Hatteras HN4000 User Manual

4-10 Cabling 2BASE-TL Ports
HN4000 Hardware Installation Guide 920550-5020 Rev 14
4.4 Cabling the Stack Ports
Two‐to‐fiveHN4000switchescanbeconnectedtocreateanHN4000VirtualNode
(HN4000VN),alsocalledastack.Fromtheuser/networkpoint‐of‐view,astackappearsasa
singleswitch,whichcanbemanagedviaasingleIPaddress.Otherstackingfeaturesinclude:
❒ supportforupto200PMEs(inafive‐switchstack)
❒ sharingofuplinks,andmultipleuplinksperstack
❒ fullresiliencyforbothcontrolanddataplane
❒ cross‐switchbondingwithfail‐overSegmentationandReassembly(SAR)
❒ dynamicserviceconnectionsforcross‐switchswitching
TheHN4000StackPorts(Figure 4‐7)areusedtoconnectHN4000iswitchestocreatean
HN4000VirtualNode(HN4000VN).
Figure 4-7 Stack Ports
Figure 4‐8showsanexampleofafive‐switchHN4000VNstackwithstackingcables.
Figure 4-8 A Five Switch Stack

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