Installation guide

Matrix DFE-Diamond Series Installation Guide 2-1

Network Requirements

Beforeinstallingthemodule,reviewtherequirementsandspecificationsreferredtointhischapter

concerningthefollowing:

Thenetworkinstallationmustmeettherequirementstoensuresatisfactoryperformanceofthis

equipment.Failuretodosowillproducepoornetworkperformance.

Link Aggregation

LinkAggregationisamethodofgroupingmultiplephysicalportsonanetworkdeviceintoone

logicallinkaccordingtotheIEEE802.3ad‐2002standard.BecauseLinkAggregationisstandards

based,itallowsforautomaticconfigurationwithmanualoverrides(ifapplicable),andcanoperate

on10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000

MbpsEthernetfullduplexports.Thusthenetworkadministrator

cancombineagroupoffive100Mbpsportsintoalogicallink(trunk)thatfunctionsasasingle500

Mbpsport.AslongastheDFEmodulesagreeonwhichportsareinthetrunk,thereareno

problemswith

looping,andtheSpanningTreecantreatthistrunk asasingleport.

Innormalusage(andtypicalimplementations)thereisnoneedtoenable/disableportsforLink

Aggregation.Thedefaultvalueswillresultinthemaximumnumberofaggregationspossible.If

theswitchisplacedinaconfigurationwithits

peersnotrunningtheprotocol,noaggregations

willbeformedandtheDFEmoduleswillfunctionnormally(thatis,SpanningTreewillblock

redundantpaths).

FordetailsaboutthecommandsinvolvedwithconfiguringtheLinkAggregationfunction,referto

theEnterasysMatrixDFE‐Diamond/PlatinumSeriesConfigurationGuide.

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Link Aggregation 2-1

Module Placement in a Matrix E7 Chassis 2-2

10BASE-T Network 2-2

100BASE-TX Network 2-2

1000BASE-T Network 2-2

1000BASE-SX/LX Network 2-2

XENPAK 10-Gigabit Ethernet 2-3

Note: The Enterasys Matrix DFE-Diamond/Platinum Series Configuration Guide and the Cabling

Guide referred to in the following sections can be found on the Enterasys Networks World Wide

Web site: http://www.enterasys.com/support/manuals/

Refer to “Related Documents” in About This Guide.