Sun Microsystems Datacenter Switch 3456, Installation Manual

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Chapter 2 Partial Configuration 9
TABLE 2-1
lists the maximum number of line cards that are supported for a given
number of power supplies.
Component Distribution
If you are configuring less than a complete Sun Datacenter Switch 3456, you can
incrementally add and distribute line cards and power supplies to the empty slots in
the left-to-right order described by
TABLE 2-2
:
For example, if you were to configure the switch with only one line card, you would
install the line card into slot 11. You would also install power supplies into slots 2, 4,
6, 9, 11, and 13, in that order.
If you were to configure the switch with ten line cards, you would install the line
cards into slots 11, 12, 10, 13, 9, 14, 8, 15, 7, and 16, in that order. You would also
install power supplies into slots 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 0, 15, 7, and 8, in that order.
TABLE 2-1
Maximum Quantity of Line Cards for Quantity of Power Supplies
Quantity of Power Supplies Maximum Supported Line Cards
6 2
8 6
10 10
12 16
14 20
16 24
TABLE 2-2
Incremental Configuration
Quantity of Line Cards
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Line
Card Slot
11 12 10 13 9 14 8 15 7 16 6 17 5 18 4 19 3 20 2 21 1 22 0 23
Power
Supply
Slots
2, 4, 6, 9,
11, 13
0, 15 7, 8 3, 12 1, 14 5, 10