Gigamon GigaVUE TA Series Manual

GigaVUE-TA200E
Hardware
Installation Guide
GigaVUE TA Series
Product Version: 6.4
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Contents
GigaVUE-TA200E Hardware Installation Guide 1
Change Notes 3
Contents 4
About the GigaVUE TA Series Family 5
GigaVUE TA Series Overview 5
GigaVUE TA Series Nodes 6
GigaVUE TA Series Features and Benefits 8
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA200E Chassis 10
GigaVUE-TA200E Ports and Description 12
Breakout Modes 17
Breakout Panels 18
Getting Unpacked, Racked, Installed and Connected 18
Unpacking the GigaVUE TA Series Traffic Aggregator 18
Rack Mounting GigaVUE-TA200E 19
Attach the Brackets 19
Adjust Rear-Post Bracket Ears 20
Basic Connections and Configuration 21
Grounding the GigaVUE-TA200E 21
Connecting Power to GigaVUE-TA200E 21
Replacing Fans 22
Connecting Serial Console and Mgmt Ports 23
Configuring Basic Settings 24
Port Licensing on GigaVUE-TA200E 28
Advanced Features Licensing 29
Command-Line Basics 29
The Basic Commands 33
Completing the Initial Setup 35
Connecting Ports on GigaVUE TASeries 45
Transceiver—Rules and Notes 45
BiDi Optics Considerations 46
Transceiver Installation Instructions 46
Installing Transceivers 46
Removing Transceivers 46
MPOCabling 47
GigaVUE TASeries Specifications 49
Physical Dimensions and Weight 49
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Power Requirements 49
Environmental Specifications 49
Compliance 50
Warranty 50
Regulatory GigaVUE-TA200E 50
Additional Sources of Information 52
Documentation 52
Documentation Feedback 55
Contact Technical Support 56
Contact Sales 56
The VÜE Community 57
Glossary 58
About the GigaVUE TA Series Family
Gigamon’s TASeries and HSeries of the Gigamon Visibility and Analytics Fabric nodes
deliver unprecedented switching capacity, port density, and from 1Gb up to 100Gb
support. The GigaVUE HSeries and GigaVUE TASeries include the following models that
run GigaVUE-OS:
■GigaVUE-HC1
■GigaVUE-HC1-Plus
■GigaVUE-HC2
■GigaVUE-HC3
■GigaVUE-TA25
■GigaVUE-TA25E
■GigaVUE-TA100
■GigaVUE-TA200
■GigaVUE-TA200E
■GigaVUE-TA400
GigaVUE TA Series Overview
Gigamon’s TASeries nodes allow you to aggregate the traffic from multiple low-
utilization links before sending the traffic to the GigaVUE HSeries nodes that form your
Gigamon Visibility Platform.
IMPORTANT:The GigaVUE TA Series support network, tool, clustering, and stack port
connections to other GigaVUE TA Series nodes, including GigaVUE HC Series nodes.
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Featured topics:
GigaVUE TA Series Nodes
GigaVUE TA Series includes the following models:
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GigaVUE-TA25 ■1 RUFootprint
■48 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports
and 8 100Gb/40Gb ports,
dual hot-pluggable
power supplies (AC/DC),
four rear hot swappable
fan modules, two
console ports, and a
10M/100M/1G
management port.
■Optional patch or
breakout panel support
■Cluster with H Series
nodes
GigaVUE-TA25E ■1 RUFootprint
■48 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports
and 8 100Gb/40Gb port,
dual hot-pluggable
power supplies (AC/DC),
four rear hot swappable
fan modules, two
console ports, and a
10M/100M/1G
management port.
