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Figure 30, Rmm jp1 location – ClearCube R Series Pentium 4 User Manual

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ClearCube Product Manual and Installation Guide

Cage and Blade Installation • 63

Each RMM in an R4300 series BackPack provides an Ethernet connection, allowing it

to control a chain of as many as 14 Cages. If an RMM is not connected to Ethernet, it

does not auto-negotiate, and provides control and monitoring only for the Cage in

which it is installed.

The RMM has three auto-negotiation modes:

Primary (including jumper-strapped Primary)

Secondary

Standby

The model for auto-negotiation assumes that a given network contains a mix of R4300

BackPacks, and legacy BSBPs and DCBPs.

The R4300 Remote Management Module uses the following auto-negotiation rules:

An RMM must be active (i.e., powered up and functioning correctly) to assert its

status as Primary or other.

If a jumper-configured RMM is present in a chain, that RMM is always Primary.

See Figure 30.

Never jumper-configure an RMM in a Control Chain that also contains an RMC.

The RMC (in a BSBP or DCBP) uses the following rules for auto-negotiating a Primary

RMC in a Control Chain:

An RMC must be active (i.e., powered up and functioning correctly) to assert its

status as Primary.

If an RMC is present in a chain, that RMC is always the Primary.

For best results, follow these guidelines for configuring your Control Chains:

Use an RMC to manage only BSBP- and DCBP-equipped Cages.

Configure RMCs using Telnet.

Use an RMM to manage new R4300 Cages, and BSBP- and DCBP-equipped

Cages that do not contain an RMC.

Configure RMMs using Switch Manager.

Figure 30 RMM JP1 Location

RMM (bottom view)

JP1

Leave JP1 jumpered on pins 2 and 3

Jumper Pins 1 and 2 to force Primary

for auto-negotiation (Default shown)

JP1

or remove jumper entirely

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