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Chapter 2. Introducing the chassis
ACI-3144-XR Chassis User Manual
The following illustration shows an ACI-3072-XR chassis as an example of the back view of
a chassis. Each chassis is equipped with power supplies (either AC or DC), controllers, and
the Fan Module. Views of other chassis models are shown in the next section.
Separate data and control plane architecture maintains connections during controller
swaps. You can easily remove and replace power supplies and the Fan Module.
For redundancy, fully populate the chassis with the maximum number of power supplies.
This can prevent loss of service in the event of a single power supply failure. The number
of power supplies and controllers depends on the model of the chassis, as shown in the
following table:
For more information about power supplies, see
Power and electrical specifications
Embedded software
In addition to the hardware-specific features, APCON embedded software offers the
following common software in all I
NTELLA
F
LEX
XR chassis:
• Advanced web-based graphical user interface (W
EB
XR) to use a point-and-click
interface to create connections/aggregations and manage the system
• CLI interface, a command-line interface with serial, Telnet, and SSH support
• Embedded SNMP, a programmatic interface used primarily for automated scripts
and SNMP management applications.
Use these software interfaces to perform the following tasks, as well as many others:
• Create connections between ports and view port status
• Monitor system status
• Configure the serial and LAN ports
• Set blade and port data rate
• Run multi-user sessions
• Configure services and security
I
NTELLA
F
LEX
XR
Chassis
Power Supply
Controller
Ships with
Maximum
Standard
Maximum
ACI-3144-XR
2
4
1
2
Removable
power supplies
LAN ports
Removable
Fan Module
Removable
controllers
Serial port
