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2 Setup
This chapter provides the following information:
•Shipping carton contents
• Installation and safety considerations
• Installing the switch
• Setting the IP address
•Configuring the switch
• Recovering the admin password
Shipping carton contents
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem kit shipping carton contains three
items, identified in Figure 3 and Table 5:
• Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem installation instructions
• Small bag containing black, plastic SFP dust covers that must be inserted in ports where Small
Form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers are not installed
• One Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch with two or four SFPs installed. Models include:
• Cisco MDS 9124e 12-Port Fabric Switch with eight internal and four external active ports and
two 4Gb SFPs installed
• Cisco MDS 9124e 24-Port Fabric Switch with sixteen internal and eight external active ports
and four 4Gb SFPs installed
Figure 3 Carton contents
Table 5 identifies the Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch components.
Table 5 Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch components
Item Description
1 Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch
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