Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 6800 Manual

Extreme Networks, Inc.
10460 Bandley Drive
Cupertino, California 95014
[phone]
http://www.extremenetworks.com
BlackDiamond Hardware
Installation Guide
Published: September 1998
Part number: 121000-00 Rev. A

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Copyright © Extreme Networks, Inc., 1998. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be
reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation,
transformation, or adaptation) without permission from Extreme Networks, Inc.
Extreme Networks, ExtremeWare, BlackDiamond, Summit, SummitLink, ExtremeWare Vista, Summit
Virtual Chassis, and the Extreme Networks logo are trademarks of Extreme Networks.
PACE is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. 3Com is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation. All
other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

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Contents
PREFACE
Introduction ix
Conventions x
Related Publications xi
1B
LACKDIAMOND OVERVIEW
Summary of Features 1-1
Port Connections 1-2
Media Types and Distances 1-3
Full-Duplex 1-4
Network Configuration Example 1-4
BlackDiamond 6800 Components 1-6
BlackDiamond 6800 Power Supply 1-8
Power Supply LEDs 1-8
Management Switch Fabric Modules (MSMs) 1-9
MSM Behavior 1-10
MSM Memory 1-10
MSM LEDs 1-12
I/O Module Cards 1-12
G4X and G6X Modules 1-13
F32T Module 1-14
F32F Module 1-15
I/O Module LEDs 1-16
BlackDiamond 6800 Rear View 1-16
BlackDiamond6800 Fan Tray 1-18

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NSTALLATION AND SETUP
Following Safety Information 2-1
Determining the System Location 2-2
Installing the BlackDiamond 2-2
Powering On the System 2-7
Checking the Installation 2-7
Connecting Equipment to the Console Port 2-8
Logging In for the First Time 2-10
3S
ERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
Following Safety Information 3-1
Removing and Replacing a Module Card 3-2
Removing and Replacing a Power Supply 3-3
Removing and Replacing the Fan Tray 3-4
Adding and Removing DIMMs 3-5
Adding and Removing GBICs 3-6
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AFETY INFORMATION
Important Safety Information A-1
Power A-2
Power Cord A-2
Connections A-3
Lithium Battery A-3
BT
ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX

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Figures
1-1 BlackDiamond network configuration example 1-5
1-2 BlackDiamond 6800 1-7
1-3 Management Switch Fabric Module (MSM) 1-9
1-4 MSM DIMM sockets 1-11
1-5 G4X module and G6X module 1-13
1-6 F32T module 1-14
1-7 F32F module 1-15
1-8 BlackDiamond 6800 rear view 1-17
2-1 Rack-mount helper bracket 2-3
2-2 BlackDiamond chassis mounted in rack 2-4
2-3 Power supply bays 2-5
2-4 MSM with extended ejector/injector handles 2-6
2-5 Null-modem cable pinouts 2-9
2-6 PC-AT serial null-modem cable pinouts 2-10
3-1 BlackDiamond power supplies 3-3
3-2 Removing the fan tray 3-4
3-3 Adding a DIMM 3-5
3-4 GBIC connectors 3-6

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Tables
1Notice Icons x
2Text Conventions x
1-1 Media Types and Distances 1-3
1-2 Power Supply LEDs 1-8
1-3 MSM DIMM Memory Combinations 1-11
1-4 MSM LEDs 1-12
1-5 I/O Module LEDs 1-16
2-1 Console Connector Pinouts 2-9

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BLACKDIAMOND HARDWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE IX
Preface
This Preface provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, and lists
other publications that may be useful.
INTRODUCTION
This guide provides the required information to install the BlackDiamond™system.
This guide is intended for use by network administrators who are responsible for
installing and setting up network equipment. It assumes a basic working knowledge of
•Local Area Networks (LANs)
•Ethernet concepts
•Ethernet switching and bridging concepts
•Routing concepts
•Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
For information on configuring the BlackDiamond system, refer to the BlackDiamond
User Guide.
If the information in the “Release Notes” shipped with your switch differs from the
information in this guide, follow the “Release Notes.”

