GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Chassis
This section describes the physical layout of the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP chassis, including a description of all ports and connectors. The GigaVUE-TA100-CXP chassis consists of a 1RU, rack-mountable, 19”-wide chassis with management, network, and tool ports at the front and power connections and fans at the rear. Figure 5: The GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Chassis Front View shows the ports at the front of the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP chassis. Refer to Table 1: GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Ports for a description of each of the ports. Figure 6: The GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Chassis Rear View shows the fan modules and power supply units at the rear of the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP chassis.
The GigaVUE-TA100-CXP provides twenty-eight 100Gb ports, supporting high-density aggregation. Twenty (20) ports are 100Gb CXP ports. Eight (8) ports are 100Gb QSFP28 ports. Depending on the transceiver inserted in the eight ports, QSFP+ or QSFP28, the eight ports run at speeds of either 40Gb or 100Gb. With QSFP+ transceivers, a 40Gb port can be broken out into four 10Gb ports, called 4x10G mode.
The QSFP28 and CXP ports on GigaVUE-TA100-CXP can be used as network, tool, or hybrid ports. They cannot be used as stack ports. Subports created from 4x10G mode can function as network, tool, or hybrid ports. They cannot be used as stack ports.
The GigaVUE-TA100-CXP node must be running software version 5.0 or higher.
Figure 5: The GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Chassis Front View
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Port |
Description |
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Mgmt |
Use the Mgmt port for remote configuration of the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP over a 10/100/1000 Ethernet network. |
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Console |
Use the console port for local configuration of the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP over a serial connection. |
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USB |
Use the USB port to upgrade software on the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP using a software image on an external USB drive. Refer to Software Upgrade using USB Drive. |
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Ports c1..c20, c21..c28 or c21x1..c21x4, c22x1..c22x4, c23x1..c23x4, ... |
GigaVUE-TA100-CXP includes twenty-eight (28) 100Gb ports (c1..c28). Twenty (20) ports (c1..c20) are 100Gb CXP ports. Eight (8) ports (c21..c28) are 100Gb QSFP28 ports. Depending on the transceiver inserted in the eight ports, either QSFP+ or QSFP28, the ports run at speeds of either 40Gb or 100Gb. With a QSFP+ transceiver, the QSFP28 ports can be broken out into four 10Gb ports, called subports. The subports will all have the same speed (10Gb). Subports will have x1 to x4 appended to their port ID, for example, 1/1/c21x1. For details, refer to Configure the Port Mode. Once a 40Gb port has been configured to operate as four 10Gb ports, cable it to an optical patch panel or breakout panel, such as PNL-M341, which takes a 40Gb QSFP+ input from the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP and splits it to four independent 10Gb output ports. Refer to Breakout Panels. In software version 5.3, port breakout is only supported on 40Gb QSFP+ 40GBASE-SR4. |
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Transceivers |
For details about the supported transceiver, cable type, and connectivity specifications, refer to “GigaVUE-OS Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix”. |
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