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6 Alpine 3800 Series Switch Models
The Alpine 3800 series switch is a chassis-based, Ethernet service provisioning switch designed for edge
and aggregation applications. The Alpine 3800 series switch is flexible and scalable, making it easy for
you to meet the changing requirements of your network.
There are three models in the Alpine 3800 series: the Alpine 3808 switch, the Alpine 3804 switch, and
the Alpine 3802 switch.
This chapter includes the following topics:
• Features on page 139
• Alpine 3808 Switch on page 142
• Alpine 3804 Switch on page 144
• Alpine 3802 Switch on page 146
Features
This section describes the features of the Alpine family of switches. If the information in the release
notes differs from the information in this guide, follow the release notes. For more information about
configuring the switch, refer to the ExtremeWare Software User Guide and The ExtremeWare Command
Reference Guide.
The features of the Alpine 3800 series switch include:
• A chassis that can be populated with various I/O modules and one Switch Management Module.
The Switch Management Module in the Alpine 3803 or 3804 is hot-swappable and user removable,
but the Alpine 3802 has an integrated management module that is not hot-swappable or user
removable. For specific details of each chassis, see the individual switch descriptions.
• Hot-swappable I/O modules that include Gigabit Ethernet or 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports
• Redundant, load-sharing, hot-swappable power supplies (Alpine 3808 and Alpine 3804)
• Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan tray (Alpine 3808 and Alpine 3804)
• Fully non-blocking operation; all ports transmit and receive packets at wire speed. (Select high
density Gigabit modules are oversubscribed.)
• Autonegotiation for half-duplex or full-duplex operation on 10/100 Mbps ports
• Load-sharing on multiple ports