Extreme Networks manual Overview of the BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches

1 About the BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches

This chapter describes the Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 8800 series switches and includes the following sections:

●Overview of the BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches on page 15

●Full-Duplex Support on page 16

●Management Ports on page 16

●External Compact Flash Memory Card on page 16

●BlackDiamond 8806 Switch Chassis on page 16

●BlackDiamond 8810 Switch Chassis on page 18

For information about the I/O modules and management modules (MSMs) for the BlackDiamond 8800 series switches, see Chapter 2, “BlackDiamond 8800 Series Modules.”

For information about installing the BlackDiamond switches, see Chapter 5, “Installing the

BlackDiamond 8800 Series Chassis.”

Overview of the BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches

The BlackDiamond switches are chassis-based, Ethernet service core switches designed for core applications.

The features of these switches include:

●Hot-swappable I/O modules that include Gigabit Ethernet copper ports (10/100/1000) and Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports (SFP), or 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (XFP)

●Management Switch Fabric Modules (MSMs) that provide the active switching fabric and CPU control subsystem

●Redundant, load-sharing, hot-swappable power supplies

●Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan trays

●Auto-negotiation for half-duplex or full-duplex operation on 10/100/1000 Mbps ports

●Load sharing on multiple ports

The BlackDiamond 8800 series switches include two chassis models:

●BlackDiamond 8806 switch

●BlackDiamond 8810 switch

For more information about configuring a BlackDiamond switch, see the ExtremeXOS 12.1 Concepts Guide and the ExtremeXOS 12.1 Command Reference Guide.

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