Physical Port Numbering; Slot Architecture - 3Com 4007 Implementation Manual

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Slot Architecture

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HYSICAL
This chapter provides guidelines and other key information about port
numbering in the Switch 4007 system.
The chapter covers these topics:
Slot Architecture
Default Port Settings
Allocating Switch Fabric Capacity to Slots
Key Guidelines for Implementation
Effects of Removing a Module
Effects of Replacing Modules
The slots in the Switch 4007 chassis are designed to hold the following
components:
Slots 8 and 9 are reserved for the primary and secondary Management
Modules (Enterprise Management Engines, or EMEs).
Slot 7 is reserved for the switch fabric module.
The backplane in the Switch 4007 chassis uses a star-wired
interconnect configuration to connect the switch fabric module slot to
all other switching module slots.
Slots 1 – 6 are reserved for Layer 2 and Multilayer Switching Modules.
You can install any supported switching module in any of these slots,
however one consideration is the capacity of the switch fabric module
in Slot 7. For example, if you want to install multiple 4-port Gigabit
Ethernet Multilayer Switching Modules, consider installing the 24-port
switch fabric module instead of the 9-port switch fabric module.
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