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DFE-Platinum Series Hardware Installation Guide 2-1

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Network Requirements

Beforeinstallingthemodule,reviewtherequirementsandspecificationsreferredtoin

thischapterconcerningthefollowing:

Thenetworkinstallationmustmeettherequirementstoensuresatisfactoryperformance

ofthisequipment.Failuretodosowillproducepoornetworkperformance.

Link Aggregation

LinkAggregationisamethodofgroupingmultiplephysicalportsonanetworkdevice

intoonelogicallinkaccordingtotheIEEE802.3ad‐2002standard.BecauseLink

Aggregationisstandardsbased,itallowsforautomaticconfigurationwithmanual

overrides(ifapplicable),andcanoperateon10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000

MbpsEthernet

fullduplexports.Thusthenetworkadministratorcancombineagroupoffive100Mbp s

portsintoalogicallink(trunk)thatfunctionsasasingle500Mbpsport.Aslongasthe

DFEmodulesagreeonwhichportsareinthetrunk,therearenoproblemswith

looping,

andtheSpanningTreecantreatthistrunkasasingleport.

For information about... Refer to page...

Link Aggregation 2-1

Module Placement in a Matrix E7 Chassis 2-2

FTM Bridge Function and Optional Interface Module 2-2

10BASE-T Network 2-2

100BASE-TX Network 2-3

The Enterasys Matrix DFE-Platinum Series Configuration Guide and the Cabling Guide

referred to in the following sections can be found on the Enterasys Networks World Wide

Web site: http://www.enterasys.com/support/manuals

Refer to “Related Documents” on page xvi for additional information.

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