OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2006 page xxv
About This Guide
This OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide describes how to set up and monitor soft-
ware features that will allow your switch to operate in a live network environment. The software features
described in this manual are shipped standard with your OmniSwitch 6600 Family switch. These features
are used when setting up your OmniSwitch in a network of switches and routers.
Note. The OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide was originally known as the
“OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Network Configuration Guide.”
Supported Platforms
This information in this guide applies to the following products:
• OmniSwitch 6624
• OmniSwitch 6648
• OmniSwitch 6600-U24
• OmniSwitch 6600-P24
• OmniSwitch 6602-24
• OmniSwitch 6602-48
OmniSwitch 6600 Family switches are next generation enterprise edge/workgroup switches. The
OmniSwitch 6624 and 6602-24 offer 24 copper 10/100 ports, the 6600-P24 offers 24 copper 10/100 Power
over Ethernet (PoE) ports, the 6648 and 6602-48 offer 48 copper 10/100 ports, and the 6600-U24 offers 24
fiber 100 ports.
In addition, OmniSwitch 6624/6600-U24/6648 switches have one expansion port that can be used for a
Gigabit Ethernet uplink module and another expansion port that can be used for a Gigabit Ethernet uplink
or a stacking module while the 6602-24/6602-48 switches offer fixed Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and fixed
stacking ports. The stacking ports on all OmniSwitch 6600 Family switches allow two to eight
OmniSwitch 6600 Family switches to be configured as one virtual chassis known as a stack.
Note. All references to OmniSwitch 6624 and 6648 switches also apply to the OmniSwitch 6600-U24,
6600-P24, 6602-24, and 6602-48 unless specified otherwise.