Overview of DFE Series Capabilities
Overview of DFE Series Capabilities
The DFE‐Gold Series modules provide you with a large number of capabilities, including:
•Support for high speed Gigabit Ethernet traffic to desktop devices
•Better security and service‐delivery capabilities at the edge of the network
•A highly scalable and fault tolerant switch infrastructure
•Support for new applications, including those that have special requirements, such as:
–Voice over IP (VoIP)
–Video
–New business improvement applications for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (also known as Enterprise Resource Management)
The DFE-Gold Modules and Interface Options
This section provides an overview of DFE‐Gold modules 4G4202‐72 and 4G4282‐49 (Figure 1‐1) and the 7G‐6MGBIC and 7G‐6MGBIC‐A Ethernet interface modules
(Figure 1‐2).
Each of the fixed front panel ports can operate in either half‐duplex or full‐duplex mode of operation. The duplex mode can be determined by either auto‐negotiation or manual configuration.
The DFE‐Gold module ports can be configured to control traffic by limiting the rate of traffic accepted into the module and prioritizing traffic to expedite the flow of higher priority traffic through the module.
The DFE‐Gold module receives power and backplane connectivity when it is inserted into the Matrix N1, Matrix N3, Matrix N5, Matrix N7, or Matrix E7 chassis.
Caution: Regardless of which chassis is used, the chassis system must be dedicated to
Precaución: Cualquiera que sea el chasis que utilice, recuerde que el sistema debe aplicarse exclusivamente a los módulos DFE (Distributed Forwarding Engine) de la serie Gold (4xxxxx). No inserte módulos 7xxxxx ni otros módulos legado dentro de un chasis con módulos 4xxxxx. Si lo hace, el chasis no funcionará.
The information concerning the DFE module features and how to configure them to a network are provided in the Matrix DFE‐Gold Series Configuration Guide.