Mellanox Technologies MUA9002F-2SF-250 User manual

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UFM-SDN Appliance Hardware User Manual
P/N: MUA9002F-2SF-250, MUA9002F-2SF-500, MUA9002F-2SF-1K, MUA9002F-2SF-2K,
MUA9002F-2SF-4K, MUA9002F-2SF-HA
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mellanox Product Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Chapter 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Serial Number and ID Information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
Chapter 2 Basic Operation and Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1 UFM-SDN Appliance Hardware Overview - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
2.1.1 Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.2 Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.3 NIC Activity LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Air Flow - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18
Chapter 3 Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.1 On/Off button - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19
3.2 RJ-45 Serial A Port - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19
3.3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector for Remote Management - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19
3.4 USB interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19
3.5 Port Interfaces- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
3.6 UFM-SDN Appliance Installation and Operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
3.6.1 Installation Safety Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 4 Mechanical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.1 Package Contents and Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23
4.1.1 Installing the Appliance in the Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2 Connecting UFM-SDN Appliance to your Network/Fabric - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
4.3 Grounding the Appliance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
4.4 Power Connections and Initial Power On - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
4.5 Extracting and Inserting the Power Supply Unit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26
4.6 Installing and Removing Hot-swap Hard Drive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27
4.7 Removing a Hard Disk Drive from a 3.5” Hard Drive Carrier- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28
4.8 Battery Replacement - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28
4.9 Supported Approved Cables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28
4.10 Appliance Shut Down Procedure - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29
4.11 Disassembly of the Appliance from the Rack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29
4.12 Remove the Battery - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29
4.13 Disposal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Appendix A UFM-SDN Appliance Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
A.1 Approved Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
A.2 EMC Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Appendix B Field Replaceable Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Appendix C Avertissements de sécurité d’installation (French) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

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Appendix D Installation - Sicherheitshinweise (German) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Appendix E Advertencias de seguridad para la instalación (Spanish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Appendix F Special Regulations Regarding Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway . . . . .46

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List of Figures
Figure 1: Pull Out Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Figure 2: Pull Out Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Figure 3: UFM-SDN Appliance Front and Rear Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Figure 4: System Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Figure 5: UFM-SDN Appliance Front and Rear Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Figure 6: System Power and On/Off Switch and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Figure 7: Power Supply Unit Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Figure 8: Identification LED and Identifier Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Figure 9: Hard drive LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Figure 10: Cold Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 11: NIC Activity LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 12: Front side Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 13: Rear Side Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 14: InfiniBand Port Connector Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Figure 15: Left-hand Rail Outside View Collapsed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Figure 16: Left-hand Rail Outside View Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure 17: Left-hand Rail Inside View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure 18: Insert Appliance Into Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure 19: Turn On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure 20: Two Power Inlets - Electric Caution Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Figure 21: Remove the PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 22: Insert the PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 23: Hard Drives Drawers Pre-installed with Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Figure 24: Remove HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

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List of Tables
Table 1: Revision History Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Table 2: Reference Documents and Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Table 3: Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Table 4: Figure 4 Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 5: Appliance Status LED Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Table 6: PS Unit Status LED Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Table 7: NIC Activity Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Table 8: Physical and Logical Link Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Table 9: UFM-SDN Appliance Specification Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Table 10: Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Revision History
Table 1 - Revision History Table
Date Revision Description
February 2013 1.0 Initial Release

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About this Manual
This manual describes the installation and basic use of the UFM®-SDN Appliance (Unified Fab-
ric Manager for Software Defined Networks Appliance.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for software and hardware engineers, users and system administrators
responsible for fabrics management.
The manual assumes familiarity with the InfiniBand®Architecture Specification and with the
Ethernet specification.
Related Documentation
Additional Documentation available from Mellanox:
All of these documents can be found on the Mellanox Website. They are available either through
the product pages or through the support page with a login and password.
Table 2 - Reference Documents and Web Sites
Document Name Description
InfiniBand Architecture Specifica-
tion, Vol. 1, Release 1.2.1 The InfiniBand Architecture Specification that is provided by IBTA
UFM®-SDN Appliance Remote Mgmt This document contains information regarding Mellanox Technologies'
remote management for the UFM®-SDN Appliance. This requires a cus-
tomer support login.
UFM®-SDN Appliance Hardware
Release Notes This document contains information regarding hardware issues. This requires a customer support login.
UFM®-SDN Appliance Software
Release Notes This document contains information regarding software issues. This requires a customer support login.
UFM®-SDN Appliance Software User
Manual This document contains information regarding configuring and manag-
ing Mellanox Technologies' UFM®-SDN Appliance platforms. This
requires a customer support login.
UFM®-SDN Appliance CLI Reference Command Reference Guide for the UFM®-SDN Appliance listing all of
the commands available through UFM® with explanations and exam-
ples. This requires a customer support login.

