Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 Configuration Manual page 16

Description
2.1 Product characteristics
● IGMP
● PIM
● MSDP
There are devices that natively support all routing functions. You will find the order numbers
in the operating instructions of the devices.
On the devices that only support layer 2, you can enable the routing functions with a KEY-
PLUG.
Naming interfaces
Interface names with SCALANCE XM-400
● Interfaces of the basic device
The interfaces of the basic device SCALANCE XM-400 are called module 1.
● Interfaces of extenders
The port extenders are called module 2 and module 3 starting from the basic device. The
number of port extenders depends on the number of ports of the basic device.
The extender function is called module 0.
Interface names with SCALANCE XR-500
● Permanently integrated Interfaces
The interfaces permanently installed in the SCALANCE XR-500 are identified with module
0.
● Interfaces of modules
The slots for modules are called module 1 followed by numbers. The numbering range
depends on the hardware configuration. The numbering is fixed and does not depend on
the number of modules being used.
Each module has 4 ports numbered 1 to 4.
Combo ports
Combo port is the name for two communication ports. A combo port has the two following plug-
in options:
● a fixed RJ-45 port
● an SFP transceiver slot that can be equipped individually
Of these two ports, only one can ever be active.
You can set the active port on the WBM page "System > Ports > Configuration"with the CLI
command media-type.
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