MicroBlade™ – Networking

MicroBlade networking options include four Ethernet modules. The modules MBM-XEM-001 and MBM-XEM-002 provide a 10GbE solution for high bandwidth networking for Cloud environment and offer L2/L3 capabilities. For simple Layer 2 switching and to aggregate the blade traffic, two modules, MBM-GEM-004 and MBM-GEM-001 offer a cost connectivity options for MicroBlade enclosure.

The modules MBM-XEM-001 and MBM-XEM-002 offer 10Gb network connectivity to MicroBlade servers. These switch modules offer 40Gb QSFP+ uplink connectivity to the external network. The QSFP+ uplinks support QSFP+ cable as well breakout cable for 10Gb connectivity.

The MBM-XEM-002 and MBM-GEM-004 support Supermicro Switch OS, MBM-XEM-001 and MBM-GEM-001 support Intel ONS software.

10GbE Modules

Switches

The 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch modules (part ID MBM-XEM-001 and MBM-XEM-002) include connection to the MicroBlade's LAN interfaces. While MBM-XEM-001 and MBM-XEM-002 connect to the LAN interfaces onboard the Blade servers. These are layer 2 Ethernet switching modules also have two internal Ethernet paths to the MicroBlade Chassis Management Module CMM(s) to allow configuration and management of the switch. Offering such advanced features as link aggregation, VLAN, Spanning Tree, Access Control Lists and Jumbo Frame support, the switches provide a connection between the Ethernet controllers integrated on the mainboard to the external Ethernet systems.

MBM-XEM-002

 

General Specifications	Broadcom BCM56846 10GbE Low Latency Switch 2x 40Gbs QSFP or 1x 40Gbs and 4x 10Gbs uplinks; 2x40 and 4x10Gbs applicable to 3U only* 56x 10/2.5/1Gbps downlinks 1 Console port 1 USB port
Switching Capacity	1280Gbps
Physical Layer Features	Jumbo frames up to 9KB 40 gigabit optical/copper 10 gigabit optical Ethernet SFP+/copper
Layer 3 Features	BGP OSPF VRRP
Layer 2 Features	4K VLANS Spanning Tree (802.1D) Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1w) Multiple Spanning Trees (802.1s) IEEE 802.lQ VLANs/ port-based VLANs IEEE 802.3ad with LACP IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Advanced Layer 2 Features	Storm control Flow control Port mirroring MLAG
Security Features	Switch access password protection RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication Access Control Lists SSH, SSL Encryption DHCP Snooping
System Management	Industry Standard CLI Command Completion Context Sensitive Help SNMP v1/v2/v3 SSH Syslog DHCP (Client) Web-based management interface NTP RMON
Multicast	IGMP Snooping
Weight	3.2lbs/1.5kg
Dimensions (W x D x H)	267mm x 159mm x 36mm (10.5" x 6.25" x 1.4")
Download	Firmware [ Download ] Web GUI Guide [ Download ] Blade Networking CLI Guide [ Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 ] MLAG configuration guide [ Download ]
* Supported with release 2.0.3-43

MBM-XEM-001

 

General Specifications	Intel® FM6348 10GbE Low Latency Switch 4x 40Gbps QSFP uplinks 56x 10/2.5/1Gbps downlinks 1 Console port 1 USB port
Switching Capacity	960Gbps
Physical Layer Features	Jumbo frames up to 9KB 40 gigabit optical/copper 1 gigabit optical Ethernet copper
Layer 2 Features	4K VLANS Spanning Tree (802.1D) Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1w) Multiple Spanning Trees (802.1s) IEEE 802.lQ VLANs/ port-based VLANs IEEE 802.3ac VLAN tagging IEEE 802.1AX LACP IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Advanced Layer 2 Features	Storm control Flow control Port mirroring Static MAC filtering UDLD Uplink Failure Detection (UFD)
Data Center Features	L2 Data Center Bridging CEE v1.01 DCB for PFC/ETS
SDN	Open Flow 1.x
Security Features	Switch access password protection RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication Access Control Lists SSH, SSL Encryption
System Management	XML-RPC Industry Standard CLI Command completion Context Sensitive Help SNMP v1/v2/v3 SSH TFTP Client Syslog DHCP (Client) Web-based management interface - HTTP/HTTPS NTP
Multicast	IGMP Snooping
Weight	3.2lbs/1.5kg
Dimensions (W x D x H)	267mm x 159mm x 36mm (10.5" x 6.25" x 1.4")
Download	Firmware [ Download ] Web GUI Guide [ Download ] Blade Networking CLI Guide [ Download ]

