Nortel Networks 4050 manual One-armed configuration, Two-armed configuration

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One-armed configuration

In a one-armed configuration, the Nortel SNAS 4050 has only one interface, which acts as both the client portal interface and the management traffic interface.

Figure 1 illustrates a one-armed configuration.

Figure 1 One-armed configuration

NSNAS

1

Management/client portal interface (1) 192.168.128.11 (MIP [management]) 192.168.128.12 (RIP [host]) 192.168.128.100 (pVIP [portal])

Internet Default gateway 192.168.128.1

Network access device

Endpoint Management

device station

Two-armed configuration

In a two-armed configuration, there are two separate interfaces. Interface 1 handles management traffic. Interface 2 handles client portal traffic.

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