User`s guide

About Redundant Management on Matrix DFE-Gold Series Modules
Matrix DFE Series and N-SA User’s Guide 2-7
About Redundant Management on Matrix DFE-Gold Series
Modules
TheDFE‐GoldSystemManagementModule(SMM)coordinatesandcontrolstheconfigurationof
theentirechassis.Bydefault,thisisthemoduleinstalledinslot1.AccesstotheSMMisavailable
throughanyconsole(COM)portonanymoduleinthechassis.OnlyoneCLIsessioncanbeactive
at
anyonetime,andactivestatusisgrantedtothefirstconnectiontoanyoftheconsoleports.
InordertoenableswitchandroutingredundancyonaMatrixDFE‐GoldSeriesdevice,youmust
purchaseandactivatealicensekey.Ifyouhavepurchasedaredundancylicense,youcanproceed

toactivateitasdescribedinthissection.Ifyouwishtopurchasearedundancylicense,contact
EnterasysNetworksSales.
Whenaredundancylicensekeyispurchasedandactivatedasdescribedin“ActivatingLicensed
Features”onpage 2‐13,redundancycanbeconfiguredonthemoduleinslot2ofthe
chassis.Then,
intheeventmodule1fails,module2willassumechassismanagement.
Managing Configuration and Image Files
MatrixDFESeriesandN‐SAdevicesprovideasingleconfigurationinterfacewhichallowsyouto
performbothswitchandrouterconfigurationwiththesamecommandset.MatrixDFEdevices
alsoprovideredundant,distributedcopiesofeachimagefileintheeventthatDFEmodulesare
addedorremovedfromthe
Matrixchassis.Whenmanagingconfigurationandimagefileson
MatrixDFESeriesdevices,itisimportanttorememberthefollowingconsiderations:
•Allmoduleswillhavethesameimagefilesloaded.Ifamoduleisinsertedintoachassis,any
imagesuniquetothatmodulewillbedeleted,andanyimagesnot
onthatmodulewillbe
copiedtoit.
• Configurationfilesarestoredperslot,witheachslotinthechassiscarryinguniquefileswith
itandnotinheritingfiles.
Thefollowingsectiondescribescommandsformanagingbothswitchandrouterconfiguration.
Fordetailsonperformingabasicroutingconfiguration(whileoperating
inroutermode),referto
“PerformingaBasicRouterConfiguration”onpage 7‐11.
Fordetailsondownloadinganewfirmwareimage,refertopage2‐8.
Fordetailsonreviewingandselectingthebootfirmwareimage,refertopage2‐11.
Notes: Interoperability of Matrix DFE-Gold Series modules is dependent upon module placement
rules during installation in the chassis. For details on these rules and their effects on system
management, refer to the Matrix DFE-Gold Series Installation Guide.
The distributed console and redundant management features described in this section do not apply
to Matrix DFE-Platinum or Matrix N-SA (standalone) devices.
Note: The commands described in this section manage both switch and router configuration
parameters, but must be executed from the switch CLI.