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- Page 1 Summit Virtual Chassis Design and Installation Guide Extreme Networks, Inc. 10460 Bandley Drive Cupertino, California 95014 (888) 257-3000 http://www.extremenetworks.com Published: June 1998 Part No: 120031-00 rev. 01...
- Page 2 Copyright © Extreme Networks, Inc., 1998. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without permission from Extreme Networks, Inc.
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Page 3: Summary Of Features
Summit switches into one cohesive system. The Summit Virtual Chassis comes with eight SummitLink UMMARY OF Features of the Summit Virtual Chassis include the following: • Increased port density • Policy-based Quality of Service (QoS) •... - Page 4 Summit Virtual Chassis. Figure 1 shows two Summit1 switches connected using four parallel paths to four Summit Virtual Chassis. The result is a full mesh of parallel paths between each Summit switch and the Summit Virtual Chassis.
- Page 5 Switch #1 Figure 2: Two-port load-sharing links with the Summit Virtual Chassis Using load-sharing links, the Summit Virtual Chassis distributes traffic to and from each Summit switch on any of the parallel connected paths. This results in faster data throughput among the switches connected to the Summit Virtual Chassis.
- Page 6 In addition to the two internal power supplies, the Summit Virtual Chassis comes with dual external redundant power supplies (RPS) that deliver power for up to two Summit switches in the stack.
- Page 7 Virtual Chassis without affecting communication between devices attached to the stack. If a system LED on a Summit Virtual Chassis indicates a failure, the Summit Virtual Chassis can be disconnected, removed from the stack and replaced, while remaining transparent to all users.
- Page 8 1000BASE-SX over 50/125 micron or 62.5/125 micron fiber-optic cable. The maximum cable length between a Summit switch and the Summit Virtual Chassis is 260 meters. SummitLink ports are designed for connecting the Summit Virtual Chassis only to a Summit switch.
- Page 9 OCKETS The Summit Virtual Chassis has two power sockets. The upper power socket provides power to one of the internal Summit Virtual Chassis power supplies. It also provides redundant load-shared power to the Summit switch connected to the Summit Virtual Chassis using RPS port A.
- Page 10 If you want to distribute the input AC power source across multiple, individual circuit breakers, you must plug the Summit switch AC power cord into a different circuit breaker than the circuit breaker to which the Summit Virtual Chassis AC power socket is connected.
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Page 11: Supported Configurations
Virtual Chassis. INGLE IRTUAL In a single Virtual Chassis stack, one Summit Virtual Chassis can be connected to a maximum of eight Summit switches. A single Virtual Chassis stack is shown in Figure 6. Figure 6: Single Virtual Chassis stack... - Page 12 Virtual Chassis is 260 meters. Each Summit switch continues to operate independently. The Summit Virtual Chassis does not act as an OSI layer 2 bridge hop or an OSI layer 3 router hop. It is transparent to layer 2 and 3 protocols.
- Page 13 Virtual Chassis configuration, port 17 on the Summit2 or port 49 on the Summit48 is cabled to one of the ports on one of the Summit Virtual Chassis. Port 18 on the Summit2 or port 50 on the Summit48 is cabled to the second Summit Virtual Chassis.
- Page 14 TACK SING A parallel Virtual Chassis stack using two or four Summit Virtual Chassis is used to connect up to eight Summit1 or Summit4 switches, as shown in Figure 9. Figure 9: Four parallel Virtual Chassis stack using eight Summit1 or Summit4 switches...
- Page 15 Switch A Figure 10: Detailed example using four Virtual Chassis units Switch A uses port 2 on each Summit Virtual Chassis; Switch B uses port 6. The port connections between the Summit1 switches and the four Summit Virtual Chassis are as follows: •...
- Page 16 Summit switch, including load-sharing rules, port redundancy rules, and so on. The second method uses a Summit switch that is a member of both Virtual Chassis stacks. Using this method, you must adhere to the requirements of both stacks when connecting the switch.
- Page 17 The Summit3 switch has one active Gigabit Ethernet port. Therefore, it can have one active connection to a Summit Virtual Chassis. Figure 12 shows how you would add a Summit3 to the example used in the parallel Virtual Chassis example using Summit2 switches, shown previously in Figure 8.
- Page 18 In Figure 12, the two Summit2 switches are connected to port 1 and port 2 of both Summit Virtual Chassis. The Summit3 can connect to port 3 on one of the Summit Virtual Chassis. Port3 of the other Summit Virtual Chassis must not be connected to any other Summit switch.
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Page 19: Virtual Chassis
The Summit Virtual chassis requires no configuration and has no user interface. You must configure each Summit switch that will be attached to a Summit Virtual Chassis. Several important aspects of configuring the Summit switch for use with a Summit Virtual Chassis are detailed in the Summit Installation and User Guide. - Page 20 For more information on installing the mounting brackets, refer to the Summit Switch Installation and User Guide . 2 If you are using the RPS ports on the Summit Virtual Chassis to connect one or two Summit switches, do the following: a Using the supplied cables, connect the RPS port on the Summit Virtual Chassis to the RPS port on each Summit switch.
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Page 21: Specifications
ECHNICAL Physical Dimensions Environmental Requirements Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Operating Humidity Regulatory Compliance Heat Dissipation Power supply AC Line Frequency Input Voltage Options Current Rating UMMIT IRTUAL HASSIS ESIGN AND NSTALLATION PECIFICATIONS Height: 3.5 inches x Width: 17.32 inches x Depth: 17.42 inches Weight: 18 lb (8.17 kg) 0 to 50 degrees C... - Page 22 ECHNICAL PECIFICATIONS UMMIT IRTUAL HASSIS ESIGN AND NSTALLATION UIDE...