User guide

OmniSwitch 6800 Series Hardware Users Guide June 2007 iii
Contents
About This Guide .......................................................................................................... ix
Supported Platforms .......................................................................................................... ix
Who Should Read this Manual? ......................................................................................... x
When Should I Read this Manual? ..................................................................................... x
What is in this Manual? ...................................................................................................... x
What is Not in this Manual? ............................................................................................... x
How is the Information Organized? ..................................................................................xi
Documentation Roadmap .................................................................................................. xi
Related Documentation ...................................................................................................xiii
User Manual CD .............................................................................................................xiv
Technical Support ........................................................................................................... xiv
Chapter 1 OmniSwitch 6800 Series ...........................................................................................1-1
Stacked Configurations ...................................................................................................1-3
Availability Features .......................................................................................................1-4
Management Module Redundancy ...........................................................................1-4
Software Rollback ....................................................................................................1-5
Backup Power Supplies ............................................................................................1-5
Hot Swapping ...........................................................................................................1-5
Hardware Monitoring ...............................................................................................1-6
Port and Fabric Capacities ..............................................................................................1-7
OmniSwitch 6800 Series Application Examples ............................................................1-8
Gigabit-to-the-Desktop Migration ............................................................................1-8
Server Aggregation ..................................................................................................1-9
Layer 3 Aggregation/Distribution ..........................................................................1-10
Small Enterprise Core ............................................................................................1-11
Chapter 2 OmniSwitch 6800 Series Chassis and Hardware Components .....................2-1
OmniSwitch 6800-24 ......................................................................................................2-3
OmniSwitch 6800-48 ......................................................................................................2-5
OmniSwitch 6800-U24 ...................................................................................................2-7
OmniSwitch 6800-24L ....................................................................................................2-9
OmniSwitch 6800-48L ..................................................................................................2-11