Chapter 2: New In This Release; Features; Rear Port Mode - Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 Series Installation Manual

Chapter 2: New in this release

The following sections indicate what's new in this document for VSP 7000 Release 10.2 and Feature Pack
Release 10.2.1.

Features

See the following sections for information about feature changes.

Rear port mode

By default, the Fabric Interconnect (FI) ports on the rear of the VSP 7000 Series are configured
for Stack-mode Distributed Top-of-Rack deployments, leveraging the Flexible Advanced
Stacking Technology (FAST) protocol. Enabling a Rear port mode reboots the unit and re-
configures the FI ports as multiple 40 Gbps Avaya interface ports for use with other protocols.
You can use rear port mode to interconnect multiple stand-alone VSP 7000 units using FI
cables. Depending on the rear port mode of operation, either seven or eight 40 Gbps interfaces
are available over the four FI ports on the rear of the switch.
FI port
UP 1 (top right)
UP 2 (bottom right
DOWN 1 (top left)
DOWN 2 (bottom left) Standard (Raw-
UP 1 (top right)
UP 2 (bottom right)
DOWN 1 (top left)
VSP 7000 installation
Rear port mode
Standard (Raw- 120 Gbps
mode)
Standard (Raw- 40 Gbps
mode)
Standard (Raw- 120 Gbps
mode)
40 Gbps
mode)
SPB (Fabric-mode 120 Gbps
DToR)
SPB (Fabric-mode 40 Gbps
DToR)
SPB (Fabric-mode 80 Gbps
DToR)
Bandwidth
34,35,36
33
38,39,40
37
34, 35, 36
33
38, 39
Ports
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