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An RS/6000 SP Switch Router can be connected to the SP Switch via the RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter. The RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter provides a high performance, 100 MB/s, full duplex interface between the SP Switch and the SP Switch Router.
When the RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter is installed in an SP Switch Router, it allows the switched IP router to be used as a networking gateway for the SP. The SP Switch Router may be populated with additional adapters for standard network interfaces, including Ethernet 10/100BaseT, FDDI, ATM OC3c, SONET OC3c, ATM OC12c, HIPPI and HSSI. More than one RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter may be installed and connected to the same SP system or system partition or to other SP systems. When multiple RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapters are installed and connected to more than one SP system or system partition, they may be used to provide a high bandwidth link between SP systems or system partitions and to provide the SP systems or system partitions with a shared set of interfaces to external networks.
Each RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter requires one available node switch port on the SP Switch that meets the criteria for valid extension node ports as described in IBM RS/6000 SP: Planning Volume 2, Control Workstation and Software Environment. A 10 meter SP Switch cable and a 10 meter ground strap are provided for connecting the RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter, located in the SP Switch Router chassis, to the SP Switch.
Figure 29. The RS/6000 SP Switch Router and SP Switch Router Adapter extension node implementation
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When you add information to the SDR for an SP Switch Router and the RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter (see Adding extension nodes and extension node adapters), specify the following extension node attributes as described:
For more information on configuring the SP Switch Router and RS/6000 SP Switch Router Adapter as extension nodes for the SP system, see: