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Chapter 1
Introduction
How to use this guide; related guides; software conventions; getting help; Smart Switch 7000 firmware
versions
Welcome to the SPECTRUM Element Manager for the SmartSwitch 7000 UserÕs
Guide. We have designed this guide to serve as a simple reference for using
SPECTRUM Element Manager for the Smartswitch 7000 family of hubs.
SPECTRUM Element Manager provides management support for all three
models in the SmartSwitch 7000 family. The 7C03 MMAC SmartSwitch functions
as a chassis within a chassis; residing in an MMAC-series hub, it occupies two
module slots and provides three slots of its own Ñ one for the 7X00 SmartSwitch
Control Module, and two for its own family of Network Interface Modules, or
NIMs. The 7C04 Workgroup SmartSwitch is a stand-alone chassis that offers four
slots: one for the controller, and three for NIMs. The 7C04-R Workgroup
SmartSwitch supplies all the features of the 7C04 along with the additional fault
tolerance provided by a pair of redundant load-sharing power supplies and a
removable fan tray. The 7C04-R can also accept the new double-wide NIM
modules (in slots 3 and 4) for additional front panel connectivity.
TIP
The 7C03 MMAC SmartSwitch chassis provides no network connection to the MMAC
backplane (from which it draws only power). If you wish to connect one or more networks
from the MMAC chassis to the SmartSwitch chassis, you must do so via the front panel
ports available on both the MMAC MIMs and the SmartSwitch NIMs.