■Optional patch or
breakout panel support
■Cluster with H Series
nodes
GigaVUE-TA100 ■1RU Footprint
■32 100Gb/40Gb ports,
hot swappable fan
modules
■Optional patch or
breakout panel support
■Cluster with H Series
nodes
GigaVUE-TA200 ■2RU Footprint
■64 100Gb/40Gb ports,
hot swappable fan
modules
■Optional patch or
breakout panel support
■Cluster with H Series
nodes
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GigaVUE-TA200E ■2 RUFootprint
■64 QSFP28 ports
(40G/100G), dual power
supply modules (AC/DC)
and hot swappable fan
modules.
■UART RS232 Console
port (RJ45) and
Management port
(RJ45).
GigaVUE-TA400 ■1RU Footprint
■32 400Gb /100Gb/ 40Gb
QSFP-DD/
QSFP28/QSFP+ ports,
dual hot-pluggable
power supplies (AC/DC),
seven rear hot
swappable fan modules,
console port and a
10M/100M/1G
management port.
■Cluster with H Series
nodes
GigaVUE TA Series Features and Benefits
GigaVUE TA Series nodes allow you to aggregate traffic from multiple network links from
1Gb up to 100Gb. The GigaVUE TA Series can pre-filter traffic for monitoring or be
integrated into the GigaVUE HC Series cluster for end-to-end Flow Mapping® and
management.
The GigaVUE HSeries and TASeries products share the same GigaVUE-OS software and
are managed by GigaVUE-FM Fabric Manager for simplified operations. Traffic from any
of these ports can be processed by GigaSMART traffic intelligence functions in GigaVUE
HC Series devices to further optimize the traffic before it is sent to the tools.
GigaVUE TA Series nodes offer the following features and benefits:
■High-density visibility for 1Gb, 10Gb, 25Gb, 40Gb,100Gb and 400Gb.
■Low profile 2RU for GigaVUE-TA200 and GigaVUE-TA200E design offers easy
deployment at the top of rack or end of row in data centers.
■Depending on the model, the GigaVUE TA Series supports a wide variety of
Gigamon® transceivers. Transceivers purchased from other vendors are not
supported.
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■Optional patch panel or breakout panel allows use of 40Gb ports as four individual
10Gb ports on all the GigaVUE TA Series nodes, or 100Gb ports as four individual
25Gb ports on GigaVUE-TA200, GigaVUE-TA200E, GigaVUE-TA25, GigaVUE-TA25E or
400Gb ports as four individual 100Gb ports on GigaVUE-TA400.
■All ports of same type and speed can be used to create GigaStream.
■Front to back cooling.
■Fan modules.
■AC or DC power supply. Included with each node is the redundant second power
supply.
Standard HSeries Features
In addition to the features described above, the GigaVUE TA Series offers many standard
features from the GigaVUE HC Series nodes:
Benefit Descriptions
Remote
Management
Configure the GigaVUE TA Series Traffic Aggregator’s operations
from a command-line interface:
●Local access over the serial console port.
●Remote network access using SSH2 over the 1000 Ethernet
Mgmt port.
●Secure access to the CLI, either through local authentication or
optional RADIUS/TACACS+/LDAP support.
●Powerful and flexible logging, including event notification via
syslog, email, and SNMP traps.
Aggregate Links Send the data from multiple different network ports to a tool port
or GigaStream, allowing you to combine traffic from multiple
access points into a single stream for uplink to the Gigamon
Visibility Platform.
CLIManagement The GigaVUE TA Series nodes feature a common CLI with other
GigaVUE HC Series nodes.
Command
Abbreviation
Type only as many letters of a command as are needed to
positively differentiate from other available commands. For
example, you only need to type con t to enter Config mode, not
the full configure terminal command.
SNMP Support Rely on secure SNMP v3 access to the onboard SNMP agent as
well as v1/v2 SNMP traps.
Email Notifications Use email alerts for proactive notification of a wide variety of
GigaVUE TA Series node events, helping you keep tabs on system
status in real time.
Scalable Port Density The GigaVUE-TA100 can have either sixteen (16), twenty-four (24),
or thirty-two (32) 100Gb ports enabled. Licenses are available for
the additional two sets of 8 ports.
