Specifications

Enterasys Xpedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide 13
Hardware Overview
Figure 3 shows the front panel of the control module.
Figure 3. Front panel of the control module
Boot Flash
The control module has a boot flash containing the XP’s boot software and configuration
files. The system software image file resides on a PC card or a TFTP server.
Memory Module
The control module uses memory to hold the routing tables and other tables. The
minimum factory configuration for the control module includes 64MB of memory (in a
64MB DIMM). You can obtain XP memory upgrade kits from Enterasys Networks to
increase memory to 128MB (in a 128MB DIMM), 192MB (in one 64MB DIMM and one
128MB DIMM), or 256MB (in two 128MB DIMMs). See Installing a Memory Upgrade on
page 60 for the upgrade procedure.
10/100 Mgmt
Console
RST
SYS
OK
ERR DIAG
HBT
Hot
Swap
Online Offline
PC slot 1
G8M-CM CONTROL MODULE
PC slot 0