Enterasys Matrix 7G4202-72 - Module Placement and Rules

Backplane Connections and Installation Rules
DFE-Platinum Series Hardware Installation Guide 3-3
TheFTMbridgingmoduleshaveconnectionstobothFTM1andFTM2backplanes,whichenables
themtoswitch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
DFE‐Platinummodulemanagemententity.
TheMatrix N1(7C111),Matrix N3(7C103),Matrix N5(7C105‐P),andMatrix N7(7C107)chassis
haveonlyFTM2connectionsandsupportonlyDFEmodules.TheMatrixN5chassisalsohas
backplanepowerconnectionstosupportDFEPoEmodules.
Module Placement and Rules
TheDFE‐PlatinummodulescanbeinstalledinaMatrix E7(referto“Matrix E7Chassis,Module
Placement,”below,forplacementrules),Matrix N1,Matrix N3,Matrix N5,orMatrix N7chassis.
TheMatrix N1,Matrix N3,Matrix N5,andMatrix N7chassissupportonlyDFEmodulesand
therearenoparticularrulesforinstallingmodules.
Matrix E7 Chassis, Module Placement
DependingonthemodulesbeinginstalledintheMatrix E7chassisandtohelpensureproper
operation,considerthefollowingexamplesandrulesformoduleplacementinthechassis.
Figure 3‐1showsfiveexamplesofchassismoduleplacement.Theseexamplesaredescribedbelow
alongwiththeapplicablemodu leplacementrule.
Figure 3-1 Examples, Module Placement in Matrix E7 Chassis
Example 1 (Figure 3-1, A)
ShowsthechassisfullypopulatedwithDFE‐Platinummodules(7xxxxx).Thesemodules
communicatewitheachotherviatheFTM2chassisbackplaneandactasasingleswitchingentity
withoneIPaddress.TheDFE‐PlatinummodulesareconfiguredusingaCommandLineInterface
setofcommands.
Rule:DFE‐Platinummodulescan
beinstalledinanyavailablechassisslotintheMatrix E7chassis.
Example 2 (Figure 3-1, B)
Showsthechassisfullypopulatedwiththirdgenerationmodules(6x3xx).Thesemodulescanalso
beinstalledinanyavailablechassisslotintheMatrix E7chassis,butoperateasindividual
moduleswithseparateIPaddresses.EachmoduleisconfiguredusingLocalManagement.
Rule:The6x3xxmodulescanbeinstalledinanyavailable
chassisslotintheMatrix E7chassis.
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