Addressing – 2N NetStar Admin manual User Manual
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Addressing
The position of each board is specified in the
format and the position of a port
R : C : B
in the
format. The characters have the following meanings:
R : C : B : P
R – rack number;
C – rack unit number;
B – unit board number;
P – board port number.
Currently, takes up the value of 0 and ranges from 1 to 5, the basic unit being 1,
R
C
the first extender 2 and so on up to the fourth extender with number 5. The board
positions ( ) in the basic unit are numbered 1 to 14 from the left. The extender
B
positions are numbered similarly, from 1 to 12. The first basic unit and extender
position is always reserved for the CPU board. The 1x/2x/4x ISDN PRI (with or without
Zarlink) or Surf Ethernet boards can be mounted into positions 0:1:2 to 0:1:4 only.
The position 0:1:5 is reserved for the Switch board, which contains the digital
switching array.