3Com 6416SW manual Workgroup Switch, Reference Guide

The main characteristics of the ATM backplane are as follows:

Modular structure

Full floating ATM media modules

Support

of

two

6416SW

modules

for reliability and redundancy (in 17-slot models)

Full

coexistence

with

existing

legacy

LAN

modules.

ATM

media

modules can be hot-swapped

into

any

open

slot. Also,

you

can

remove

an

ATM

module

and re-insert it into

another slot without disturbing the operation of other

ATM

modules

and

without

causing

a

failure

in

ATM

connections

in

the

hub.

You

can install

an

ATM

media module in

any

one

of

slots 1

to

8

in

a

10-slot

model,

and

of

slots

1

to

8

and

12 to

17

in a 17-slot

model.

Slots

9,

10,

and

11

(in

17-slot

mode

are reserved for 6416SW modules. After installing the module,

you must configure it for

operation

by

entering

a

series

of

commands

from the

6416SW

local

console

or

from a

TELNET

session.

The

commands

are

detailed 3Comin

theONcore

Switching

Hub/CELLplex

4000

Workgroup

Switch,

ATM Command Reference Guide17-00866,

SA33-0385 (hereafter referredONcoreto asSwitheching Hub/CELLplex 4000 ATM

Command

Reference

Guide).

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