About the BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches
BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches Hardware Installation Guide
18
BlackDiamond 8810 Switch Chassis
The BlackDiamond 8810 chassis consists of the following components:
● One 10-slot chassis with backplane
● Eight dedicated I/O module slots, labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10
● One dedicated MSM slot, labeled 5/A
● One dual-use slot for an I/O module or MSM, labeled 6/B
● Power supply bay that accommodates up to six power supplies, accessed from the front of the unit
● One fan tray, accessed from the front right of the unit
● One connector for an ESD-preventive wrist strap
When two MSMs are installed, the chassis can support up to 48 Gigabit bandwidth per slot.
Figure 1 shows the front of a BlackDiamond 8810 chassis equipped with two MSMs and three optional
I/O modules.
Figure 3: Front of the BlackDiamond 8810 Chassis
Figure 2 shows the rear panel of the BlackDiamond 8810 chassis.
ASP042
ESD wrist strap
connector
MSM module slot
Power supplies
Fan tray
I/O module slots
Power cord
connectors
I/O module slots