
Extreme Networks Consolidated Hardware Guide 6-1
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Alpine 3800 Series Switch
Overview
The Alpine 3800 series switch is a chassis-based, Ethernet service provisioning switch
designed for edge and aggregation applications. The Alpine 3800 series switch is
flexible and scalable, making it easy for you to meet the changing requirements of your
network. The combination of BlackDiamond, Alpine, and Summit switches delivers a
consistent end-to-end network solution that provides a nonblocking architecture,
wire-speed switching, wire-speed IP routing, and policy-based Quality of Service (QoS).
This chapter describes:
• The features available on the Alpine 3800 series switch
• The components of the Alpine 3800 series switch
• The importance of following safety information
Summary of Features
The features of the Alpine 3800 series switch include:
• A 9-slot chassis that can be populated with up to eight input/output (I/O) modules
and one Switch Management Module (SMMi) (Alpine 3808)
• A 5-slot chassis that can be populated with up to four I/O modules and one SMMi
(Alpine 3804)
• A 3-slot chassis that can be populated with up to three I/O modules (Alpine 3802)
• I/O modules that are hot-swappable, and include Gigabit Ethernet or 10/100 Mbps
Ethernet ports
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