Management Switch Fabric Module 64 (Msm64I); Msm64I Behavior - Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 6800 Hardware Installation Manual

B D 6800 S O
LACK IAMOND WITCH
The MSM64i must be installed in one of the two center slots of the BlackDiamond 6800
chassis, labeled Slot A and Slot B.
Module status LEDs
50015
Module reset
CONSOLE
Console port
MODEM
Modem port
MGMT
Management port
LINK /
ACTIVITY
PCMCIA slot
PCMCIA
EW_MSM64i
Figure 1-2: Management Switch Fabric Module 64 (MSM64i)
The MSM64i has the following ports:
• Console port (used to connect a terminal and perform local out-of-band
management)
• 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet management port
• Modem port (used to connect a modem for remote access to the CLI)
• PCMCIA slot (not used for normal operation)
MSM64i B
EHAVIOR
The BlackDiamond 6800 switch can run with a single MSM64i installed. When a second
MSM64i is used, one of the MSM64i modules is selected to be the master MSM64i, and
the other becomes the slave MSM64i.
The master MSM64i is responsible for upper-layer protocol processing and system-
management functions. For example, OSPF computation and SNMP functions are
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VERVIEW
Figure 1-2 shows the MSM64i.
BlackDiamond Switch Hardware Installation Guide