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Conventions
Throughout this manual, the name and the terms UFM-SDN Appliance and appliance are used to
describe the UFM-SDN appliance, unless explicitly indicated otherwise.
The following icons are used throughout this document to indicate information that is important
to the user.
Abbreviations
This icon makes recommendations to the user.
This icon indicates information that is helpful to the user.
This icon indicates a situation that can potentially cause damage to hardware or soft-
ware.
BEWARE! This icon indicates a situation that can potentially cause personal injury or
damage to hardware or software.
Table 3 - Abbreviations
Term Description
FDR Fourteen Data Rate

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Mellanox Product Legend
The following table identifies the components of the appliance as they correspond to the OPN
MUA9002F-2SF-250.
Place Field Decoder
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9Data Transfer Protocol 9 = VPI
00 Size of box 00 = 1U
2Number of HCA ports 2 = 2 QSFP ports
FType of HCA cards CX354A ConnectX-3 dual port FDR
-Separator
2# Power Supplies 0=0, 1=1, 2=2....
SDepth of the Unit S = standard depth, B = short depth
FAir Flow direction R= Back (power-supplies) side to front (hard-drives) side 
F= Front (hard-drives) side to back (power-supplies) side
-Separator
250 # of managed nodes 250 = 250 managed nodes
500 = 500 managed nodes
1K = 1000 managed nodes
2K = 2000 managed nodes
4K= 4000 managed nodes
HA = High Availability

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1 Overview
Mellanox's Unified Fabric Manager (UFM®) is a powerful platform for managing scale-out
computing environments. UFM® enables data center operators to efficiently monitor and operate
the entire fabric, and maximize fabric resource utilization.
UFM® eliminates the complexity of fabric management, provides deep visibility into fabric traf-
fic and health, and optimizes application performance.
While other tools are device-oriented and involve manual processes, UFM®’s automated and
application-centric approach bridges the gap between servers, applications and fabric elements,
thus enabling administrators to manage and optimize from the smallest to the largest and most
performance-demanding clusters.
UFM®-SDN Appliance is offered as a pre-installed network device, fitting all O/S environments.
It is powered by a Mellanox ConnectX-3 FDR 2 port adapter card, to be plugged in any Mellanox
fabric with minimal effort.
1.1 Serial Number and ID Information
The Serial number and MAC for the appliance are found on the pull out tab on the top left side of
the front of the appliance. The MAC address of the first management interface (eth0) can be
found on the pull-tab. eth1-3 have the next consecutive addresses.
Figure 1: Pull Out Tab
Figure 2: Pull Out Tab
Mellanox
Pull out tab

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2 Basic Operation and Installation
2.1 UFM-SDN Appliance Hardware Overview
Figure 3 shows the power side panel and connector side panel views of the appliance. The figure
shows interfaces, the hot-swap power supply location, hot swap HDD drawers, 5 – RJ-45 con-
nectors, 5 – USB connectors, and various status LEDs.
Figure 3: UFM-SDN Appliance Front and Rear Side Panels
2.1.1 Status LEDs
The System Status Indicators are located on the front side panel.
Figure 4: System Status Indicators
ID
2
1
4
3
ID
Mellanox
T E C H N O L O G IE S UFM-SDM
Mellanox
Mellanox
Mellanox
Mellanox
Front side
Rear side
ID
2
1
4
3
ID
AB
CDE
GI
F
H

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2.1.1.1 Appliance Status LED
This is a two color LED Green/ Amber . There are two matching Activity LEDs, one on
each side of the appliance.
Table 4 - Figure 4 Legend
Label Description Label Description
ASystem ID Button w/Integrated LED FPower Button w/Integrated LED
BNIC-1 Activity LED GNIC-2 Activity LED
CNIC-3 Activity LED HNIC-4 Activity LED
DSystem Cold Reset Button IHard Drive Activity LED
ESystem Status LED
Table 5 - Appliance Status LED Configurations
LED Color Status
LED Off Off – There is no power to the appliance
Solid Green OK – The appliance is running normally
Green Blinking at a rate
of 1Hz
Non-critical error – The appliance is running but in a reduced state. Needs atten-
tion.
Amber Blinking at a
rate of 1Hz
Warning – Impending critical state. Need to attend to this problem before it
becomes fatal.
Amber Fatal Error occurred – non recoverable condition system stopped!

