● Rabbit (FE1) to Hound (BE2)
The connections are shown with green lines in the following diagram.
Figure 4. Connections between front-end and back-end switches within an EX-Series rack
For back-end switch connections between EX-Series racks, port 41 on the back-end switches is used for the inbound
connection and port 45 is used for the outbound connection. These ports are used for linear and ring topology rack-to-rack
connectivity. For more information, see Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site .
Figure 5. Back-end switch connections between EX-Series racks
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