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Chapter 10 Connecting to the Ethernet Switch Blade
The Ethernet Switch Blade has two completely separate switching subsystems within one ATCA
blade supporting both Base Interface and Fabric Interfaces
Figure 10.1: Fabric and Base
The Ethernet Switch Blade implements an independent control processor and software
environment for both Base and Fabric Interface switching subsystems. Troubleshooting problems
are similar in both environments. The following sections provides instruction on how to connect
to the Serial Port or Out-of-Band (OOB) Ethernet Interface for each backplane interface type if
user-intervention is needed.
Base Interface Hub System:
A 24 port Gigabit Ethernet Switch that provides service for a full 14-slot ATCA chassis. All
connectors for the base interface hub and it's processor are labeled "base".
Ethernet Interfaces
:
The 3.0 Base Interface switching system provides 24 ports of Gigabit Ethernet service for up to
14 line cards with support for dual-shelf manager connections. Three ingress/egress ports are
available on the front panel. An additional Gigabit Ethernet port (ISL) on the backplane
interconnects the switches together for high availability configurations. If the OpenArchitect
environment is running, any in-band port can be used to establish a Telnet session.
Management Interfaces
:
The Ethernet Switch Blade features an RS-232 console port located on the front panel that allows
communication with the switch when the Out-of-Band Ethernet port is not available, or in-band
Ethernet service cannot be established with the switch. A hyperterminal application is
recommended to contact the Ethernet Switch Blade through a Telnet session when using the
Ethernet Switch Blade User's Guide
release 3.2.2j
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