MBM-XEM-100

 

General Specifications	56x 10G Ethernet downlink 4x 100G/40G Ethernet uplinks, each can split into 4x 25G or 4x 10G uplinks with optional fan-out cables 1x Gigabit Ethernet uplink 1 console port
Switching Capacity	1060Gbps
Physical Layer Features	100G/40G optical/copper QSFP28 Gigabit Ethernet copper RJ45
Layer 2 Features	4K VLANs Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1D) Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1w) IEEE 802.lQ VLANs/ port-based VLANs Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s) Jumbo frames up to 9KB IEEE 802.1AX LAG IEEE 802.3ac VLAN tagging IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Security Features	Switch access password protection RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication Access Control Lists SSH, SSL Encryption DHCP Snooping
System Management	Industry Standard CLI Web-based management interface – HTTP/HTTPS Syslog SSH SNMP v1/v2/v3 NTP Content-sensitive "Help" Auto Command completion TFTP Client XML-RPC Blade Network Manager (BNM)
Multicast	IGMP Snooping
Weight	3.2lbs/1.5kg
Dimensions (W x D x H)	267mm x 159mm x 36mm (10.5" x 6.25" x 1.4")
Download	Switch Configuration User's Guide [ Download ]

Gigabit Ethernet Modules

Switches

The 1 Gigabit Ethernet switch modules (part ID MBM-GEM-004 and MBM-GEM-001) include connection to the MicroBlade's LAN interfaces. While MBM-GEM-001 and MBM-GEM-004 connect to the LAN interfaces onboard the Blade servers. These are layer 2 Ethernet switching modules also have two internal Ethernet paths to the MicroBlade Chassis Management Module CMM(s) to allow configuration and management of the switch.

The MBM-GEM-004 supports only 1Gb on downlinks, whereas MBM-GEM-001 supports 1 and 2.5 Gbs on downlinks. In addition MBM-GEM-001 has support for OpenFlow 1.x.

MBM-GEM-004

 

General Specifications	Broadcom BCM56151 1GbE Switch 4x 10Gbps SFP+ and 8x 1Gbps RJ45 uplinks 40x 1Gbps downlinks 1 Console port
Switching Capacity	176Gbps
Physical Layer Features	Jumbo frames up to 9KB 10 gigabit optical Ethernet SFP+/copper 1 gigabit RJ45 Ethernet
Layer 2 Features	4K VLANS Spanning Tree (802.1D) Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1w) Multiple Spanning Trees (802.1s) IEEE 802.lQ VLANs/ port-based VLANs IEEE 802.3ad with LACP IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Advanced Layer 2 Features	Storm control Flow control Port mirroring Uplink Failure Detection (UFD) MLAG
Security Features	Switch access password protection RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication Access Control Lists SSH, SSL Encryption Protected Ports
System Management	Industry Standard CLI Context Sensitive Help Command Completion SNMP v1/v2/v3 SSH Syslog DHCP (Client) Web-based management interface NTP RMON Blade Network Manager (BNM)
Multicast	IGMP Snooping
Automation	Zero Touch Provisioning
Weight	3.1lbs/1.4kg
Dimensions (W x D x H)	267mm x 159mm x 36mm (10.5" x 6.25" x 1.4")
Download	Firmware [ Download ] Web GUI Guide [ Download ] Blade Networking CLI Guide [ Download ] MLAG configuration guide [ Download ]

MBM-GEM-001

 

