User`s guide

Understanding Module and Port Numbering

3-14 Using the CLI

Switch Ports

Matrixdeviceshavefixedfrontpanelswitchportsand,dependingonthemodel,optional

expansionmoduleslots.The numberingschemeusedtoidentifytheswitch portsonthefront

panelandtheexpansionmodule(s)installedisinterface‐typedependentand,inchassis‐based

systems,isalsodependentuponthechassisin

whichthemodule(s)areinstalled.

Designating Ports in the CLI

Commandsrequiringaport‐stringparameterusethefollowingsyntaxtodesignate porttype,

location,andportnumber.

Port String Syntax for Matrix DFE Series Modules

Usethissyntaxtospecifyaportstring:

port type.slot location.port number

Whereporttypecanbe:

• fefor100‐MbpsEthernet

• gefor1‐GbpsEthernet

• tgfor10‐GbpsEthernet(MatrixDFE‐Platinum 7K4290‐02modulesonly)

• comforCOM(console)port(s)

• hostforhostport

• vlanforvlaninterfaces

• lagforIEEE802.3linkaggregationports

• lpbkforloopbackinterfaces,

• loforthesoftwareloopbackinterface

SlotlocationformodulesinstalledinaMatrixN7orE7chassiscanbe:

0through7,with0designatingvirtualsystemports(lag,vlan,host),and1designatingtheleft‐

mostmoduleslotinthechassis.

SlotlocationformodulesinstalledinaMatrix

N3chassiscanbe:

0through3,with0designatingvirtualsystemports(lag,vlan,host),and1designatingthelowest

moduleslotinthechassis.

Portnumbercanbe:

Anyportnumberinaslotlocation.Thehighestvalidportnumberisdependentonthenumberof

portsina

slotlocationandtheporttype.

Forexample:

Ifamoduleinslot1has48,100MbpsFastEthernetfrontpanelports,andanuplinkinterfacewith

6Mini‐GBICs,therangeofportnumberdesignationsusedintheCLIcommandwouldbe:

• fe.1.1throughfe.1.48forthe48100

MbpsFastEthernetfrontpanelports,and

• ge.1.1throughge.1.6forthe6Mini‐GBICuplinkports.

Iftheuplinkhasthesametype(fe)portsasthefrontpanel,thenumberingcontinueswiththeport

numberfe.1.49.