Installation guide

Backplane Connections and Installation Rules
Matrix DFE-Diamond Series Installation Guide 3-9
Example 1 (Figure 3-5, A)
ShowsthechassisfullypopulatedwithDFEmodules(7xxxxx).Thesemodulescommunicatewith
eachotherviatheFTM2chassisbackplaneandactasasingleswitchingentitywithoneIP
address.TheDFEmodulesareconfiguredusingaCommandLineInterfacesetofcommands.
Rule:DFEmodulescanbeinstalledin
anyavailablechassisslotintheMatrixE7chassis.
Example 2 (Figure 3-5, B)
Showsthechassisfullypopulatedwiththirdgenerationmodules(6x3xx).Thesemodulescanalso
beinstalledinanyavailablechassisslotintheMatrixE7chassis,butoperateasindividual
moduleswithseparateIPaddresses.EachmoduleisconfiguredusingLocalManagement.
Rule:The6x3xxmodulescanbeinstalledinany
availablechassisslotintheMatrixE7chassis.
Example 3 (Figure 3-5, C)
Showschassisslots1through5populatedwithfirstandsecondgenerationmodules(6x1xxand
6x2xx).Ifa6x1xxor6x2xxseriesmoduleisinstalledinslot6or7,itwilloperateinstandalone
mode(nobackplaneconnectivity).Likethe6x3xxmodules,the6x1xxand6x2xxmodulesoperate
asindividual
moduleswithseparateIPaddresses,andeachoneisconfiguredusingLocal
Management.
Rule:The6x1xxand6x2xxmodulescancommunicatewitheachotherwhentheyareinstalledin
chassisslots1through5intheMatrixE7chassis.Ifinstalledinslot6or7,theyoperatein
standalonemode.
Example 4 (Figure 3-5, D)
Showschassisslots1through5populatedwithamixof6x1xx,6x2xx,and6x3xxmodulesand
onlythirdgenerationmodulesinslots6and7.
Inthismodulearrangement,the6x3xxmoduleprovidesaproxybridge,whichenablesthe6x1xx
and6x2xxmodulestocommunicatewith6x3xxmodulesinslot
6or7.Ifmorethanone6x3xx
moduleisinstalledinslots1to5,themoduleinthelowestnumberedslotperformstheproxy
functionforslots6and7.Therefore,ifa6x3xxmoduleisalreadyperformingtheproxyfunction,
andanother6x3xxmoduleisinsertedintoa
lowernumberedslot,connectivitywillbetemporarily
interrupted,asthenewboardtakesovertheproxyfunction.Whena6x3xxmoduleinalower
numberedslotisremoved,andthereisa6x3xxmoduleinahighernumberedslot,communication
isnotinterrupted.
ForLocalManagement,pluggingtheLocalManagementconnection
intothe6x3xxmoduleswill
allowmanagementconnectionstoall6x1xx,6x2xx,and6x3xxmodules.IftheLocalManagement
connectionistoa6x1xxor6x2xxboard,onlythemodulesinthefirstfiveslotswillberecognized
bythemanagementclient.
Rule:Theremustbeatleastone6x3xxmodule
inslots1through5toenablecommunications
betweenthe6x1xx,6x2xx,and6x3xxmodules.