The GigaVUE-TA200 can have either thirty-two (32) or sixty-four
(64) 100Gb ports enabled. A license is available for the additional
32 ports.
The GigaVUE-TA200E can have either thirty-two (32) or sixty-four
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Benefit Descriptions
(64) 40G/100G ports. A license is available for the additional 32
ports.
The GigaVUE-TA25 has forty-eight (48) 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports and
eight (8) 100Gb/40Gb ports enabled.
A 24-port GigaVUE-TA25 called the GigaVUE-TA25A is also
available. License is required to upgrade the GigaVUE-TA25A to
include all 48 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports as well as the eight (8)
100Gb/40Gb ports .
The GigaVUE-TA25E has forty-eight (48) 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports and
eight (8) 100Gb/40Gb ports enabled.
The GigaVUE-TA400 has 32 400Gb/100Gb/ 40Gb QSFP-DD/
QSFP28/QSFP+ ports and 7 rear hot swappable fan modules,
console port and a 10M/100M/1G management port.
The GigaVUE TA Series nodes make it easy to leverage the
system’s 10Gb or 40Gb port density, aggregating multiple
underused 40Gb/10Gb/1Gb network ports to 40Gb/10Gb tool ports
for uplink to the Gigamon Visibility Platform.
Clustering The GigaVUE-TA100, GigaVUE-TA200, GigaVUE-TA200E nodes,
GigaVUE-TA25 , GigaVUE-TA25E and GigaVUE-TA400 can cluster
with other GigaVUE HC Series nodes.
The GigaVUE-TA400 can cluster with all GigaVUE HC Series nodes
and GigaVUE TA series nodes only with E-tag mode.
This allows you to take advantage of the benefits of features such
as GigaSMART.
Ingress VLAN
Tagging
VLAN Tags can be added to the ingress packets on a per-port
basis. This can help identify, differentiate or track incoming
sources of traffic.
GigaVUE-FM
(Centralized
Management
System)
Use the centralized GigaVUE TA Series Fabric Management
System to review, configure, and update GigaVUE TA Series just
like other GigaVUE HC Series.
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA200E Chassis
This section describes the physical layout of the GigaVUE-TA200E chassis, including a
description of all ports and connectors. The GigaVUE-TA200E chassis consists of a 2RU,
rack-mountable, 19”-wide chassis with management, network, and tool ports at the front
and power connections and fans at the rear. Figure 1The GigaVUE-TA200E Chassis Front
View shows the ports at the front of the GigaVUE-TA200E chassis.
Refer to Table 1: GigaVUE-TA200E Ports for a description of each of the ports. Figure 2The
GigaVUE-TA200E Chassis Rear View shows the fan modules and power supply units at
the rear of the GigaVUE-TA200E chassis. Refer to Chassis Cooling for information on fans
and temperature monitoring.
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The GigaVUE-TA200E provides sixty-four ports, supporting high-density aggregation
depending on the transceivers QSFP+ or QSFP28. The ports run at speeds of either 40Gb
or 100Gb. With QSFP28 SR4 transceivers, a 100Gb port can be broken out into four 25Gb
ports, called 4x25G mode.
With 40Gb SR4, 40Gb ESR4 and PLR4QSFP+ transceivers(QSF-502,QSF-507,andQSF-
506,respectively), a 40Gb port can be broken out into four 10Gb ports, called 4x10G mode
Figure 1 The GigaVUE-TA200E Chassis Front View
Figure 2 The GigaVUE-TA200E Chassis Rear View
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GigaVUE-TA200E Ports and Description
Port Description
Management Use the Mgmt port for remote configuration of the GigaVUE-TA200E Traffic
Aggregator over a 1000 Ethernet network.
Console Use the console port for local configuration of the GigaVUE-TA200E Traffic
Aggregator over a serial connection.
