Setting A Backplane Attachment - Bay Networks 5380 User Manual

Using Model 5380 Ethernet and Model 5580 Token Ring Routers
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Figure 3-9.

Setting a Backplane Attachment

The chassis backplane Ethernet bus consists of 12 Ethernet segments. Each of the
four interfaces on the Model 5380 Ethernet Router can be configured to access 4
of the 12 backplane segments on the chassis.
To set a backplane attachment (or set a backplane segment):
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To display the router interface connections to the backplane, press c
again.
A table showing the port number (Cluster Port) of each router interface, the
status of the connection, the backplane segment, and the media access control
(MAC) address is displayed. When you install a router in a chassis for the first
time, the default status for each cluster port is "segmented" and the backplane
attachment is "none" (see Figure 3-9).
Cluster
Port Status
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1 Segmented
2 Segmented
3 Segmented
4 Segmented
Connections Table
Press a.
The following prompt is displayed:
Changing backplane attachments...
Enter cluster number (0 if done, 1 to 4)
Backplane
Attachments MAC Address
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None 00-00-00-00-00-00
None 00-00-00-00-00-00
None 00-00-00-00-00-00
None 00-00-00-00-00-00
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