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Mellanox SX10XX/SX1X00 1U Switch Systems
Hardware User Manual
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Table of Contents
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 1 Introduction to Mellanox SX10XX/SX1X00 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Speed and Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Management Interfaces and FRUs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4.1 Network Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4.2 Ethernet Features (L2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4.3 IP Features (L3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.6 Ordering Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1 Safety Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 Air Flow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3 Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.4 Mounting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.1 19” Systems Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.2 Side-by-Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.4.3 Table Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.5 Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6 Cable Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.6.1 Using a Breakout Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.7 SFP+ Removal Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.8 Initial Power On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.9 System Bring-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.9.1 Configuring Network Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.9.2 Remote Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.10 FRU Replacements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.10.1 Power Supply and Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 3 Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1 Supported Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.1 Data Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.2 Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.3 RS232 (Console) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.4 Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1.5 USB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1.6 I2C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1.7 Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.2 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.2.1 LED Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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3.3 Inventory Pull-out Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 4 Software Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.1 Upgrading Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.1 Troubleshooting Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.2 SpecificationsSX1012 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.3 SX1016 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 6 SX1024 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.1 SX1400 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.2 SX1036 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.3 SX1700 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Appendix A Accessory and Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Appendix B Thermal Threshold Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Appendix C Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
C.1 QSFP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
C.2 SFP+ Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
C.3 RJ-45 CONSOLE and I2C Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
C.4 RJ45 to DB9 Harness Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Appendix D Disassembly and Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
D.1 Disassembly Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
D.2 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appendix E Safety Warnings (Multiple Languages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
E.1 Nordic Countries Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
E.2 Installation Safety Warnings (English) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
E.3 安裝安全性警告 (Chinese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
E.4 Avertissements de sécurité pour l'installation (French) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
E.5 Installation Sicherheitshinweise(German) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
E.6 Advertencias de seguridad de instalación (Spanish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
E.7 Предупреждения по технике безопасности при установке
(Russian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
E.8 Avertismente privind siguranţa la instalare (Romanian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
E.9 Sigurnosna upozorenja za instaliranje (Croatian). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
E.10 Avvertenze di sicurezza per l’installazione (italiano) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
E.11 Montaj Güvenlik Uyarıları(Türkçe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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List of Figures
Figure 1: Ethernet Systems Family Front Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 2: Air Flow Direction Marking - Connector Side Inlet to Power Side Outlet . . . . . . . . . . .12
Figure 3: Air Flow Direction Marking - Power Side Inlet to Connector Side Outlet . . . . . . . . . . .12
Figure 4: Rack Rail Kit Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Figure 5: Screwing on the Rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Figure 6: Inserting the Caged Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Figure 7: Slide the Rail into the Rail Slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Figure 8: Installing the Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Figure 9: System Placement in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Figure 10: Installation Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Figure 11: Installation Kit Parts for a Side by Side Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Figure 12: Screw on the System Mounted Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 13: Two Systems Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Figure 14: Placement of Frame in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Figure 15: Placing the Spacer in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Figure 16: Insert System into Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Figure 17: Placing the Bumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure 18: Cable Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Figure 19: Breakout or Fanout Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 20: SX1024/SX1400 Port Splitting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 21: SX1036 Port Splitting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 22: Examples of Port Mapping Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Figure 23: SX1700 Port Splitting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 24: SFP+ Removal and Insertion Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 25: System Status LEDs 5 Minutes After Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Figure 26: Two Power Inlets - Electric Caution Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Figure 27: Power Supply Unit Extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Figure 28: PS Unit Pulled Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Figure 29: Fan Module Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Figure 30: System Status LEDs - Front and Rear sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Figure 31: Fan Status LED - Front and Rear sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Figure 32: Power Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Figure 33: Rear Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Figure 34: SFP+ Port LED Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Figure 35: Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Figure 36: Pull-out Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

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Figure 37: QSFP Connector Male and Female Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 38: Rear View of Module With Pin Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Figure 39: RJ45 to DB9 Harness Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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List of Tables
Table 1: Revision History Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Table 2: References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Table 3: Speed and Switching Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 4: Management Interfaces and FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Table 5: Ordering Part Numbers (OPNs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Table 6: Air Flow Label Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Table 7: Installation Kit Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 8: Port Splitting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Table 9: Port Splitting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Table 10: Serial Terminal Program Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Table 11: Configuration Wizard Session - DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Table 12: Configuration Wizard Session - Static IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 13: Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Table 14: System Status LED Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 15: Fan Status LED Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Table 16: Power Supply Unit Status LED Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Table 17: Bad Port LED Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Table 18: Port LEDs in Ethernet System Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Table 19: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Table 20: SX1012 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Table 21: SX1016 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Table 22: SX1024 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Table 23: SX1400 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Table 24: SX1036 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Table 25: SX1700 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Table 26: OPNs for Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Table 27: RJ-45 CONSOLE Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Table 28: RJ-45 I2C Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

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Revision History
Table 1 - Revision History Table
Date Revision Description
January 2015 1.1 Minor formatting edits
January 2015 1.0 First release of the new edition

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About this Manual
This manual describes the installation and basic use of the Mellanox Ethernet systems.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for IT managers and system administrators.
References
Table 2 - References
Document Description
SwitchX® Switch System
Hardware Release Notes
For possible hardware issues see the switch support product page. This
document can be found on the support web page for this product.
MLNX-OS® User Manual This document contains information regarding configuring and manag-
ing MLNX-OS software- see http://www.mellanox.com/page/mlnx_os.

