[e-nsp] BlackDiamond 6808

[Marcin Kuczera]

hello,
I have a question about construction of BlackDiamond 6808 switch.

Does it have passive or active backplane ?


My point is, that in main point of the network, we have Alpine3808 switch, 
however - it has only one CPU module and active backplane that is a switch 
in fact.
So, if backplane fails or SMMi fails - switch goes down.

BD6808 may have 2 MSM modules - so, redundant.
- but - is the "switch" also redundand (a part of MSM or port modules ?) ?

I know that BD6808 is not the best platform (based on ExtremeWare, not the 
ExtremeOS), however we use it just for L2 - and.. can't afford for brand 
new/expansive devices.

Regards,
Marcin