch Status
Indication Green Status