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Conventions
The following icons are used throughout this document to indicate information that is important
to the user.
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 personal injury or damage to
hardware or software.
Risk of electrick shock!

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1 Introduction to Mellanox SX10XX/SX1X00 Systems
1.1 Overview
Mellanox Ethernet System Family delivers the highest performance and port density with a com-
plete chassis and fabric management solution enabling converged data centers to operate at any
scale while reducing operational costs and infrastructure complexity. This family includes a
broad portfolio of Top-of-Rack (TOR) systems that range from 12 to 64 ports, and support 10/40/
56Gb/s per port. These systems allow IT managers to build cost-effective and scalable system
fabrics for small to large clusters up to 10's-of-thousands of nodes.
Mellanox makes fabric management as easy as it can by providing the lowest latency and highest
bandwidth. This allows IT managers to deal with serving the company's business needs, while
solving typical networking issues such as congestion and the inefficiencies generated by adding
unnecessary rules and limitations when the network resources are sufficient.
Figure 1: Ethernet Systems Family Front Side View
1.2 Speed and Switching
Table 3 describes maximum throughput and interface speed per system model.
*The switches can support 10Gb/s interfaces using QSFP to SFP adapters
Table 3 - Speed and Switching Capabilities
System Model 10GbE* SFP+
Interfaces 40/56GbE QSFP+ Interfaces Throughput
SX1012 N/A 12 1.34Tb/s
SX1016 64 N/A 1.28Tb/s
SX1024 48 12 1.92Tb/s
SX1036 N/A 36 4.03Tb/s
SX1400 48 12 1.92Tb/s
SX1700 N/A 36 4.03Tb/s

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1.3 Management Interfaces and FRUs
Table 4 lists the various management interfaces and available replacement parts per system
model.
Table 4 - Management Interfaces and FRUs
System
Model USB
MGT
Ports
Qty.
MGT
Ports
Location I2CConsole Replaceable
PSU
Replaceable
Fan
SX1012 Front
(mini-USB)
1Front Rear Front N/A N/A
SX1016 Front
(mini-USB)
1Front N/A Front N/A N/A
SX1024 Rear 2Front
Rear
Rear Front 2 FRUs 2 FRUs
SX1036 Front 2Front (x2) Rear Front 2 FRUs 1 FRU
SX1400 Rear 2Front
Rear
Rear Front 2 FRUs 2 FRUs
SX1700 Rear 2Front
Rear
Rear Front 2 FRUs 2 FRUs

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1.4 Features
1.4.1 Network Management Features
1.4.2 Ethernet Features (L2)
1.4.3 IP Features (L3)
•StaticRoutes
• OSPF
•ECMP
• VLAN interface for routing
• DHCP Relay
• 100/1000 MbE Management port
• In-Band Management
• Serial Console Port
•OpenFlow
• Embedded puppet
Agent
• RADIUS
•TACACS+
• LDAP
•SSHv2
• DHCP/Zeroconf
• Industry Standard CLI
• Management over IPv4/IPv6
•Telnet
• File download via SCP, FTP & TFTP client
•DualSWImage
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)
•Syslog
• Auto Temperature Control
• System alarms
• Port Counters
• Event notification
• SNMP v1,v2,v3
•E-Mail
•WebUI
• Predefined scheduled scripts
• System health monitoring
• Mac Table
• 48K L2 FDB entries
•StaticMAC
• Jumbo Frames (9216 bytes)
• VLAN 802.1Q (4K)
• Spanning Tree
• RSTP (802.1W)
• MSTP (802.1S)
• Link Aggregation/LACP (802.3ad)
•FlowControl
• Global flow control (802.3a)
• Priority based Flow Control (802.1Qbb)
• DCBx
• Enhanced Transmission Selection (802.1Qaz)
• LLDP (802.1ab)
• IGMP Snooping V1, V2
• Access Control List (L2-L4)
•sFlow
• Port Mirroring
•MLAG

