
FM 3180 Installation Guide
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Connecting FM 3180 Fabric Ports to an FM 1006
To connect a fabric module to an FM 1006, you will use two cables as shown above. The 3-connector
side of the cable plugs into the three upper or lower highest-numbered fabric module QSFP ports. For
example, one connector connects as follows:
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Cable connector #1 > fabric module port 51
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Cable connector #2 > fabric module port 53 > FM 1006 upper (red) port (for example, W1).
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Cable connector #3 > fabric module port 55
And
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Cable connector #1 > fabric module port 52
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Cable connector #2 > fabric module port 54 > FM 1006 lower (blue) port (for example, E1).
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Cable connector #3 > fabric module port 56
The FM 3180 Fabric ports are shown here:
FM 1006 Composable Fabric Example
The following illustration shows a network topology that connects the Composable Fabric across two
racks using four FM 3180 fabric modules connected through an FM 1006 passive interconnect module.
Note that all unused FM 1006 ports are looped back using loopback cables.