Reference Guide

40 Preface
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Port Naming Convention
The following describes the types of ports and port naming conventions of
the ports on the R1-2401 device.
Types of Ports
The following ports are found on the R1-2401 switch:
• 24 x 1 Gigabit/s Ethernet Ports. These consist of:
–
8 external ports —Connected to network (visible when the switch is in
the chassis)
–
16 internal ports —Connected to blade servers (not visible when the
switch is in the chassis)
• Single Internal Out-of-Band port
The switch supports an Out-of-Band (OOB) port that is connected to the
management network of the chassis.
Port Naming Convention
There are 5 groups of ports, numbered 0-4. Group 0 represents the external
ports and groups 1-4 represents the internal ports that are connected to blade
servers 1-4.
External/Internal Ports
The following naming convention is used for internal and external ports:
gigabitethernet group/port_number or gi group/port_number
The following table maps the hardware network port numbers to the software
interface port numbers and describe how they are referred to in the CLI/GUI
Port Type and Number Software Port Naming Convention in CLI/WEB
External ports 1-8 gi0/1.... gi0/8
Internal ports 1-4 gi1/1.... gi1/4
Internal ports 5-8 gi2/1.... gi2/4
Internal ports 9-12 gi3/1.... gi3/4
Internal ports 13-16 gi4/1.... gi4/4
Out-of-Band port oob