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•BGP
1.5 Certifications
The list of certifications (such as EMC, Safety and others) per system for different regions of the
world is located on the Mellanox website at:
http://www.mellanox.com/page/environmental_compliance
1.6 Ordering Information
the following table lists ordering information for the available systems. Please pay attention to
the airflow direction when ordering your system. For more details, see “Air Flow” on page 11._
Table 5 - Ordering Part Numbers (OPNs)
System
Model OPN Description
SX1012 MSX1012B-1BFS SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 12 QSFP+
ports, 1 Power Supply (AC), short depth, PPC460, P2C airflow, Rail Kit must be
purchased separately, RoHS6
MSX1012B-2BFS SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 12 QSFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, PPC460, P2C airflow, Rail Kit must be
purchased separately, RoHS6
MSX1012B-2BRS SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 12 QSFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), short depth, PPC460, C2P airflow, Rail Kit must be
purchased separately, RoHS6
SX1016 MSX1016X-2BFR SwitchX® based 64-port SFP+ 10GbE, 1U Ethernet switch. 2PS, Short depth, PSU
side to Connector side airflow, Rail kit and ROHS6
MSX1016X-2BFS SwitchX®-2 based 10GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 64 SFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), Short depth, PPC460, P2C airflow, Rail kit, RoHS6
MSX1016X-2BRR SwitchX® based 64-port SFP+ 10GbE. 1U Ethernet switch. 2PS, Short depth, Con-
nector side to PSU side airflow, Rail kit and ROHS6
MSX1016X-2BRS SwitchX®-2 based 10GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 64 SFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), Short depth, PPC460, C2P airflow, Rail kit, RoHS6
SX1024 MSX1024B-1BFS SwitchX®-2 based10GbE/40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 48
SFP+ ports, 12 QSFP+ ports, 1 Power Supply (AC), PPC460, short depth, P2C air-
flow, Rail kit, RoHS6
MSX1024B-1BRS SwitchX®-2 based10GbE/40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 48
SFP+ ports, 12 QSFP+ ports, 1 Power Supply (AC), PPC460, short depth, C2P air-
flow, Rail kit, RoHS6
MSX1024B-2BFS SwitchX®-2 based10GbE/40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 48
SFP+ ports, 12 QSFP+ ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), PPC460, short depth, P2C air-
flow, Rail kit, RoHS6
MSX1024B-2BRS SwitchX®-2 based10GbE/40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 48
SFP+ ports, 12 QSFP+ ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), PPC460, short depth, C2P air-
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SX1400 MSX1400-BS2F2 SwitchX®-2 based 10GbE/40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 48
SFP+ ports, 12 QSFP+ ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), x86 quad core, standard depth,
P2C airflow, Rail kit, RoHS6
MSX1400-BS2R2 SwitchX®-2 based 10GbE/40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 48
SFP+ ports, 12 QSFP+ ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), x86 quad core, standard depth,
C2P airflow, Rail kit, RoHS6
SX1036 MSX1036B-1BRR SwitchX® based 36-port QSFP 40GbE 1U Ethernet Switch, 36 QSFP ports, 1 PS,
Short depth, Connector side to PSU side airflow, Rail Kit and RoHS6
MSX1036B-1BRS SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 36 QSFP+
ports, 1 Power Supply (AC), PPC460, short depth, C2P airflow, Rail Kit, RoHS6
MSX1036B-1SFR SwitchX® based 36-port QSFP 40GbE 1U Ethernet Switch, 36 QSFP ports, 1 PS,
Standard depth, PSU side to Connector side airflow, Rail Kit and RoHS6
MSX1036B-1SFS SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 36 QSFP+
ports, 1 Power Supply (AC), PPC460, standard depth, P2C airflow, Rail Kit, RoHS6
MSX1036B-2BRS SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 36 QSFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), PPC460, short depth, C2P airflow, Rail Kit, RoHS6
MSX1036B-2SFS SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 36 QSFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), PPC460, standard depth, P2C airflow, Rail Kit,
RoHS6
SX1700 MSX1700-BS1F2 SwitchX®-2 based 36-port QSFP 40GbE 1U Ethernet Switch, 36 QSFP ports, 1 PS,
Standard depth, PSU side to Connector side airflow, x86 CPU, Rail kit and ROHS6
MSX1700-BS2F2 SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 36 QSFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), x86 quad core, standard depth, P2C airflow, Rail kit,
RoHS6
MSX1700-BS2R2 SwitchX®-2 based 40GbE, 1U Open Ethernet Switch with MLNX-OS, 36 QSFP+
ports, 2 Power Supplies (AC), x86 quad core, standard depth, C2P airflow, Rail kit,
RoHS6
Table 5 - Ordering Part Numbers (OPNs)
System
Model OPN Description

