3com 5500-ei pwr Instrução De Instalação

 

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When configuring XRN fabric, go to these sections for information you are interested in: 

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Displaying and Maintaining XRN Fabric 

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Intelligent Resilient Framework (XRN), a feature particular to Switch 5500-EI series switches, is a new 

technology for building the core of a network. This feature allows you to build an XRN fabric by 

interconnecting several Switch 5500-EI series switches to provide more ports for network devices and 

improve the reliability of your network. 

An XRN fabric typically has a ring topology structure. As shown in 

, each switch has two ports 

connected with two other switches in the fabric. These two ports are called fabric ports in general, a left 

port and a right port respectively; the other ports, which are available for connections with users or 

devices outside the fabric, are called user ports. 

Figure 1-1 A schematic diagram of an XRN fabric 

 

 

A correctly built XRN fabric features the following: 

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Multiple Switch 5500-EI series switches are interconnected through their fabric ports. 

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Given a switch, its left port is connected to the right port of another switch, and its right port is 

connected to the left port of a third one.  

Port connection mode for Switch 5500-EI series ring topology XRN fabric is shown in 

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