Chapter 3 Switch 7700 Components; Switch Chassis; Switch Backplane - 3Com Switch 7700 Installation Manual

Chapter 3 Switch 7700
Components

3.1. Switch Chassis

The Switch 7700 has module, fan, and power distribution slots, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Switch 7700 slots
Each slot has the following characteristics:

3.1.2. Switch Backplane

The Switch 7700 backplane is part of the integrated chassis and delivers high-speed data transfer between the Fabric
and I/O modules. The backplane bandwidth capacity is 120Gbps.
The backplane supports the following functions:
There are 7 slots for modules. The top slot is for the reserved for the Fabric and the
remaining 6 slots are for any combination of I/O modules.
The fan slot is located on the right side of the chassis.
The power area is on the bottom of the chassis and supports up to three sources for AC
power
Interconnection of various signals between modules and provides communication
channels
Hot swapping for modules
Auto-recognition of slots
Distribution of power and management of the power supply for the system
Monitoring of the fan frame and power frame signals
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