Gigamon GigaVUE-HC3, Hardware Installation Manual

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Introducing the GigaVUE-HC3 25
Port Modes for PRT-HC3-C08Q08
The port breakout modes are as follows:
• none —Specifies no port breakout mode. This is the default mode for GigaVUE
nodes.
• 4x10G —Specifies the 4x10G port breakout mode. This mode provides a 4x10Gb
breakout option for upper ports with 40Gb transceivers.
Stack-Links
The PRT-HC3-C08Q08 module on GigaVUE-HC3 can connect to all GigaVUE nodes that
support 40Gb through a 40Gb stack-link, using SR4, ESR4 and LR4 optics, with the
following exception:
• PRT-HC0-C02 on GigaVUE-HC2
For details about the clustering support, refer to “GigaVUE-OS Compatibility and
Interoperability Matrix” .
Inline Ports
The ports on the PRT-HC3-C08Q08 module can be configured as inline network or inline
tool ports, supporting logical bypass on 100Gb, 40Gb ports or 4x10Gb breakout ports.
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The upper eight ports support Inline network ports and inline tool ports in 4x10g
breakout mode. The lower eight port 4x10g breakout ports do not support Inline network
ports and inline tool ports.
For details about the supported inline ports, refer to “GigaVUE-OS Compatibility and
Interoperability Matrix” .
Port Combinations
A PRT-HC3-C08Q08 module supports a maximum of eight 100Gb ports or a maximum of
sixteen 40Gb ports. The supported combinations are as follows:
• eight 100Gb
• seven 100Gb and two 40Gb
• six 100Gb and four 40Gb
• five 100Gb and six 40Gb
• four 100Gb and eight 40Gb
• three 100Gb and ten 40Gb
• two 100Gb and twelve 40Gb
• one 100Gb and fourteen 40Gb
• sixteen 40Gb
Ports c1..c8
or
c1q1..c1q2,
c2q2..c2q2 ...
or
c1x1..c1x4,
c2x1..c2x4...
The PRT-HC3-C08Q08 module includes eight 100Gb ports (c1..c8). These ports also
support 40Gb speeds.
Any of the 100Gb ports on the PRT-HC3-C08Q08 module can be broken out into 4 times
25Gb ports, called subports. The subports will all have the same speed (25Gb). Subports
will have x1 to x4 appended to their port ID, for example, 1/1/c2x1.
With QSFP+ transceivers at 40Gb, ports can be configured in 2x40G mode so the lower
40Gb ports are enabled, bringing the total number of 40Gb ports to sixteen. The ports will all
have the same speed (40Gb). They will have q1 to q2 appended to their port ID, for example,
1/1/c1q1. When the port mode is
2x40G , all the upper ports are odd numbered (c1q1, c2q1,
.. c8q1) and all the lower ports are even numbered (c1q2, c2q2, .. c8q2).
A 40Gb port in one of the upper eight ports can also be broken out into 4 times 10Gb ports.
The subports will all have the same speed (10Gb). Subports will have x1 to x4 appended to
their port ID, for example, 1/1/c1x1.
For more information, refer to Port Modes for PRT-HC3-C08Q08 on page 25 .
Once a port has been broken out into subports, cable it to an optical patch panel or breakout
panel, such as PNL-M341, which takes input from the PRT-HC3-C08Q08 module and splits
it to four independent output ports. Refer to
Breakout Panels on page 44 .