Module Ports And Connectors; Smartswitch 9000 Chassis Support - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 9W006 User Manual

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The SmartSwitch Remote Access Module's front panel has the following ports and connectors
(refer to the illustration of the
• RS232 console connector
You may use this connector to attach a lap top computer to the module. The lap top can then
provide you with an administration console. The administration console is simply a
communication path between you and the module; you can use this console to help you
manage the module. For example, through the console you may enter
as dr to display the current report log messages (a valuable diagnostic tool), or br stats (or
one of the other statistics commands) to display system statistics.
• external floppy drive connector
Software upgrades are possible through an external floppy drive connected to the module via
this connector. The Cabletron external IDE drive (# EAP-EXT3.5-FD) is compatible with this
connector.
• keyboard connector, VGA video port
Using these connectors, you can attach a keyboard and a VGA monitor to provide a local
administration console.
• parallel port
This port is currently disabled.
• dual ethernet ports
Using these connectors and the provided Ethernet cables, you can connect the module to the
SmartSwitch 9000's Ethernet connection, giving the module presence on the LAN.
• PRI ports
Used for WAN (telco) connection access to support ISDN PRI, T1/E1, and digital modem
service (the digital modem interfaces connect internally to the PRI interfaces; there are no
external ports for the digital modems).
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The SmartSwitch 9000 chassis provides redundancy for a high availability system design. The
9W006 and 9W007 SmartSwitch Remote Access Modules are hot swappable. The SFVRA
Configuration Manager can retain the configuration and setup of the module and automatically
download required information to a replacement module. The module identity "9W000 Remote
Access Module" is conveyed to the SmartSwitch 9000 management module along with serial
number, MAC addresses and other identifying information.
The 9W006 and 9W007 modules connect to the SmartSwitch 9000 System Management Bus (SMB-
1) and SmartSwitch 9000 Power Bus. They additionally include their own processor, 32 MB DRAM
memory, and allow local management capability in addition to remote management. Software
upgrades will be supported through a Telnet or remote console connection.
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