USB The USB port is not supported in software version 6.0.98.
Ports c1.....c64
oc1x1.....c1x4 to
c32x1......c32x4
GigaVUE-TA200E includes 64 100Gb ports (c1..c64). These ports also support
40Gb speeds.
The 40Gb/100Gb ports on the GigaVUE-TA200E can be broken out into four
10Gb/25Gb ports, called subports.
The subports will all have the same speed(10Gb/25Gb). Subports will have x1 to x4
appended to their portID, for example, 1/1/c2x1.
Once a 40Gb/100Gb port has been configured to operate as four 10Gb/25Gb
ports, cable it to an optical patch panel or breakout panel, such as PNL-
M341,which takes input from the GigaVUE-TA200E and splits it to four
independent 10Gb/25Gb output ports.
Port breakout is supported on the first 32 ports(ports c1..c32), When you use ports
c1..c32 for port breakout, there is an impact on the ports in the lower row of the
GigaVUE-TA200E.
In the following list, ensure that the ports on the right do not have any
configurations when you use the port on the left for port breakout:
Example :-
●Fanout C1 → C33 Disabled
●Fanout C3 → C35 Disabled
●Fanout C21 → C53 Disabled
●Fanout C31 → C63 Disabled
●Fanout C2 → C34 Disabled
●Fanout C4 → C36 Disabled
●Fanout C24 → C54 Disabled
●Fanout C32 → C64 Disabled
For example, if you use c1 for port breakout, ports c33 will be inactive. Ensure that
the ports on the right side are disabled. You will receive an error message, if you
try, for example ,to breakout port c1 when c33 is enabled.
Table 1: GigaVUE-TA200E Ports
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Port Description
Pseudo-Slots GigaVUE-TA200E supports pseudo-slots . The mapping of pseudo-slots is as
follows:
Pseudo-slot 1 – 1/1/c9..c12, 1/1/c21..c24, 1/1/c41..c44, 1/1/c53..c56
Pseudo-slot 2 – 1/1/c1...c8, 1/1/c33...c40
Pseudo-slot 3 - 1/1/c13..c20, 1/1/c45..c52
Pseudo-slot 4 -1/1/c25..c32, 1/1/c57..c64
To view the CLI output of above use the command show pseudo-slot portmap
box-id
Transceivers For details about the supported transceiver, cable type, and connectivity
specifications, refer to “GigaVUE-OS Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix”.
Chassis Cooling
The fans on the GigaVUE TA Series-TA200E run at 100% of their maximum speed on
power up, then drop to approximately 40% during normal operations. The temperatures
of four components: transceivers, exhaust, CPU, and switch CPU, are monitored. When a
component crosses a pre-defined threshold, the fan speed is adjusted dynamically, in
increments of approximately 15%.
An SNMP trap is sent when a component reaches the threshold for warning, alert, or
critical temperature conditions. Refer to Table 2: Component Temperature Thresholds
and Actions for the temperatures at which the warning, alert, and critical traps are sent
and any additional action that occurs at a threshold.
