About This Guide - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Manual

This OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Guide describes how to set up and monitor software
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 6800 Series switch. These features
are used when setting up your OmniSwitch in a network of switches and routers.
Supported Platforms
This information in this guide applies to the following products:
OmniSwitch 6800-24
•
OmniSwitch 6800-48
•
The OmniSwitch 6800-24 switch has 20 unshared auto-sensing and auto-MDIX copper RJ-45 10/100/
1000 Mbps ports (ports 1–20) and four combo ports (ports 21–24) that are shared between four copper RJ-
45 10/100/1000 Mbps ports and four SFP 1000 Mbps (1Gbps) ports. The OmniSwitch 6800-48 switch has
44 unshared auto-sensing and auto-MDIX copper RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mbps ports (ports 1–44) and four
combo ports (ports 45–48) that are shared between four copper RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mbps ports and four
SFP 1000 Mbps (1Gbps) ports.
In addition, OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches offer fixed stacking ports. The stacking ports on
OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches allow two to eight switches to be assembled and managed as one virtual
chassis known as a stack.
Unsupported Platforms
The information in this guide does not apply to the following products:
OmniSwitch (original version with no numeric model name)
•
OmniSwitch 6624
•
OmniSwitch 6648
•
OmniSwitch 6600-U24
•
OmniSwitch 6600-P24
•
OmniSwitch 6602-24
•
OmniSwitch 6602-48
•
OmniSwitch 7700
•
OmniSwitch 7800
•
OmniSwitch 8800
•
Omni Switch/Router
•
OmniStack
•
OmniAccess
•
OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Guide

About This Guide

November 2004 page xxiii