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Dell PowerEdge M520 User Manual
Rev 1.0
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Overview
The PTM is an I/O module designed for the PowerEdge M1000e Dell Chassis. The product pro-
vides 10Gigabit connectivity for blade servers to Ethernet LANs. The product supports the follow-
ing Ethernet protocols.
Table 3 - Protocols
Physical Connections
Blade Servers to PTM (Internal Links)
Front Panel Ports (External Links)
Each front panel port provides connectivity to the blade with the corresponding number in the
chassis.
Figure 1: Dell 10Gb Ethernet Pass Through -k module Front Panel
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Features

The PTM feature set includes:
Internal Links
• 16 ports of 10Gb Ethernet 10GBASE-KR through the backplane
External links
• 16 SFP+ front panel ports of 10Gb Ethernet
IEEE and Other Ethernet Standards Compliance
• IEEE 802.3ae 10Gigabit Ethernet support
• IEEE 802.3ap Ethernet Operation over Electrical Backplanes
• Including KR startup protocol and Forward Error Correction (FEC) support
• Supports KR auto-negotiation
• Jumbo Frames up to 9K support
Connectors and Cabling
• Twin Axial Pair connector
• Optical modules for SR and LR
• All ports support active cables
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Pass Through -k Protocol
KR
10G XFI
Overview