Table 2: Component Temperature Thresholds and Actions
CPU
Temperature
Switch Board 2
Temperature
Switch Board 3
Temperature
95ºC
Warning trap sent
65ºC
Warning trap sent
40ºC
Warning trap sent
100ºC
Alert trap sent
70ºC
Alert trap sent; Switch CPU put in
reset
45ºC
Alert trap sent; Transceiver
power disabled
105ºC
Critical trap sent
75ºC
Critical trap sent
50ºC
Critical trap sent
The output of the following CLI command displays the current exhaust, CPU, and switch
CPU temperatures, as well as the intake temperature:
gigamon-517859 # show environment
*** Box 1 (TA200E-Chassis) ***
-----------------------------------------------------------
Fan tray 1 (TA200E-FANTRAY):
1st fan : 7629 RPM
2nd fan : 6103 RPM
-----------------------------------------------------------
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Fan tray 2 (TA200E-FANTRAY):
1st fan : 7473 RPM
2nd fan : 6103 RPM
-----------------------------------------------------------
Fan tray 3 (TA200E-FANTRAY):
1st fan : 7473 RPM
2nd fan : 6103 RPM
-----------------------------------------------------------
Fan tray 4 (TA200E-FANTRAY):
1st fan : 7473 RPM
2nd fan : 6103 RPM
-----------------------------------------------------------
Card 1 (TA200E-LCC64):
CPU Card temperature : 29 C
Switch Board 1 temperature : 35 C
Switch Board 2 temperature : 39 C
Switch Board 3 temperature : 28 C
Fan Board 1 temperature : 30 C
Fan Board 2 temperature : 30 C
CPU SOC temperature : 48 C
===========================================================
The GigaVUE-FM screen would display the current exhaust, CPU, switch CPU
temperatures, intake temperature as well as the fan speed in RPM as shown below:
Power LEDs
The power LEDs on the front of the chassis (PWR1 and PWR2) are as follows:
■Solid GREEN indicates that the power supply unit (PSU) has power and is operating
normally.
■Solid AMBER indicates that the PSU has failed.
■Off indicates that the PSU is present but without power.
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System LED
The system LED on the front of the chassis (SYS) is as follows:
■Off indicates no power
■Solid GREEN indicates normal operation
Port Status LEDs
For each port, there are four (4) port status LEDs on the front of the chassis. At 40Gb and
100Gb speeds, only the first LED operates as follows:
■GREEN indicates the link is operationally UP with 100G/40G.
■Blinking GREEN indicates the port is operationally up and there is traffic flowing
through the port.
■OFF indicates the port is administratively disabled/down
The other three LEDs operate as follows when the ports are in breakout mode :
■GREEN indicates the link is operationally UP.
■Blinking GREEN indicates the port is operationally up and there is traffic flowing
through the port.
■OFF indicates the port is administratively disabled/down/non-breakout mode.
Global Fan LED
The global fan LED on the front of the chassis (FAN) is as follows:
■Solid GREEN indicates all fans are operating normally
■Solid AMBER indicates one or more fans have failed
GigaVUE-TA200E Rules and Notes
Keep in mind the following rules and notes when using the GigaVUE-TA200E:
GigaVUE-TA200E Rules and Notes
Transceivers For details about the supported transceiver, cable type, and connectivity
specifications, refer to “GigaVUE-OS Compatibility and Interoperability
Matrix”.
Network, Tool, Hybrid, Stack
Port.
The 100Gb/40Gb ports on GigaVUE-TA200E can be used as network, tool,
hybrid, stack-link ports.
Map Rules and Port Filters The GigaVUE-TA200E supports 256 map rules per pseudo-slot , by
default and 20 egress port filters per pseudo-slot.
For details about the maximum map rules, refer to the "Maximum Map
Rules" table in the GigaVUE-FM Users Guide.
Inline Bypass Feature GigaVUE-TA200E does not support Inline Bypass feature.
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GigaVUE-TA200E Rules and Notes
PTPand Time Stamping
Feature
GigaVUE-TA200E does not support PTPand Time stamping feature.
Port Licensing On the GigaVUE-TA200E, only the first 32 out of 64 ports are enabled. A
port license is available to enable an additional 32 ports.
Cluster Licensing Connecting a GigaVUE-TA200E to a cluster requires the Advanced
Features License.
AMI BIOS Images
The GigaVUE TA Series-TA200E has an AMI Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). The BIOS
image is packaged with the software image, starting in software version 6.0.98. The BIOS
contents are stored in flash memory, allowing the BIOS to be upgraded. There are two
flash components, a primary and a secondary.
The following CLI command displays the two flash components and indicates the BIOS
image from which the system booted using asterisks:
(config) show version
...
1st flash version: v40.01.01.01
2nd flash version: v40.01.01.01 **
SW BIOS version: N/A
...
