Avaya VSP 7000 Series, Installation Manual

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Chapter 2: New in this release
The following sections indicate what's new in this document for VSP 7000 Release 10.2 and Feature Pack
Release 10.2.1.
Features
See the following sections for information about feature changes.
Rear port mode
By default, the Fabric Interconnect (FI) ports on the rear of the VSP 7000 Series are configured
for Stack-mode Distributed Top-of-Rack deployments, leveraging the Flexible Advanced
Stacking Technology (FAST) protocol. Enabling a Rear port mode reboots the unit and re-
configures the FI ports as multiple 40 Gbps Avaya interface ports for use with other protocols.
You can use rear port mode to interconnect multiple stand-alone VSP 7000 units using FI
cables. Depending on the rear port mode of operation, either seven or eight 40 Gbps interfaces
are available over the four FI ports on the rear of the switch.
FI port Rear port mode Bandwidth Ports
UP 1 (top right) Standard (Raw-
mode) 120 Gbps 34,35,36
UP 2 (bottom right Standard (Raw-
mode) 40 Gbps 33
DOWN 1 (top left) Standard (Raw-
mode) 120 Gbps 38,39,40
DOWN 2 (bottom left) Standard (Raw-
mode)
40 Gbps 37
UP 1 (top right) SPB (Fabric-mode
DToR) 120 Gbps 34, 35, 36
UP 2 (bottom right) SPB (Fabric-mode
DToR) 40 Gbps 33
DOWN 1 (top left) SPB (Fabric-mode
DToR) 80 Gbps 38, 39
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