Alcatel-Lucent 6600 Series, 6648, 6624 manual Stand-Alone and Stacked Configurations

Stand-Alone and Stacked Configurations OmniSwitch 6600 Series

Stand-Alone and Stacked Configurations

Stand-Alone

Astand-alone OmniSwitch 6600 series switch is ideal for small and medium-sized network edge applica- tions, offering 24 or 48 10/100 ports, respectively. These switches provide support for enterprise-based devices, such as computer workstations or IP telephones.

A single OmniSwitch 6600 series switch also supports two Gigabit Ethernet uplinks for high-bandwidth connections to a backbone or server.

Stacked Configurations

In addition to working as individual, stand-alone switches, OmniSwitch 6600 series switches can also be linked together to form a single, high-density virtual chassis known as a stack.

Stacking switches provides scalability by allowing users to quickly and easily expand 10/100 port density. Twenty-four 10/100 ports are added for each OS6624 brought into the stack; twenty-four 100 ports are added for each OS6600-U24 brought into the stack; forty-eight 10/100 ports are added for each OS6648.

Up to eight switches can be stacked. OmniSwitch 6600 series switches can be mixed and matched in any combination within the stack. This provides a virtual chassis with a 10/100 or 100 capacity of up to 384 ports.

As with the stand-alone configuration, a stacked virtual chassis configuration provides Gigabit Ethernet uplinks to a backbone or server.

Note. For detailed information on stacking OmniSwitch 6600 series switches into a virtual chassis, refer to Chapter 3, “Managing OmniSwitch 6600 Series Stacks.”

Note on Terminology. In the user manuals provided with your switch, the terms switch, slot and NI (Network Interface) refer to individual OmniSwitch 6600 series units in standalone mode or within a stacked configuration. The term CMM (Chassis Management Module) refers to stacked OmniSwitch 6600 series units operating in primary or secondary CMM roles. (An OmniSwitch 6600 series switch operating in an idle CMM role would normally be referred to as a switch, slot, or, NI.)

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