The connectors on the blade edge are different. The connectors on the
backplane at slot 13 will only accept the switch processor.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quezada, Jose L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Slot 13 on 5500 [7:17013]
>
>
> I found the following excerpt on CCO. It describes how slot
> 13 of the 5500
> is a dedicated slot for an ASP or a CSR. Is this software
> dependent? In
> other words, have an subsequent OS upgrades eliminated this
> restriction?
>
> xtocid245915BM_25937BM_1015259Catalyst 5500 Switch
>
>
> The Catalyst 5500 BM_1015260switchBM_1015261 chassis has 13
> slots. (See
> Figure 1-6.) Slot 1 is for the supervisor engine,
> which provides switching, local and remote management, and
> multiple uplink
> interfaces. Slot 2 can contain an additional redundant
> supervisor engine,
> which acts as a backup in case the first module fails. A
> failure of the
> active supervisor engine is detected by the standby module,
> which takes
> control of supervisor engine switching functions. If a
> redundant supervisor
> engine is not required, slot 2 is available for any switching module.
>
> Slots 3 through 12 are available for any combination of
> switching modules.
>
> Slot 13 is a dedicated slot, which accepts only the ATM
> switch processor
> (ASP) module or the Catalyst 8510 Campus Switch Router (CSR)
> switch route
> processor (SRP). When using the ASP in slot 13, the Catalyst
> 5500 switch
> accepts LightStream 1010 ATM port adapters in slots 9 through
> 12. When using
> the Catalyst 8510 CSR SRP in slot 13, the Catalyst 5500 switch accepts
> Catalyst 8510 CSR modules in slots 9 through 12.
>
> The Catalyst 5500 switch has a 3.6-Gbps media-independent
> switch fabric and
> a 5-Gbps cell-switch fabric. The backplane provides the
> connection between
> power supplies, supervisor engine, switching modules, and
> backbone module.
> The 3.6-Gbps media-independent fabric supports Ethernet, Fast
> Ethernet,
> Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI/CDDI, ATM LANE, ATM dual PHY DS3, RSM,
> and RSM/VIP2
> modules. The 5-Gbps cell-based fabric supports an ASP module
> and ATM port
> adapters. See
> Table 1-1 for additional information.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joe Quezada
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