If there is a component failure in the primary flash, the GigaVUE TA Series-TA200E boots
from a backup golden BIOS image in the secondary flash. An SNMP trap can be
configured to be sent when the system has booted from the secondary flash. The trap
may indicate that the primary flash component needs to be serviced. The trap is as
follows:
2ndflashboot: Secondary flash boot notification
Air Flow Direction
The air flow direction is from the front of the GigaVUE-TA200E chassis to the rear. The
rear-mounted fans pull air from the front to the back of the chassis. Install the chassis so
the intake air at the front of the chassis is cold.
AC and DC-Powered GigaVUE TA Series-TA200E Models
Gigamon provides both AC and DC-powered versions of the GigaVUE-TA200E. Refer to
Connecting Power to GigaVUE-TA200E.
Battery Caution
A disposable, non-rechargeable, Real Time Clock (RTC) Lithium manganese dioxide
button battery is in the GigaVUE TA Series-TA200E. Note the following:
■There is a risk of fire if the battery is replaced with an incorrect type.
■Use only CR1220 type Lithium manganese dioxide button battery and replace with
the same.
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Breakout Modes
The breakout modes for GigaVUE TA Series can be in port mode. GigaVUE-TA25,
GigaVUE-TA25E, GigaVUE-TA100, GigaVUE-TA200, GigaVUE-TA200E and GigaVUE-TA400
allows port breakout mode.Refer to Configure the Port Mode for further details.
Configure the Port Mode
The port breakout modes are as follows:
■4x10G—Specifies the 4x10G port breakout mode. This mode applies to GigaVUE-
TA100, GigaVUE-TA200, GigaVUE-TA200E, GigaVUE-TA25, GigaVUE-TA25E and
GigaVUE-TA400. This mode provides a 4 x 10Gb breakout option for 40Gb ports.
■4x25G—Specifies the 4x25G port breakout mode. This mode applies to GigaVUE-
TA200, GigaVUE-TA200E, GigaVUE-TA25, GigaVUE-TA25E and GigaVUE-TA400
nodes. This mode provides a 4 x 25Gb breakout option for 100Gb ports.
■4x100G—Specifies 4x100G port breakout mode. This mode applies to
GigaVUE-TA400 nodes. This mode provides a 4x100Gb breakout option for 400Gb
ports
■none—Specifies no port breakout mode. This is the default mode for GigaVUE TA
Series nodes.
Any of the 100Gb ports on the GigaVUE-TA100 (1/1/c1 to 1/1/c32), the first 32 ports on the
GigaVUE-TA200 and GigaVUE-TA200E (1/1/c1 to 1/1/c32), the eight ports on GigaVUE-TA25 (
1/1/c1..1/1/c8) or any ports in GigaVUE-TA400 can operate at 40Gb with QSFP+ SR
transceivers.
A 40Gb port can be broken out into four 10Gb ports, called subports. In GigaVUE-TA25
only the ports c1 and c5 support 4 x10G breakout mode. The subports will all have the
same speed (10Gb). Subports will have x1 to x4 appended to their port ID, for example,
when port 1/1/c2 on GigaVUE-TA100 is configured to 4x10G mode, the subports will be:
1/1/c2x1, 1/1/c2x2, 1/1/c2x3, and1/1/c2x4.
In 4x10G mode, the subports can function as network, tool, stack, circuit and hybrid ports.
GigaStream port members can be activated in the tool, stack, and hybrid port types.
Subports on GigaVUE-TA100, GigaVUE-TA200, GigaVUE-TA200E and GigaVUE-TA400 can
also function as stack ports.
■The maximum number of 10Gb subports on a GigaVUE-TA100 is 128 (32 x 4).
■The maximum number of 10G subports on a GigaVUE-TA200 and GigaVUE-TA200E
is 128 (32 x 4).
