OmniSwitch 6850 Series Hardware Users Guide September 2009 iii
Contents
Contents About This Guide ..........................................................................................................ix
Supported Platforms .......................................................................................................... ix
Who Should Read this Manual? ........................................................................................ xi
When Should I Read this Manual? ....................................................................................xi
What is in this Manual? ..................................................................................................... xi
What is Not in this Manual? .............................................................................................. xi
How is the Information Organized? .................................................................................xii
Documentation Roadmap .................................................................................................xii
Related Documentation ................................................................................................... xiv
Published / Latest Product Documentation ...................................................................... xv
Technical Support ............................................................................................................ xv
Chapter 1 OmniSwitch 6850 Series ...........................................................................................1-1
Availability Features .......................................................................................................1-3
Software Rollback ....................................................................................................1-3
Backup Power Supplies ............................................................................................1-3
Hot Swapping ...........................................................................................................1-4
Hardware Monitoring ...............................................................................................1-4
OmniSwitch 6850 Series Application Examples ............................................................1-5
Gigabit-to-the-Desktop Migration ............................................................................1-5
Server Aggregation ..................................................................................................1-6
Layer 3 Aggregation/Distribution ............................................................................1-7
Small Enterprise Core ..............................................................................................1-8
Chapter 2 OmniSwitch 6850 Series Chassis and Hardware Components .....................2-1
OmniSwitch 6850-24L ....................................................................................................2-4
OmniSwitch 6850-48L ....................................................................................................2-8
OmniSwitch 6850-P24L ................................................................................................2-11
OmniSwitch 6850-P48L ................................................................................................2-15
OmniSwitch 6850-U24X ..............................................................................................2-19
OmniSwitch 6850-24 ....................................................................................................2-23
OmniSwitch 6850-48 ....................................................................................................2-27
OmniSwitch 6850-24X .................................................................................................2-31
OmniSwitch 6850-48X .................................................................................................2-35
OmniSwitch 6850-P24 ..................................................................................................2-38