| Title: | DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE |
| Notice: | Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7 |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::COLELLA DT |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4455 |
| Total number of notes: | 16761 |
When will the 900MS backplane support more than eight(8) ethernets...
Any ballpark estimate would be appreciated. My customer has a
requirement for 9 Ethernets...
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1865.1 | Well lets see | DELNI::BUZZELL | Tue Jan 10 1995 16:38 | 13 | |
Well lets see. First it doesn't support 8 across the backplane
today. The max is 7 (ThinWire and 6 IMB's). It won't be greater than
that across the backplane any time in the near future.
Now if you are willing to make some front panel connections then
some other possibilities will exist with the wave 3 repeaters.
You also didn't say whether you need to interconnect these
Ethernets or whether they will be segregated.
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| 1865.2 | See note 1735. | CGOS01::DMARLOWE | Have you been HUBbed lately? | Tue Jan 10 1995 22:05 | 13 |
Using the DECrepeater 90TP, when shipping, you would be able to do in
hub, what I suggested for a "poor man's hub" in a previous note.
The first DS 900EF would have all 6 Ethernets into the backplane. A
second switch would have some of its front panel UTP's connected into
the front of a per port repeater. This would allow you to have up to
12 or more Ethernets in a single hub.
Actually you can to this with the existing 900 repeaters but after
putting 2 switches in a hub, you can only put in 6 repeaters and hence
6 Ethernets so really you must wait for the DR 900TP.
dave
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