Brocade Communications Systems ICX 6430 Installation Manual page 44

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Connecting devices in a mixed stack
FIGURE 36
ICX 6610
ICX 6610
ICX 6450
ICX 6450
ICX 6450
Topology 3: linear and ring
In Figure
devices in two substacks. Each substack contains three peripheral devices.
One substack is connected to one ICX 6610 device to form a linear topology. The other substack is
connected to each of the ICX 6610 devices to form a ring topology.
Topology 3 is almost identical to topology 2 except that the "horizontal" substack is not connected
to the second ICX 6610 device either by design or because the link is broken. This is still a valid
topology.
FIGURE 37
ICX 6610
ICX 6610
ICX 6450
ICX 6450
ICX 6450
32
Topology 2: dual ring
ICX 6450
37, two ICX 6610 devices form the backbone and there are six ICX 6450 peripheral
Topology 3: linear and ring
ICX 6450
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