DFE blades supported in a 5 slot ( 6000) chassis will behave in this way since there is no FTM2 backplane. There is one blade type which has no backplane logic (intended specifically for use in an N1) that would also isolate in an E7 or N chassis.
Unfortunately, there is no software mechanism that could enable this operation for other blades in the E7/N chassis. There are some backplane status challenges that prevent us from doing so. Signed, The most super secret debug user Ernie Eaton ;) From: Lou H. Goddard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:32 AM To: Enterasys Customer Mailing List Subject: [enterasys] Splitting a Chassis Greetings, I was wondering if there's a way to shutdown the backplane interfaces on certain DFE modules within a chassis. It would be an interesting feature to be able to break a chassis in half. For example, say you have modules in slots one through four. You could shutdown the backplane interfaces between slot one and slots three and four. Then do the same for the backplane interfaces on slot two. I believe the backplane is passive for the most part. You'd have to shutdown the interfaces individually at the module level. I've seen malfunctioning hardware isolate an N7 into two, distinct instances of the EOS code. Why not enable the end user to isolate the switch on his own? What do you guys think? I'd bet this is possible when you're logged in as the super secret debug user. Thanks, Lou Goddard * --To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe enterasys [email protected] ------------------ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE --------------- This message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain privileged confidential information protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this message is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this message. ------------------ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE --------------- -------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --- To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe enterasys [email protected]
