Chassis Overview - Cabletron Systems 7C04 Workgroup SmartSWITCH User Manual

Introduction

1.3 CHASSIS OVERVIEW

The 7C04 Chassis (Figure 1-1) is a rack-mountable, multi-media,
switching center. The chassis is a stand-alone device that features a
removable power supply. Two fans within the power supply
provide system cooling. LANVIEW LEDs on the power supply
indicate at-a-glance device status.
The chassis has four module slots. The slots are numbered from
top to bottom; the top slot is number one the bottom slot is number
four. The 7X00 Module must be inserted in the chassis' top slot
(slot one). The other three slots can support nearly any
combination of Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and ATM
SmartSwitch interface modules
Figure 1-1. 7C04 Workgroup SmartSwitch Chassis
Data from each SmartSwitch interface module (regardless of front
panel technology) is relayed along the SmartSwitch Bus on the
7C04 Chassis' backplane to the 7X00 Module. All switching
functions are performed by hardware components on the 7X00
Module. No external bridges or routers are required to transfer
data from one point to another within the chassis.
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A 7E03-24 Module can not be inserted in the bottom slot (slot four) of a 7C04
Chassis.
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