Cabletron Systems 7C04 Workgroup manual Chassis Overview, Introduction

Introduction

1.3 CHASSIS OVERVIEW

The 7C04 Chassis (Figure 1-1) is a rack-mountable, multi-media, switching center. The chassis is a stand-alone device that features a removable power supply. Two fans within the power supply provide system cooling. LANVIEW LEDs on the power supply indicate at-a-glance device status.

The chassis has four module slots. The slots are numbered from top to bottom; the top slot is number one the bottom slot is number four. The 7X00 Module must be inserted in the chassis’ top slot (slot one). The other three slots can support nearly any combination of Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and ATM SmartSwitch interface modules1.

1	WorkGroup SmartSwitch
	with SECUREFAST™ VIRTUAL NETWORKING
2
	SN
	FANS
3
	100-125V-3.8A
	200-250V-1.9A
4	I

Figure 1-1. 7C04 Workgroup SmartSwitch Chassis

Data from each SmartSwitch interface module (regardless of front panel technology) is relayed along the SmartSwitch Bus on the 7C04 Chassis’ backplane to the 7X00 Module. All switching functions are performed by hardware components on the 7X00 Module. No external bridges or routers are required to transfer data from one point to another within the chassis.

1.A 7E03-24 Module can not be inserted in the bottom slot (slot four) of a 7C04 Chassis.

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