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2.1.1.2 Power LEDs
Figure 5: UFM-SDN Appliance Front and Rear Side Panels
Figure 6: System Power and On/Off Switch and Indicators
The primary power supply unit (PS1) is located on the left side of the power side panel, with PS2
on the right of the PS1.
Figure 7: Power Supply Unit Status LEDs
Each PS unit has a single 2 color LED on the right side of the PS unit, that indicates the internal
status of the unit.
ID
2
1
4
3
ID
Mellanox
T E C H N O L O G I E S UFM-SDM
Mellanox
Mellanox
Mellanox
Mellanox
Front side
Rear side
Power supply Module #1 Power supply Module #2
ID
2
1
4
3
ID
Power Button w/Integrated LED

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The arrow above shows the On/Off switch which contains an integral LED to show the power
status of the appliance.
Each power supply has 1 fan built-in.
2.1.1.3 Appliance Identifier ID LED and Button
This appliance has a combination button and ID LED . The LED can be lit by pushing the
button or by using the remote management.
Figure 8: Identification LED and Identifier Button
Table 6 - PS Unit Status LED Configurations
LED Color Status
Solid Green OK – The Power supply is delivering the correct voltage
LED Off Off – There is no power to any of the PS units
Green Blinking at a rate
of 1Hz
PS off or in cold redundant state
Green Blinking at a rate
of 2Hz
Firmware updating on the PS
Amber Blinking at a
rate of 1Hz
Warning, PS continues to run 
Need to attend to this problem before it becomes fatal.
Amber Power supply critical! will result in a shutdown or failure
Need to attend to this problem before it becomes fatal.
ID
ID
2
1
4
3
ID

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2.1.1.4 3.5 Inch Hard Drive LEDs
Figure 9: Hard drive LEDs
2.1.1.5 Hard Drive Activity LED
This LED indicates activity of the on-board hard disk controllers .
Status LED
Off No access and no fault
Solid On Hard drive fault has occurred
Blinking Raid is rebuilding (this happens after replacing a faulty drive)
Activity LED
Off Power on and Drive spun down
Solid On Power on with no drive activity
Blinking Power on with drive activity or drive spinning up
Amber Status LED
Green Activity LED

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2.1.2 Reset Button
Figure 10: Cold Reset Button
This appliance has a system cold reset button. Pressing this button performs a reset of the appli-
ance hardware.
2.1.3 NIC Activity LED Indicators
The number LEDs display NIC activity.
Figure 11: NIC Activity LEDs
Table 7 - NIC Activity Indications
LED Configuration LED Description
Off Physical link down / Default
Solid Green Physical link up no traffic
Flashing Green Physical link up with traffic
Flashing Orange Physical errors
ID
2
1
4
3
ID
System cold reset button
ID
2
1
4
3
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2.2 Air Flow
This appliance comes with one air flow pattern. That is front (hard-drives) side to back (power-
supplies) side.
3 Interfaces
The following are the interfaces to the appliance:
• One on/off button with integral LED
• 2 X 100M/1Gb Ethernet connectors labeled “MGT”
• 5 USB ports that is labeled
• 1 RJ-45 serial port
• System Cold reset
• 2 FDR Ports
Figure 12: Front side Interfaces
Figure 13: Rear Side Interfaces
ID
2
1
4
3
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NIC #1
eth0
NIC #4
eth3
NIC #3
eth2
NIC #2
eth1
RJ45 Serial A port
USB ports
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3.1 On/Off button
3.2 RJ-45 Serial A Port
This is a serial console RS-232 connector.
3.3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector for Remote Management
The Ethernet connection for the NICs provide access for remote management of the network/
fabric. The appliance can be connected to any Ethernet port. The primary management port is
eth0.
3.4 USB interface
There are five USB connectors. These connectors can be used to install software and / or firm-
ware upgrades using a memory device that has a USB connector. This connector is USB 2.0 com-
pliant. Various upload/download operations are also support through the USB using the CLI such
as:
• UFM® configuration fetching/uploading
• UFM® license fetching
• UFM® upgrade
All USB connectors can be used for performing software update or various upload/download
operations using the CLI.
Each Ethernet connector gets connected to Ethernet switches. These switches must be
configured to 100M/1G auto-negotiation.
The USB interface can be used to update the UFM.
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3.5 Port Interfaces
There are two I/O LEDs per port in dual-port designs. See Table 8 for LED functionality in
InfiniBand mode.
Figure 14: InfiniBand Port Connector Interfaces
3.6 UFM-SDN Appliance Installation and Operation
Installation and initialization of the UFM-SDN Appliance are straightforward processes, requir-
ing attention to the normal mechanical, power, and thermal precautions for rack-mounted equip-
ment.
3.6.1 Installation Safety Warnings
For Safety Warnings in French see Section C,“Avertissements de sécurité d’installation
(French),” on page 35, for German see Section D,“Installation - Sicherheitshinweise (German),”
on page 39, and for Spanish see Section E,“Advertencias de seguridad para la instalación (Span-
ish),” on page 42.
1. Installation Instructions
Table 8 - Physical and Logical Link Indication
LED Function
Green - Physical link • Constant on indicates a good physical link
• Blinking indicates a problem with the physical link
• If neither LED is lit, then the physical link has not been established
Yellow -Logical (data activity) link • A constant yellow indicates a valid logical (data activity) link without data
transfer.
• A blinking yellow indicates a valid logical link with data transfer
• If only the green LED is lit and the yellow LED is off, then the logical link has
not been established
Read all installation instructions before connecting the equipment to the power source.
ConnectX-3 adapter card InfiniBand port connector
Port #1
Port #2