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The Summit

 

Virtual Chassis is an ultra-high performance, low-cost external backplane 

that connects up to eight stacked or distributed Summit switches into one cohesive 
system.

Features of the Summit Virtual Chassis include the following:

Increased port density

Policy-based Quality of Service (QoS)

Load-sharing links

Extensive fault-tolerant capabilities

Redundant power supplies

Hot-swappable switches

How-swappable virtual chassis

Environmental sensors

The Summit Virtual Chassis has eight SummitLink ports. A SummitLink port is a 
proprietary backplane channel used to connect Summit switches to the Summit Virtual 
Chassis. 

For detailed information about the Summit Virtual Chassis, refer to the Summit 
Virtual Chassis Design and Installation Guide

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 describes the Summit switch ports that can be used to connect to one, two, or 

four Summit Virtual Chassis units.

Table 4-8: Summit Ports to Use to Connect to the Summit Virtual Chassis

Any of ports 1 - 8

Ports 2 and 3, or
Ports 4 and 5, or
Ports 6 and 7

Ports 4, 5, 6, and 7

Port 17 or Port 18

Ports 17 and 18

Port 25

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