Installation guide

BlackDiamond Switch Hardware Installation Guide 1-1
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BlackDiamond 6800 Switch
Overview
The BlackDiamond 6800 switch is a chassis-based switch designed to be placed in the
core of your network. The BlackDiamond 6800 switch is flexible and scalable, making it
easy for you to meet the changing requirements of your network. The combination of
BlackDiamond and Summit switches delivers a consistent end-to-end network solution
that provides a nonblocking architecture, wire-speed switching, wire-speed IP routing,
and policy-based Quality of Service (QoS).
This chapter describes the following:
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BlackDiamond 6800 switch features
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Network configurations using the BlackDiamond 6800 switch
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BlackDiamond 6800 switch components
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UMMARY OF
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EATURES
The features of the BlackDiamond 6800 switch include the following:
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A 10-slot chassis that can be populated with up to 8 input/output (I/O) modules
and two Management Switch Fabric Modules (MSM64i modules)
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I/O modules and MSM64i modules are hot-swappable, and include Gigabit Ethernet
or 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports
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Redundant, load-sharing, hot-swappable power supplies
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Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan tray
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Up to 384 switched 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports