3Com E3 manual Cards Cascading Multiple NICs in the Same Chassis, Atm Nic

E3 Port Cabling Options 3-3

Cabling Multiple Cascade or daisy-chain multiple ATM NICs to provide additional modem Cascaded ATM ports and reduce the number of connections to the ATM switch. This Network Interface configuration allows multiple NICs in the same chassis or multiple chassis.

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Cascading Multiple NICs in the Same Chassis

Callout Description

1ATM switch

2ATM NIC 1

3ATM NIC 2

4Connection from switch’s TX to SPAN A’s RX of NIC 1

5Connection from switch’s RX to SPAN A’s TX of NIC 1

6Connection from Span B’s TX of NIC 1 to SPAN A’s RX of NIC 2

7Connection from Span B’s RX of NIC 1 to SPAN A’s TX of NIC 2