Contents
OmniSwitch 6400 Series Hardware Users Guide
July 2010
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Recommended Cabling Patterns
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3-10
Installing Power Supplies
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3-13
Connecting a Power Supply to the Chassis
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3-13
Next Steps
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3-14
Rack Mounting Power Supplies
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3-15
Next Steps
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3-18
Connecting Chassis to Power Source
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3-19
AC Power Supply Connections
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3-19
Powering On a Chassis
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3-19
DC Power Supply Connections
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3-20
Connecting to a DC Power Source
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3-20
Hot-Swapping Power Supplies
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3-23
Hot-Swapping a Power Supply Connected to the Rear of the Chassis
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3-23
Hot-Swapping a Rack Mounted Power Supply
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3-24
Chapter 4
Booting OmniSwitch 6400 Series Switches
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4-1
Booting a Stand-Alone Switch
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4-1
Booting Stacked Configurations
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4-2
Monitoring the Chassis
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4-3
Checking the Overall Chassis Status
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4-3
Checking the Temperature Status
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4-3
Checking the Fan Status
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4-4
Checking the Power Supply Status
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4-4
Additional Monitoring Commands
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4-4
Using LEDs to Visually Monitor the Chassis
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4-4
Chapter 5
Managing Power over Ethernet (PoE)
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5-1
In This Chapter
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5-2
Power over Ethernet Specifications
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5-3
Viewing PoE Power Supply Status
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5-4
Configuring Power over Ethernet Parameters
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5-5
Power over Ethernet Defaults
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5-5
Understanding and Modifying the Default Settings
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5-5
Setting the PoE Operational Status
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5-5
Configuring the Total Power Available to a Port
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5-6
Configuring the Total Power Available to a Switch
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5-6
Setting Port Priority Levels
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5-7
Setting the Capacitor Detection Method
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5-8
Understanding Priority Disconnect
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5-9
Setting Priority Disconnect Status
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5-9
Disabling Priority Disconnect
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5-9
Enabling Priority Disconnect
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5-9
Priority Disconnect is Enabled; Same Priority Level on All PD
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5-10
Priority Disconnect is Enabled;
Incoming PD Port has Highest Priority Level
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5-10