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PREFACE
CONVENTIONS
Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions used throughout this guide.
Table 1: Notice Icons
Icon Notice Type Alerts you to...
Note Important features or instructions.
Caution Risk of personal injury, system damage,
or loss of data.
Warning Risk of severe personal injury.
Table 2: Text Conventions
Convention Description
Screen displays This typeface represents information as it appears on the screen,
or command syntax.
Screen displays bold This typeface represents commands that you type.
The words “enter”
and “type” When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must type something, and then press the Return or Enter key. Do not press
the Return or Enter key when an instruction simply says “type.”
[Key] names Key names appear in text in one of two ways:
■Referred to by their labels, such as “the Return key” or “the
Escape key”
■Written with brackets, such as [Return] or [Esc]
If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key
names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example:
Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del].
Words in
italicized
type Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the place where
they are defined in the text.

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RELATED PUBLICATIONS
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
The BlackDiamond documentation set includes the following:
•BlackDiamond User Guide
•BlackDiamond Quick Reference Guide
•BlackDiamond “Release Notes”
Documentation for Extreme Networks products is available on the World Wide Web at
the following location:
•Extreme Networks home page http://www.extremenetworks.com/

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PREFACE

BLACKDIAMOND HARDWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE 1-1
1BlackDiamond Overview
The BlackDiamond 6800 is a chassis-based system designed to be placed in the core of
your network. The BlackDiamond system is flexible and scalable, making it easy for you
to meet the changing requirements of your network. The combination of BlackDiamond
systems and Summit switches delivers a consistent end-to-end network solution that
provides nonblocking architecture, wire-speed switching, wire-speed IP routing, and
policy-based Quality of Service (QoS).
This chapter describes the following:
•BlackDiamond 6800 features
•Network configurations using the BlackDiamond 6800
•BlackDiamond 6800 components
SUMMARY OF FEATURES
The features of the BlackDiamond 6800 include the following:
•A 10-slot chassis that can be populated with up to 8 input/output (I/O) modules
and two Management Switch Fabric Modules (MSMs)
•I/O modules and MSMs are hot-swappable, and include Gigabit Ethernet or 10/100
Mbps Ethernet ports
•Redundant, load-sharing, hot-swappable power supplies
•Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan tray
•Up to 256 switched 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports

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•Up to 48 switched Gigabit Ethernet ports
•Fully nonblocking operation
—All ports transmit and receive packets at wire speed
•Autonegotiation for half- or full-duplex operation on 10/100 Mbps ports
•Load-sharing on multiple ports
•Virtual local area networks (VLANs), including support for IEEE 802.1Q
•Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) (IEEE 802.1D) with multiple STP domains
•Policy-based Quality of Service (QoS)
•Wire-speed Internet Protocol (IP) routing
•IP Multinetting
•Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol/Bootstrap Protocol (DHCP/BOOTP) Relay
•Routing Information Protocol (RIP) version 1 and RIP version 2
•Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol
•Wire-speed IP multicast routing support
•Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) and IGMP snooping
•Distance Vector Multicast Routing protocol (DVMRP)
•IGMP snooping to control IP multicast traffic
•Console (RS-232) command-line interface (CLI) connection
•Telnet CLI connection
•ExtremeWare™Vista™Web-based management interface
•Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support
PORT CONNECTIONS
The BlackDiamond 6800 supports the following I/O modules:
•G4X module
The G4X module has four Gigabit Ethernet ports, using standard Gigabit Interface
Connectors (GBICs). The G4X module supports 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX.
•G6X module
The G6X module has six Gigabit Ethernet ports, using standard Gigabit Interface
Connectors (GBICs). The G6X module supports 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX.

