Raritan II User Manual

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54 PARAGON II USER M ANUALStacked ConfigurationsDefinition of stacking configuration:• The P2-UMT Stacking Switch, a new switch device required for stacking configurations, expands thenumber of available channel ports in a single switch. It does not add user ports.− UMT Stacking Switch P2-UMT1664S has four 68-pin expansion ports. Two are input ports andtwo are output ports. The P2-UMT832S has only one 68-pin expansion input port and one outputport.• The P2-UMT1664M has two 68-pin expansion ports, and P2-UMT832M has one 68-pin expansionport. These represent input ports.• One or more UMT Stacking switches connect to a P2-UMT Matrix Switch through stacking cables in adaisy chain connection – that is, the expansion port of a P2-UMT832M connects to the expansionoutput port of a P2-UMT832S, and the expansion input port of this P2-UMT832S connects to theexpansion output of another P2-UMT832S to form a daisy chain.• For purposes here, this P2-UMT Matrix Switch is called the Master Device, and the UMT StackingSwitch is called the Stacking Device.• The Master Device can be a base unit or a tiered unit.− The stacking device that connects to a master device becomes an automatic extension of themaster unit.System Constraints:• The base unit should be a P2-UMT1664M / P2-UMT832M Matrix Switch• The base unit must always be the latest release of P2-UMT Matrix Switch (hardware and firmware) ina closed configuration system.• A Paragon I HW3 (with P2 firmware) can accommodate only one stacking switch.• Up to three P2-UMT832S stacking units can be connected to each P2-UMT832M matrix unit.• Only one P2-UMT1664S stacking units can be connected to each P2-1664M matrix unit.• A maximum of 128 channel ports (Master Device + Stacking Devices) is permitted. When a P2-UMT1664M Matrix Switch acts as the Master Device, only one P2-UMT1664S Stacking Switch canbe in daisy chain with it. When a P2-UMT832M Matrix Switch acts as the Master Device, up to three(3) P2-UMT832S Stacking Switches can be in the daisy chain.• A P2-UMT1664M can have only P2-UMT1664S Stacking Switches daisy chained to it. A P2-UMT832M can have only P2-UMT832S Stacking Switches daisy chained to it. You cannot mix unlikeconfigurations of Master Devices and Stacking Switches. For example, you cannot use a P2-UMT832SStacking Switch with a UMT1664 Master Device and vice-versa.• P2-UMT1664M / P2-UMT832M Matrix Switch and UMT1664/UMT832 hardware III Matrix Switchcannot act as Stacking Devices.• Base units can never act as stacking units.