4+2 Software Configuration (12 S2 Fabric Cards); Configuring A 4+2 Configuration With 24 S2 Fabric Cards - Cisco Network Convergence System 6000 Fabric Card Chassis Hardware Installation Manual

Cabling a Multi-Chassis Configuration
Plane 0 Plane 1
LCC3 FCC (S2) LCC3
(S13) slot/port/ (S13)
slot/port chassis slot/port
S0/14 to FC0/30 S1/14 to FC1/30
(FCC1) (FCC1)
S0/15 to FC0/31 S1/15 to FC1/31
(FCC1) (FCC1)

4+2 Software Configuration (12 S2 Fabric Cards)

An explicit admin configuration is required to specify an ordered list of S2 connections assigned for a plane.
Each S2 connection is specified as an instance. The instances are contiguous, starting from 0.
controller fabric plane 0
instance 0
location F0/FC0
instance 1
location F1/FC0
controller fabric plane 1
instance 0
location F0/FC1
instance 1
location F1/FC1
controller fabric plane 2
instance 0
location F0/FC2
instance 1
location F1/FC2
controller fabric plane 3
instance 0
location F0/FC3
instance 1
location F1/FC3
controller fabric plane 4
instance 0
location F0/FC4
instance 1
location F1/FC4
controller fabric plane 5
instance 0
location F0/FC5
instance 1
location F1/FC5

Configuring a 4+2 Configuration with 24 S2 Fabric Cards

The following figure shows four line card chassis (LCC0, LCC1, LCC2, and LCC3) connected to two fabric
card chassis (FCC0 and FCC1). In this configuration, there are 12 FCs in each fabric card chassis; in total 24
Plane 2
FCC (S2) LCC3 FCC (S2)
slot/port/ (S13) slot/port/
chassis slot/port chassis
S2/14 to FC2/30
(FCC1)
S2/15 to FC2/31
(FCC1)
Cisco Network Convergence System 6000 Fabric Card Chassis Hardware Installation Guide
Plane 3 Plane 4
LCC3(S13) FCC (S2) LCC3
slot/port slot/port/ (S13)
chassis slot/port
S3/14 to FC3/30 S4/14 to FC4/30
(FCC1) (FCC1)
S3/15 to FC3/31 S4/15 to FC4/31
(FCC1) (FCC1)
Multi-Chassis 4+2 Configuration
Plane 5
FCC (S2) LCC3 FCC (S2)
slot/port/ (S13) slot/port/
chassis slot/port chassis
S5/14 to FC5/30
(FCC1)
S5/15 to FC5/31
(FCC1)
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