Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Dell FX2 and FN I/O Modules
- 3 Initial out-of-box connectivity check and default settings
- 4 VLT and the example environments
- 5 FN IOM Dell Blade I/O manager and internal port mapping features
- 6 Environment One: Basic VLT deployment with VLT mode
- 7 Environment Two: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and IOM in Full Switch mode
- 8 Environment Three: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and FN IOM in programmable MUX mode.
- 9 Environment Four: VLT interoperability with Cisco vPC
- A References
- B Components
- C Terminology
- D Reset FN IOM to Default Factory Configuration
- E FN IOM initial out-of-box configuration and default settings
- F Support and feedback

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Half-height slots - quad-port CNAs
In half-height slots with quad-port CNAs installed in the server blades, the slots map to two ports on
each IOA. Figure 17 and Table 4 present the port mapping for half-height slots with quad-port CNAs.
Slot 2
Slot 3 Slot 4
FN2210S IOA A1 (Top)
Internal Ports
5 6
3
7
4
8
21
FN2210S IOA A2 (Bottom)
Internal Ports
5 6
3
7
4
8
1
Slot 1
2
Half-height slots with quad-port CNAs
Half-height slots with quad-port CNAs
Slot
IOA A1
Port
Numbers
(Top)
IOA A2 Port
Numbers
(Bottom)
1
1,2
1,2
2
3,4
3,4
3
5,6
5,6
4
7,8
7,8