Enterasys Networks 7H4385-49 Module Placement and Installation Rules

Backplane Connections and Installation Rules
3-4 Installation
TheseDFEmoduleshaveconnectionstobothFTM1andFTM 2backplanes,enablingthem
torouteframesbetweenthetwobackplanesandallmodulesinthe6C107chassis.
However,theolderfirst(6x1xx),second(6x2xx),andthird(6x3xx)generationmodules
arestillmanagedusingtheirownLocalManagementandarenotsubjecttomanagement
bytheDFEmodulemanagemententity.
TheMatrixN1(7C111),Matrix N3(7C103)andMatrixN7(7C107)chassishaveonlyFTM2
connectionsandsupportonlyDFEmodules.TheMatrix N5(7C105‐P)hasFT M2
connectionsandalsosupportsPoE‐compliantDFE modules.
Module Placement and Installation Rules
TheDFE‐PlatinummodulescanbeinstalledinaMatrixE7(referto“Matrix E7Chassis
ModulePlacement,”below,forplacementrules),MatrixN1,Matrix N3,Matrix N5,or��
Matrix N7chassis.TheMatrix N1,Matrix N3,Matrix N5,andMatrix N7chassissupport
onlyDFESeriesmodulesandtherearenoparticularrulesforinstallingmodules.
Matrix E7 Chassis Module Placement
DependingonthemodulesbeinginstalledintheMatrixE7chassisandtohelpensure
properoperation,considerthefollowingexamplesandrulesformoduleplacementinthe
chassis.Figure 3‐1showssixexamplesofchassismoduleplacement.Theseexamplesare
describedbelowalongwiththeapplicablemoduleplacementrule.
Figure 3-1 Examples, Module Placement in Matrix E7 Chassis
Example 1 (Figure 3-1, A)
ShowsthechassisfullypopulatedwithDFEmodules(7xxxxx).Thesemodules
communicatewitheachotherviatheFTM2chassisbackplaneandactasasingle
switchingentitywithoneIPaddress.TheDFEmodulesareconfiguredusingaCommand
LineInterfacesetofcommands.
Rule:DFEmodulescanbeinstalledinanyavailablechassisslotintheMatrix E7chassis.
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6X1XX
6X2XX
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