NETGEAR M6100 Series Manual

350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
September 2014
202-11459-01
NETGEAR M6100 Chassis Switch
Hardware Installation Guide

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Contents
Chapter 1 About the M6100 Chassis Switch
Overview of the M6100 Chassis Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Management Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
M6100 Three Slot Switch Chassis XCM8903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2 M6100 Switch Blades
Blade and Accessory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
M6100 Switch Blade Front Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3 Power Supply Units
Overview of the 100-240 VAC Power Supply Unit APS1000W . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Install a PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Remove or Replace a PSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Install Blank PSU Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4 Site Preparation
Plan Your Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Operating Environment Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power Supply Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 5 Install an M6100 Series Chassis
Unpack the XCM8903 Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Install the M6100 Switch Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Attach the Sliding Rails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rack-Mount the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bracket-Mount the Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ground the M6100 Chassis Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 6 Install M6100 Series Switch Blades
Install an M6100 Series Switch Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connect Network Interface Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Verify the Switch Blade Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Displaying Slot Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Remove an M6100 Switch Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Blank Front Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Install a Blank Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Remove a Blank Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 7 Install or Remove Daughter Cards
Install a Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Remove a Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 8 Replace M6100 Series Switch Chassis Components
Install the Fan Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Remove the Fan Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Appendix A Safety Information
Considerations Before Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Maintenance Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing Power Supply Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Selecting Power Supply Cords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
PoE Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fiber Optic Ports—Optical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SFP (Mini-GBIC) and SFP+ Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sicherheitshinweise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Hinweise zur Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installation von Netzteilen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Wartungssicherheit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Allgemeine Sicherheitsvorkehrungen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Auswahl der Stromkabel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lichtleiteranschlüsse: Optische Sicherheit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Appendix B Technical Specifications
M6100 Switch Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switch Blades for M6100 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Connector Pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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1. About the M6100 Chassis Switch
This chapter describes the NETGEAR M6100 Switch Chassis and includes the following
sections:
•Overview of the M6100 Chassis Switches
•Management Ports
•M6100 Three Slot Switch Chassis XCM8903
•Package Contents
For information about installing the switches, see Chapter 5, Install an M6100 Series Chassis.

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Overview of the M6100 Chassis Switches
The switches are chassis-based, Ethernet service L3 switches designed for access, server
and storage, distribution, and core layer applications.
The features of these switches include the following:
•Hot-swappable blades that include Gigabit Ethernet copper ports (10/100/1000) and
Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports (SFP), or 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (SFP+ and 10GBASE-T)
•Supervisory capability that provides the active switching fabric and CPU control
subsystem
•Redundant, load-sharing, hot-swappable power supplies
•Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan trays
•Autonegotiation for half-duplex or full-duplex operation on 10/100/1000 Mbps ports
•Load sharing on multiple ports
The switch blades for the M6100 Switch Chasis provide high port density and scalability for
midsized networks.
The specific capabilities of the switch are determined by the switch blades installed in the
chassis. For
more information about individual switch blades, see Chapter 2, M6100 Switch
Blades.
For more information about configuring a switch, see the NETGEAR M6100 User Manual and the
NETGEAR M6100 CLI Manual.
Management Ports
Each switch blade includes a 10/100/1000BASE-TX Ethernet management port. This port
allows you to communicate directly with the central processing unit (CPU) of the switch. You
can plug an Ethernet cable directly from your laptop into the management port for direct
access into the switch. This access allows you to view and locally manage the switch
configurations.
M6100 Three Slot Switch Chassis XCM8903
The chassis includes the following physical features:
•One three slot chassis with backplane
•Power supply bay that accommodates up to four power supplies, accessed from the front
of the unit
•Connectors at the rear of the chassis to connect up to four additional external power
supplies
•One fan tray, accessed from the rear of the unit

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Depending on the blades installed, the XCM8903 chassis can support up to 88 gigabits per
second of bandwidth per slot.
The following figure shows the front of an XCM8903 chassis equipped with three blades.
Figure 1. Front of the XCM8903 chassis
The following figure shows the rear panel of the XCM8903 chassis.
Figure 2. Rear panel of the XCM8903 chassis
The rear panel of the XCM8903 chassis provides the following:
•Chassis serial number
•Ethernet MAC address of the switch
•Symbols of safety certification
•Access to the fan controllers
•Attachment point for optional chassis ground
Package Contents
The M6100 Chassis Switch is packed and shipped separately.
The XCM8903SK package contains the following items:
•M6100 Chassis Switch
•XCM8944 switch blade
•XCM89P daughter board
•APS1000W power supply
•One pair of slide rails
•Australian power cord

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•Japanese power cord
•C14 to C15 cable
•Resource CD: The CD includes either these documents or links to access them:
-Managed switch CLI manual, version 10.2
-Managed switch administration guide
-Managed switch installation guide
-This hardware installation guide
•Installation guide
Individual switch blades are packaged separately and include the following items:
•XCM8944, XCM8944F, XCM8948, or XCM8924X switch blade
•RJ-45 cable
•Mini USB cable
•Resource CD: The CD includes either these documents or links to access them:
-Managed switch CLI manual, version 10.2
-Managed switch administration guide
-Managed switch installation guide
-This hardware installation guide
•Installation guide
Individual daughter cards are packaged separately and the package includes the following
items:
•XCM89P or XCM89UP daughter card
•Installation guide

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2. M6100 Switch Blades
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Blade and Accessory Features
•M6100 Switch Blade Front Panels
•Safety Instructions

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Blade and Accessory Features
The NETGEAR M6100 Series Switch Blades are state-of-the-art, high-performance,
IEEE-compliant network solutions. They include powerful management features that you can use
to eliminate bottlenecks, boost performance, and increase productivity.
The M6100 Chassis Switch supports the following blades and daughter cards:
•XCM8944 blade. Features forty Gigabit RJ-45 ports and four 10G ports (two SFP+ ports
and two 10GBASE-T ports).
•XCM8948 blade. Features forty-eight Gigabit RJ-45 ports.
•XCM8944F blade. Features forty Gigabit SFP ports and four 10G ports (two SFP+ ports
and two 10GBASE-T ports).
•XCM8924X blade. Features twenty-four 10GBASE-T ports including sixteen SFP+ ports
(shared).
•XCM89P PoE+ daughter card. For use with XCM8944 and XCM8948 blades.
•XCM89UP UPoE daughter card. For use with XCM8944 and XCM8948 blades.
The M6100 Chassis Switch can be freestanding, or rack-mounted in a wiring closet or an
equipment room. For information about features for this product, visit the NETGEAR website
at http://www.netgear.com.