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DFE Module Placement and Installation Rules
3-4 Installation
Figure 3-1 Examples, Module Placement in Matrix E7 Chassis
Example 1 (Figure 3-1, A)
ShowsthechassisfullypopulatedwithDFE modules(7xxxxx).Thesemodules
communicatewitheachotherviatheFTM2chassisbackplaneandactasasingle
switchingentitywithoneIPaddress.TheDFE modulesareconfiguredusingaCommand
LineInterfacesetofcommands.
Rule:DFE modulescanbeinstalledinanyavailablechassis
slotintheMatrixE7chassis.
Example 2 (Figure 3-1, B)
Showsthechassisfullypopulatedwiththirdgenerationmodules(6x3xx).Thesemodules
canalsobeinstalledinanyavailablechassisslotintheMatrixE7chassis,butoperateas
individualmoduleswithseparateIPaddresses.EachmoduleisconfiguredusingLocal
Management.
Rule:The6x3xxmodulescanbeinstalledinany
availablechassisslotintheMatrixE7
chassis.
Example 3 (Figure 3-1, C)
Showschassisslots1through5populatedwithfirstandsecondgenerationmodules
(6x1xxand6x2xx).Ifa6x1xxor6x2xxseriesmoduleisinstalledinslot6or7,itwill
operateinstandalonemode(nobackplaneconnectivity).Likethe6x3xxmodules,the
6x1xxand6x2xxmodulesoperateasindividual
moduleswithseparateIPaddresses,and
eachoneisconfiguredusingLocalManagement.
Rule:The6x1xxand6x2xxmodulescancommunicatewitheachotherwhentheyare
installedinchassisslots1through5intheMatrixE7chassis.Ifinstalledinslot6or7,they
operateinstandalonemode.
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