Installation guide

Backplane Connections and Installation Rules
3-10 Installation
Matrix E7 Chassis, Module Placement
DependingonthemodulesbeinginstalledintheMatrixE7chassisandtohelpensure
properoperation,considerthefollowingexamplesandrulesformoduleplacementinthe
chassis.Figure 3‐6showssixexamplesofchassismoduleplacement.Theseexamplesare
describedbelowalongwiththeapplicablemoduleplacementrule.
Figure 3-6 Examples, Module Placement in Matrix E7 Chassis
Example 1 (Figure 3-6, 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 3-6, 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.
7XXXXX7H4382-49
6X3XX
6X3XX
6X2XX
6X1XX
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6X1XX
6X2XX
+
6X3XX
6X3XX
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6X1XX
6X2XX
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6X3XX
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7XXXXX
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6X3XX
6X3XX
6X2XX
7XXXXX
6X1XX
A EDCB
F
3
2
1
N3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
E7 or N7
1 2 3 4 5
N5