SwitchBlade x8106 Chassis Switch Installation Guide
Cabling the NET MGMT Port on the AT-SBx81CFC400 Card
The controller card must have access to your network to perform the management features in Table 12 on page 50. You can give the controller card access to your network either by configuring the Inband Interface, which enables the card to use the backplane and Ethernet line cards to communicate with your network, or by connecting the NET MGMT port to a network device, such as a switch or router. (For instructions on how to configure the Inband Interface, refer to the Software Reference for SwitchBlade x8100 Series Switches.)
Here are the guidelines to using the NET MGMT port:
You may connect the NET MGMT port to a switch, router, media converter, workstation, or other network device.
The cabling requirements of the port are the same as the ports on the AT-SBx81GT24 Line Card, in Table 1 on page 33.
If the chassis has two AT-SBx81CFC400 Controller Fabric Cards, you may connect the NET MGMT ports on the active and standby master controller cards to the same network device or different devices.
The default speed setting for the port is Auto-Negotiation. This setting is appropriate if the port is connected to a network device that also support Auto-Negotiation.
The default speed setting of Auto-Negotiation is not appropriate if the port is connected to a network device that does not support Auto-Negotiation and has a fixed speed or 10 or 100 Mbps. In this situation, disable Auto-Negotiation and set the port’s speed manually to match the speed of the network device.
The port must be set to Auto-Negotiation, the default setting, to operate at 1000Mbps.
The default duplex mode setting for the port is Auto-Negotiation. This setting is appropriate if the port is connected to a network device that also support Auto-Negotiation for the duplex mode.
The default duplex mode setting of Auto-Negotiation is not appropriate if the port is connected to a network device that does not support Auto-Negotiation and has a fixed duplex mode. In this situation, you should disable Auto-Negotiation on the port and set its duplex mode manually to avoid the possibility of a duplex mode mismatch. With Auto-Negotiation, the port defaults to half-duplex if it detects that the end node is not using Auto-Negotiation. This can result in a mismatch if the end node is operating at a fixed duplex mode of full-duplex.
The default wiring configuration of the port is automatic MDIX detection, which configures the MDI/MDIX setting automatically.
