Version 6.6 73 October 2014
Installation & Operation Manual 13. Ethernet Switch Board
13 Ethernet Switch Board
The Ethernet Switch board is a hot-swappable Compact PCI board that provides full
wire-speed Layer2 Gigabit Ethernet switch functionality. It is used for connecting the
Mediant 8000 to the external IP network, as well as interconnecting the Media
Gateway and the SC boards.
Two ES boards are provided for high-availability and are installed in slots 9 and 19.
The following hardware revisions of the ES Boards are available:
ES/6600 – first-generation ES board
ES-2 – second-generation ES board
ES-2 boards are supported, starting from Version 6.2 of the Mediant 8000 software.
Note: You may not install ES boards of different hardware revisions on the same
chassis.
13.1 ES/6600 ES (Ethernet Switch) Board
The ES/6600 is a hot-swappable Compact PCI board that provides full wire-speed
Layer2 Gigabit Ethernet switch functionality. It is used for connecting the Mediant
8000 to the external IP network as well as interconnecting the Media Gateway and the
SC boards.
The ES/6600 has 24 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Ports. Eleven of these ports are
connected to the Mediant 8000 that correspond to SC and Media Gateway boards).
Six of these ports are connected to the ES/6600/RTM module and may be used for
connecting the Mediant 8000 to the external IP network. The remainder of the ports
are currently not in use. See Section 'ES/6600 Physical Slots to Ethernet Port
Mapping' on page 76 for additional details.
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