Allied Telesis AT-SBX3161, X3112, AT-SBX31FAN, AT-SBX31GP24, AT-SBX31XZ4 Network Management Port

Network

Management

Port

SwitchBlade x3112 Installation Guide

active controller and the active controller becomes the inactive or standby controller. During this process, the switch management function is swapped to the new active controller. In this case, the inactive AT- SBx31CFC becomes active immediately, and consequently, the Ethernet line cards are not affected or reset.

Caution

With two AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Cards installed, the switching fabric circuitry on each line card is shared. When you press the RESET button, the Ethernet network traffic flow through the switch is limited to 200 Gbps for up to two minutes. This is the time required for the inactive AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card to reboot and for its switching fabric circuitry to become available again for switching network traffic.

Note

The RESET switch is specifically provided for resetting the AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card. If you want to swap the controller function between the active and standby AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Cards, Allied Telesis recommends that you use the SWAP commands provided in the Switchblade x3112 Management Software. Refer the to the Software Reference for SwitchBlade® x3100 Series Switches on the ATI web site for specific information. Go to “Where to Find Web-based Guides” on page 13 for information about how to navigate to this document.

The Network Management (NET MGMT) port is a standard Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet port. See Figure 8. This port provides for remote management of the SwitchBlade x3112 Switch when you connect it to a device on your network. If it is available in the chassis, you can connect it directly to one of the copper ports on an Ethernet line card.

1000 LINK	ACT
10/100 LINK	ACT
NET MGMT	CONSOLE
L/A
10/100/1000Base-T	RS-232
	1820

Figure 8 NET MGMT and CONSOLE Ports

The NET MGMT port is a standard RJ-45 8-pin connector and can operate at 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps in either half- or full-duplex mode. The cable requirements for this port can be found in the table “Cable Requirements for the 10/100/1000Base-T Management Port” on page 104. For the port

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