General Specifications	Intel® FM5224 GbE Low Latency Switch 1Gbps RJ45, 2x 40Gbps QSFP or 8x 10Gbps SFP+ uplinks 56x 2.5Gbps or 1Gbps downlinks 1 Console port 1 USB port
Switching Capacity	442Gbps
Physical Layer Features	Jumbo frames up to 9KB 40 gigabit optical/copper 10 gigabit optical/copper 1 gigabit RJ45 Ethernet
Layer 2 Features	4K VLANS Spanning Tree (802.1D) Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1w) Multiple Spanning Trees (802.1s) IEEE 802.lQ VLANs/ port-based VLANs IEEE 802.3ac VLAN tagging IEEE 802.1AX LACP IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Advanced Layer 2 Features	Storm control Flow control Port mirroring Static MAC filtering UDLD Uplink Failure Detection (UFD)
Data Center Features	L2 Data Center Bridging CEE v1.01 DCB for PFC/ETS
SDN	Open Flow 1.x
Security Features	Switch access password protection RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication Access Control Lists SSH, SSL Encryption
System Management	Industry Standard CLI Command completion Context-sensitive help SNMP v1/v2/v3 SSH TFTP Client Syslog DHCP (Client) Web-based management interface - HTTP/HTTPS NTP XML-RPC
Multicast	IGMP Snooping
Weight	3.2lbs/1.5kg
Dimensions (W x D x H)	267mm x 159mm x 36mm (10.5" x 6.25" x 1.4")
Download	Firmware [ Download ] Web GUI Guide [ Download ] Blade Networking CLI Guide [ Download ]

Switch Modules:
| MBM-XEM-002 | MBM-GEM-004 | MBM-XEM-100 | MBM-XEM-001 | MBM-GEM-001 |

Optional Parts List ( Ethernet Cabling Guide )

	Part Number	Qty	Description
SFP+ Cable	CBL-0347L	-	39.37" (100cm) 10GbE SFP+ TO SFP+, Twinax copper cable
SFP+ Cable	CBL-NTWK-0347	-	39.37" (100cm) 10GbE SFP+ TO SFP+, Twinax copper cable
SFP+ Cable	CBL-NTWK-0456	-	78.74" (200cm) 10GbE SFP+ TO SFP+, Twinax copper cable
SFP+ Cable	CBL-0348L	-	118.11" (300cm) 10GbE SFP+ TO SFP+, Twinax copper cable
SFP+ Cable	CBL-0349L	-	196.85" (500cm) 10GbE SFP+ TO SFP+, Twinax copper cable
SFP+ Cable	CBL-NTWK-1007-1	-	275.59" (700cm) 10GbE SFP+ TO SFP+, Twinax copper cable
QSFP Cable	CBL-NTWK-0719	-	40GbE to 4x10GbE Breakout cable (1m)
QSFP Cable	CBL-NTWK-0720 (3m)	-	40GbE to 4x10GbE Breakout cable (3m)
QSFP Cable	CBL-NTWK-0721 (5m)	-	40GbE to 4x10GbE Breakout cable (5m)
QSFP Cable	CBL-NTWK-0417-01	-	1M QSFP TO QSFP with EEPROM. 30AWG
QSFP Cable	CBL-NTWK-0325-02	-	2M QSFP TO QSFP with EEPROM. 26AWG
QSFP Cable	CBL-NTWK-0446-01	-	3M QSFP TO QSFP with EEPROM. 28AWG
QSFP Cable	CBL-NTWK-0422-01	-	5M QSFP TO QSFP with EEPROM. 26AWG
SFP+ Transceiver	AOC-E10GSFPSR	-	SFP+ Transceiver for use with fiber cable connections
SFP+ Transceiver	AOM-TSR-FS	-	SFP+ Transceiver for use with fiber cable connections
SFP+ Transceiver	AOM-AQS-107-B0C2-CX	-	ETHERNET TXCVR,SFP+ to RJ45,10GBASE-T,Cat6,30M
Active Optic Cable	CBL-QSFP+AOC-10M	-	40Gbe IB -QBR QSFP+ Active Optical Cable 850nm 10M
40G QSFP+ Tranceiver	AOM-TQSFP-79EEPZ-AVG	-	QSFP+ eSR4 Pluggable Fiber Optics for 40Gbe & 10Gb ethernet
40G QSFP+ Tranceiver	AOM-TQSFP-79EQPZ-AVG	-	QSFP+ iSR4 Pluggable Fiber Optics for 40Gbe, 4x10Gb ethernet & Infiniband
40G QSFP+ Tranceiver	AOM-TQSFP-79EQDZ-AVG	-	40Gbe and Infiniband QSFP+ Pluggable Fiber Optics