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SUMMARY OF FEATURES
•F32T module
The F32T module has 32 10/100 Mbps autosensing Ethernet ports, using standard
RJ-45 connectors. The F32T module supports 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX.
•F32F module
The F32F module has 32 100 Mbps Ethernet ports, using standard MT-RJ connectors.
The F32F module supports 100BASE-FX in full-duplex mode.
Modules that use SX, LX, and FX interfaces contain Class 1 laser devices.
Invisible laser radiation can occur when open. Avoid direct eye exposure to
beam.
MEDIA TYPES AND DISTANCES
Table 1-1 describes the media types and distances for the different types of
BlackDiamond 6800 ports.
*EXTREME NETWORKS PROPRIETARY. CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TWO EXTREME NETWORKS 1000BASE-LX INTERFACES CAN USE A
MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF 10,000 METERS.
Table 1-1: Media Types and Distances
Standard Media Type Mhz/Km Rating Maximum Distance
1000BASE-SX 50/125um Multimode Fiber
50/125um Multimode Fiber
62.5/125um Multimode Fiber
62.5/125um Multimode Fiber
400
500
160
200
500 Meters
550 Meters
220 Meters
275 Meters
1000BASE-LX 50/125um Multimode Fiber
50/125um Multimode Fiber
62.5/125um Multimode Fiber
10u Single-mode Fiber
10u Single-mode Fiber*
400
500
500
550 Meters
550 Meters
550 Meters
5,000 Meters
10,000 Meters
100BASE-FX 550/125um Multimode Fiber
(full-duplex operation)
52.5/125um Multimode Fiber
(full-duplex operation)
2,000 Meters
2,000 Meters
100BASE-TX
10BASE-T Category 5 UTP Cable (100Mbps) Category 3 UTP Cable (10Mbps) 100 Meters 100 Meters

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For more information on 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX link characteristics,
refer to IEEE Draft P802.3z/D5.0, Table 38-2 and Table 38-6.
FULL-DUPLEX
The BlackDiamond system provides full-duplex support for all ports. Full-duplex
allows frames to be transmitted and received simultaneously and, in effect, doubles the
bandwidth available on a link. All 10/100 Mbps ports on the BlackDiamond 6800
autonegotiate for half- or full-duplex operation.
NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE
The BlackDiamond can be used as a core network switch, a segment switch, or a server
switch. When used as a core network switch, the BlackDiamond performs
collapsed-backbone routing and switching at wire-speed, allowing it to handle the
growing influx of intranetwork and Internet traffic that travels between multiple
networks.
When used as a high-density segment switch in the wiring closet, the BlackDiamond
can aggregate the hierarchy of legacy hubs and switches that support desktop
connections. When the BlackDiamond is used to perform segment switching at Layer 3,
local traffic stays within the subnet and does not needlessly enter the core.
When used as a server switch, the BlackDiamond supports 10/100 Mbps segments and
Gigabit Ethernet segments, handling traffic to and from servers in the data center. This
application ensures sufficient bandwidth between servers and to segments. Conversely,
the BlackDiamond can support Gigabit Ethernet segments and 10/100Mbps server links
to optimize client-to-server traffic. Multiple 10, 100, and 1,000 Mbps switch ports can be
trunked into one logical link between the data centers, the network cores, and
high-performance servers.
Figure 1-1 shows an example of the BlackDiamond used in a network configuration.

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NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE
Figure 1-1: BlackDiamond network configuration example
BD_netX
Server
switching
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Core
routers
Enterprise desktop
switching Segment switching

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BLACKDIAMOND OVERVIEW
BLACKDIAMOND 6800 COMPONENTS
The BlackDiamond 6800 system, shown in Figure 1-2, consists of the following
components:
•One 10-slot chassis with backplane
•Eight I/O module slots, labeled Slot 1 through Slot 8
•Two MSM module slots, labeled Slot A and Slot B
•Two power supplies
•One fan tray (accessed from the rear of the unit)
•One electromagnetic discharge (ESD) wrist strap receptacle

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BLACKDIAMOND 6800 COMPONENTS
Figure 1-2: BlackDiamond 6800
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BLACKDIAMOND 6800 POWER SUPPLY
The BlackDiamond 6800 can have one or two A/C power supplies that use 220V power.
When two power supplies are present, the power is load-shared between the supplies
for enhanced longevity. The power supplies are hot-swappable.
SNMP traps are sent when one of the following occurs:
•A/C power failure
•Power supply failure
•Power supply is removed
POWER SUPPLY LEDS
Table 1-2 describes the light emitting diode (LED) behavior on the power supply.
Table 1-2: Power Supply LEDs
LED Color Indicates
A/C In Green
Amber
Off
Powered using 220V input
Powered using 110V input
No power
D/C Out Green
Amber
Off
All D/C outputs are operational
One or more D/C outputs have failed
No power