■The maximum number of 10G subports on GigaVUE-TA25 is 8 ( 2 x 4)
■The maximum number of 10G subports on GigaVUE-TA25E is 32 ( 8x 4)
■The maximum number of 10G subports on a GigaVUE-TA400 is 128 (32 x 4)
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The 100Gb QSFP28 ports (1/1/c1 to 1/1/c10 and 1/1/c23 to 1/1/c32) on the GigaVUE-TA200,
GigaVUE-TA200E and GigaVUE-TA25 can be broken out into four 25Gb ports, called
subports. In GigaVUE-TA25 only the ports c1 and c5 support 4 x25G breakout mode.
The subports will all have the same speed (25Gb). Subports will have x1 to x4 appended to
their port ID, for example, when port 1/1/c2 on GigaVUE-TA200 is configured to 4x25G
mode, the subports will be: 1/1/c2x1, 1/1/c2x2, 1/1/c2x3, and 1/1/c2x4.
■The maximum number of 25Gb subports on a GigaVUE-TA200 and
GigaVUE-TA200E is 128 (32 x 4).
■In GigaVUE-TA25 the maximum number of 25Gb subports is 8 ( 2x 4)
■The maximum number of 10G subports on GigaVUE-TA25E is 32 ( 8x 4)
■The maximum number of 25Gb subports on a GigaVUE-TA400 is 128 (32 x 4).
In 4x25G mode, the subports can function as network, tool, stack, circuit and hybrid
ports. GigaStream port members can be activated in the tool, stack, and hybrid port
types.
There are rules for configuring parent ports and subports. For more information, refer to
the port command in the reference section of the GigaVUE-OS CLI Reference Guide.
Once the port breakout mode has been configured, refer to Breakout Panels.
For further information refer to GigaVUE-OS Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix.
Breakout Panels
Breakout panels let you connect ports on a GigaVUE TA Series node to a tool or network
port or TAP for port breakout or aggregation.
The following breakout panels are available:
■PNL-M341/PNL-M341T
■PNL-M343/PNL-M343T
Refer to G-TAP MSeries Hardware Guide for details.
Getting Unpacked, Racked, Installed and
Connected
The following steps are required to get a GigaVUE TA Series Traffic Aggregator mounted
and running:
Unpacking the GigaVUE TA Series Traffic
Aggregator
1. Unpack the GigaVUE TA Series Traffic Aggregator and inspect the box it was
shipped in. If the carton was damaged, please file a claim with the carrier who
delivered it.
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2. Remove the protective shipping covers and screws. Save the protective shipping
covers and replace the screws in the holes on the system so that they are easily
saved in case you need to ship the system again.
3. Next, select a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the GigaVUE TA Series
Traffic Aggregation node. Choose a location that is clean, dust free, and well
ventilated. You will need access to a grounded power outlet. Avoid areas where
heat, electrical wire, and electromagnetic fields are generated.
4. Plan for enough clearance in front of a rack so you can open the front door
completely (approximately 25in) and enough clearance in the back of the rack to
allow sufficient airflow.
Rack Mounting GigaVUE-TA200E
The GigaVUE-TA200E consists a Rack mounting kit which has 2 front-post brackets, 2
rear-post
brackets, 20 screws, and 2 ear-locking screws. To rack mount the chassis do the following:
Attach the Brackets
1. Attach each of the front- and rear-post brackets to the node using four of the
included bracket screws.
2. Use an additional two screws to secure each of the rear-post brackets at the mid-
point on the sides of the node.
3. Use the screws and cage nuts supplied with the rack to secure the node in the rack.
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Caution: Installing the switch in a rack requires two people. One person should
position the switch in the rack, while the other person secures it using the rack screws.
Adjust Rear-Post Bracket Ears
1. Lock the position of the rear-post bracket ears using the included position-locking
screws. You can also adjust the rear-post bracket ears to fit different rack depths
from 56 cm to 75 cm.
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