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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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