XCPC-9100 Xembedded,
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Chapter 3 Ethernet Switch Setup and VLAN Configuration
The On-Board Switch
The XCPC-9100 includes an on-board 8-port Level-2, 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Switch. The
XCPC-9100 has two Ethernet ports on the front panel, two ports out the CompactPCI J3
backplane connector for PICMG 2.16 support and dual Ethernet ports out J14 on PMC site 1 and
dual Ethernet ports out J24 on PMC site 2 when using the XPMC-6710 PowerPC PMC processor
module. This on-board switch reduces the amount of space required in a rack to achieve a robust
system in a smaller footprint. The switch can be programmed using the IPMI micro Controller
and on-board software for a number of different uses including normal operation and Port Based
VLAN.
J3 Connector
PICMG 2.16
What is VLAN Support?
The IEEE 802.1q specification was expanded to include VLAN (virtual LAN) headers for IPMI
over IP sessions on IEEE 802.3 Ethernet. VLAN works with VLAN-aware routers and switches
such as the XCPC-9100 to allow a physical network to be partitioned into ‘virtual’ networks
where a group of devices on different physical LAN segments can communicate with each other
as if they were all on the same physical LAN segment. This can be used to group classes of
network membership at the Ethernet Packet level rather than at the IP level, as might be done
with a router. VLAN allows system administrators to ‘management VLAN’ where only members
of that VLAN will receive packets related to management, and, conversely, will be isolated from
the need to process network traffic for other VLANs. This adds a higher level of access to the
resources a diverse group within a company to work together virtually with common shared
network resources.
Dual Rear
Gigabit Ethernet
From PMC Sites
XCPC-9100
8-Port
Switch
ETH-0
ETH-1
PrPMC
PrPMC
Front Panel
ETH-0 and ETH-1
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Summary of Contents for XPMC-9100
Page 8: ...Introduction Figure 1 1 below shows the Architectural of the board 2...
Page 14: ...Introduction 8...
Page 20: ...Installation Guide XCPC 9100 Table 2 4 showing pin out of the J22 and J12 13...
Page 21: ...Installation Guide XCPC 9100 Table 2 5 Pin out for the J23 and J13 14...
Page 22: ...Installation Guide XCPC 9100 15 Table 2 6 Pin Out definition for J24 from PMC site 2...
Page 23: ...Installation Guide XCPC 9100 Table 2 7 for the pin out of the J14 Rear I O for PMC site 1 16...