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Connectivity

DFE-Platinum Series Hardware Installation Guide 1-5

Connectivity

The7H4385‐49DFEmodulesupportsupto48,10BASE‐T/100BASE‐TXswitchedports

connectedthrough48fixedfrontpanelconnectors,andthebridgefunctionbetween

FTM1andFTM2connectionsonthechassisbackplane.Thisenablesbridgingbetween

6x1xxx,6x2xxx,6x3xxx,and7x4xxxseriesmodulesinstalledinthesameMatrix E7

chassis.

IfaNEMisinstalled,additionalconnectionsarealsoavailable,dependingonthe

NEMmodel.

ThefixedfrontpanelportscanalsosupportconnectionstoPoE‐compliantPDswhenthe

moduleisconnectedtoanexternalN‐PoEPowersystem.

Management

Managementofthemodulecanbeeitherin‐bandorout‐of‐band.In‐bandremote

managementispossibleusingTelnet,Enterasys Networks’NetSight

®

management

application,orWebView™application.Out‐of‐bandmanagementisprovidedthrough

theRJ45COM(Communication)portonthefrontpanelusingaVT100terminalora

VT100terminalemulator.

Switch Configuration Using WebView

Enterasys Networks’HTTP‐basedWebmanagementapplication(WebView)isan

intuitivewebtoolforsimplemanagementtasks.

Switch Configuration Using CLI Commands

TheCLIcommandsenableyoutoperformmorecompleteswitchconfiguration

managementtasks.

ForCLIcommandsetinformationandhowtoconfigurethemodule,refertotheEnterasys

MatrixDFE‐PlatinumSeriesConfigurationGuide.

Standards Compatibility

TheDFEmodulesarefullycompliantwiththeIEEE802.3‐2002,802.3ae‐2002,802.1D‐

1998,802.3af‐2003,and802.1Q‐1998standards.TheDFEmoduleprovidesIEEE

802.1D‐1998SpanningTreeAlgorithm(STA)supporttoenhancetheoverallreliabilityof

thenetworkandprotectagainst“loop”conditions.

Note: The 7H4385-49 does not support both the FTM bridge function and an optional

network expansion module at the same time. With a NEM

installed, the FTM bridging

function is disabled. All ports remain active in either case.

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