Allied Telesis AT-SBx81CFC960, Installation Manual

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SwitchBlade x8112 Chassis Switch and AT-SBx81CFC960 Card Installation Guide
Section I: Hardware Overview 25
Slots for the Ethernet Line and Controller Cards
The chassis has slots for ten Ethernet line cards and two AT-
SBx81CFC960 Controller Cards. The slot definitions are predefined and
may not be changed. Figure 5 identifies the slots.
Figure 5. Ethernet Line and Controller Cards Slots
Slots 1 to 4 and 7 to 12 are for the Ethernet line cards. The cards may be
installed in any order or variety in the slots. The only exception is the AT-
SBx81XS16 Line Card, which is supported in slots 1 to 4, 7 and 8, but not
slots 9 to 12. For more information on the Ethernet cards, refer to Chapter
2, “Ethernet Line Cards” on page 35
Slots 5 and 6 are for the AT-SBx81CFC960 Controller Fabric Card. The
chassis must have at least one controller card. Installing a second
controller card in the chassis provides these benefits:
 Management redundancy
 Four additional SFP+ slots
 Increased traffic bandwidth
For more information on the controller card, refer to Chapter 3, “AT-
SBx81CFC960 Controller Fabric Card” on page 57.
Slot 1 - Line Card
Slot 3 - Line Card
Slot 5 - Controller Card
Slot 2 - Line Card
Slot 4 - Line Card
Slot 6 - Controller Card
Slot 7 - Line Card
Slot 9 - Line Card
Slot 8 - Line Card
Slot 10 - Line Card
Slot 11 - Line Card
Slot 12 - Line Card