Extreme 3804 Supplementary Manual

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Advanced System Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide
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Hardware Architecture
This chapter provides a brief summary of the switch hardware features most relevant to understanding 
the use of the Extreme Networks diagnostic suite.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Diagnostics Support
The ExtremeWare diagnostic suite applies only to Extreme Networks switch products based on the 
“inferno” series chipset. Equipment based on this chipset are referred to as being “inferno” series or “i” 
series products: the BlackDiamond family of core chassis switches (6804, 6808, and 6816), the Alpine 
systems (3802, 3804, 3808), and the Summit “i”-series stackables (Summit1i, Summit5i, Summit7i, 
Summit 48i, and Summit48Si).
NOTE
These switches and the switch modules use naming conventions ending with an “i” to identify them as 
“inferno” series or “i” series products. For the most current list of products supporting the “i” chipset, 
such as the MSM-3 and other “3”-series modules, such as the G16X
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, consult your release notes.
Unless otherwise specified, a feature requiring the “i” chipset requires the use of both an “i” 
chipset-based management module, such as the MSM64i, and an “i” chipset-based I/O module, such as 
the G8Xi.