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S
UMMIT
V
IRTUAL
C
HASSIS
D
ESIGN
AND
I
NSTALLATION
G
UIDE
S
UMMARY
OF
F
EATURES
Another advantage of parallel paths between Summit switches and the Summit Virtual
Chassis is that the allocation of traffic between connections is transparent to the address
tables and routing protocols. If a connection is broken, traffic is redirected to a parallel
path without causing an address table or routing table update.
E
XTENSIVE
F
AULT
T
OLERANT
C
APABILITIES
The Summit Virtual Chassis includes a number of fault tolerant capabilities, including
the following:
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Redundant power supplies
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Hot-swappable switches
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Hot-swappable Virtual Chassis
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Environmental sensors
R
EDUNDANT
P
OWER
S
UPPLIES
The Summit Virtual Chassis is equipped with two internal load-sharing power supplies.
A single power supply provides power to the Summit Virtual Chassis. Combined, the
two power supplies provide load-balancing to increase the longevity of each supply,
and deliver uninterrupted service in the event of a failure.
In addition to the two internal power supplies, the Summit Virtual Chassis comes with
dual external redundant power supplies (RPS) that deliver power for up to two Summit
switches in the stack. DC cables are provided to connect each RPS output to a single
Summit switch.
The Summit Virtual Chassis has two power sockets. The upper power socket provides
power to one of the Summit Virtual Chassis internal power supplies. It also provides
backup power to the Summit switch that is connected to the Summit Virtual Chassis
using the upper RPS port.
The lower power socket provides power to the second Summit Virtual Chassis internal
power supply, and to the Summit switch that is connected to the Summit Virtual
Chassis using the lower RPS port.
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