Specifications

they act as a VLAN. All 8 Ethernet interfaces can act as 8 separate VLANs or they can be grouped
into a lesser number of VLANs. Alternatively, some may be part of a VLAN and some may
continue to act as normal GESW interfaces connected by a switch fabric. After such
configuration, the VLAN processing load for these interfaces is handled by the E7 hardware
without affecting cOS Core performance.
This feature is referred to as Port Based VLAN and is described in more detail in Appendix C, Port
Based VLAN Setup.
Ethernet Interface Status LEDs
On the E7 there are indicator lights at the top left and top right of each interface which illuminate
according to link status and activity. The conditions shown are:
• The top-left flashes green to indicate data traffic.
• The top-right light is green if the link is 10 or 100 Mb.
• The top-right light is amber if the link is 1 Gb.
Note: The GESW interface cannot be used with link aggregation
If the cOS Core link aggregation feature is used, the logical GESW interface cannot be
part of aLinkAggregation object.
Chapter 1: E7 Product Overview
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