Table 18 Optimal Placement Of Option Cards In The Contivity 5000 - Nortel Contivity 5000 Installing

Table 18

Table 18 Optimal placement of option cards in the Contivity 5000

Installation
order Option card
1 SSL VPN Module 1000 (slot 1)
Contivity Security Accelerator
2
(CSA)
3
Hardware Accelerator
4 1000BASE-T or
1000BASE-SX interface
5 V.90 modem interface
6 Other option cards (see
Table 17)
Figure 28
Contivity 5000. The typical order for installing option cards is as follows:
1
2
3
Chapter 4 Installing option cards and field replaceable units 71
provides guidelines for the placement of option cards in the chassis.
is a flowchart that illustrates the placement of option cards in the
Hardware accelerator cards, from highest speed to lowest speed:
a
SSL VPN Module 1000
b Contivity Security Accelerator
c
Hardware Accelerator
High-speed (64-bit) I/O cards (that is, the 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-SX)
Lower-speed (32-bit) I/O cards
Slot placement in order of preference
With SSL VPN card in slot 1 No SSL VPN card in slot 1
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First card: slot 6
Second card: slot 2
First card: slot 6; slot 3, 4, or 5
Second card: slot 3, 4, or 5
First card: slot 2; slot 6; slot 3,
4, or 5
Second card: slot 6; slot 3, 4,
or 5
Slots 3, 4, and 5 (Do not
install this card in slot 2.)
Slots 3, 4, and 5; slot 6; slot 2 Slots 3, 4, and 5; slot 6; slot 2
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First card: slot 6
Second card: slot 2 or 1
First card: slot 6; slot 3, 4, or 5
Second card: slot 3, 4, or 5
First card: slot 2 or 1; slot 6;
slot 3, 4, or 5
Second card: slot 1 or 6;
slot 3, 4, or 5
Slots 3, 4, and 5
Installing the Contivity 5000