Specifications

60GHzand80GHzProductsNMSManual
17 58000511rev.F
specifytheconfigurationoftheinternalswitchwithrespecttoInBandorOutBand
management.DetailedinformationabouttheInBandandOutBandoptionsareprovidedin
Section 4.6.1and4.6.2.
4.6.1 InBand(Default)
Thisoptionallowsformanagementofeachradioterminalthroughthecopper,fiber,and/orradio
interface.Whenthe‘AccessControl’parameteronthe‘Setup’pageisconfiguredforInBand
theinternalswitchplacesthecopper,fiberandradiointerfacesontothesameinternalVLAN.
Thiseffectivelyplacesthecopperportintothesamebroadcastdomain(LANsegment)asthe
fiberandradiointerfaces.AsingleMAClearningtableisthenusedforallports.Ausercanthen
selectifthemanagementagentcanbeaccessedfrom thefiberorradiointerfacesinadditionto
thecopperinterface.
Connectingboththecopperandfiberinterfacestothesame
networkorswitchwhen‘InBand’isselectedcancreate
networkloops,broadcaststorms,andotherproblemsthatcan
bringdownthecorenetwork.
When‘InBand’isselected,broadcastormulticasttraffic
exceeding10Mbpscanfloodtheinternal managementagent
preventingwebaccesstotheunit.Thisdoesnotimpactthe
availabilityofthelink.
Figure43 providesalogicaldiagramoftheinternalswitchwhenCopperInBandisselected.
Figure43 InBandManagement