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Introduction
This document describes how to install the XGS12 chassis and its various modules.
The XGS12 Chassis is the next generation high performance platform capable of supporting all XM form
factor load modules, including full chassis configurations of the Xcellon load modules. It is a 12-slot
chassis with high speed backplane (160 Gbps between each adjacent two cards) designed for
aggregation across load modules.
XGS12 supports both IxLoad and BreakingPoint software applications. The chassis architecture
supports easy setup and management of high scale, multi user system. It has a pluggable system
controller for chassis management. Additional applications and load modules will be supported in
future software releases.
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