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2Installation
Installation and initialization of the system require attention to the normal mechanical, power,
and thermal precautions for rack-mounted equipment.
The installation procedure for the Metrox system involves the following phases:
1. Follow the safety warnings in Section 2.1.
2. Pay attention to the air flow consideration within the system and rack - refer to “Air Flow” on
page 11.
3. Make sure that none of the package contents is missing or damaged - see “Package Contents”
on page 13
4. Mount the system to the rack - see “Mounting Options” on page 14.
5. Ground the system, refer to “Grounding” on page 25.
6. Connect the WDFM
7. Power on the system - refer to “Initial Power On” on page 32
8. Perform system bring-up - see “System Bring-Up” on page 34
FRU replacements are described in Section 2.10 on page 38.
2.1 Safety Warnings
Prior to the installation, please review the safety warnings as follows:
For Safety Warnings in English see Section E.1, “Nordic Countries Notices,” on page 69.
For Safety Warnings in Chinese see Section E.3 on page 72.
For Safety Warnings in French see Section E.4, “Avertissements de sécurité pour l'installation
(French),” on page 77.
For Safety Warnings in German Section E.5, “Installation Sicherheitshinweise(German),” on
page 80.
For Safety Warnings in Spanish see Section E.6, “Advertencias de seguridad de instalación
(Spanish),” on page 83.
For Safety Warnings in Russian see Section E.7, “Предупреждения по технике безопасности
при установке (Russian),” on page 87.
For Safety Warnings in Romanian see Section E.8, “Avertismente privind siguranţa la instalare
(Romanian),” on page 90.
For Safety Warnings in Croatian see Section E.9, “Sigurnosna upozorenja za instaliranje (Croa-
tian),” on page 94.
For Safety Warnings in Italian see Section E.10, “Avvertenze di sicurezza per l’installazione
(italiano),” on page 97.
The rack mounting holes conform to the EIA-310 standard for 19-inch racks. Take
precautions to guarantee proper ventilation in order to maintain good airflow at ambi-
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For Safety Warnings in Turkish see Section E.11, “Montaj Güvenlik Uyarıları(Türkçe),” on
page 102.
2.2 Air Flow
Mellanox systems are offered with two air flow patterns:
• Connector (front) side inlet to power side outlet - marked with red labels on the power
supply side as shown in Figure 2.
• Power (rear) side inlet to connector side outlet - marked with blue labels on the power
supply side as shown in Figure 3.
Table 6 provides an air flow label color legend and respective OPN designations,
All servers and systems in the same rack should be planned with the same air-
flow direction.
All FRU components need to have the same air flow direction. A mismatch in
the air flow will affect the heat dissipation.
Table 6 - Air Flow Label Legend
Direction Label OPN
Designation Description
RConnector side inlet to
power side outlet. Red
labels are placed on the
power inlet side.

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Figure 2: Air Flow Direction Marking - Connector Side Inlet to Power Side Outlet
Figure 3: Air Flow Direction Marking - Power Side Inlet to Connector Side Outlet
FPower side inlet to connec-
tor side outlet. Blue labels
are placed on the power
inlet side.
Table 6 - Air Flow Label Legend
Direction Label OPN
Designation Description
OK
!
!
OK
OK
!
!
OK
I2C
OK
!
!
OK
OK
!
!
OK
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2.3 Package Contents
Before installing your new system, unpack the system, and check, against the parts list below,
that all the parts have been sent. Check the parts for visible damage that may have occurred dur-
ing shipping.
The system package content is as follows:
• 1 – System
• 1 – Rail kit (not applicable for half-width systems)
• 1 – Power cable for each power supply unit – Type C13-C14
• 1 – Harness: HAR000028 – Harness RS232 2M cable – DB9 to RJ-45
• 1 – Quick Start Guide
The rear view shown in the above figures does not apply to SX1012, SX1016 and
SX1024.
If anything is damaged or missing, contact your sales representative at support@mella-
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2.4 Mounting Options
2.4.1 19” Systems Mounting
This section is applicable for 19” systems.
There are two installation kit options: standard and short. Standard depth systems should be
mounted using the standard rail kit; short systems can be mounted using either of the rail kits.
The following parts are included in the rail kit rack (see Figure 4):
• Two rails
• Two rail slides
• Two system slides
• 16 recessed flat head screws (with extras)
• 10 caged nuts
• 10 pan head screws (M6)
Figure 4: Rack Rail Kit Parts
Table 7 - Installation Kit Options
Kit OPN Rack Size
MSX60-BKIT 40-60 cm deep (Short)
MSX60-SKIT 60-80 cm deep (Standard)
System slide x2
Rail x2
Rail slide x2
Nuts and bolts
Screws