
Chapter 7: Configurations
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TheoperationisthesamefortiereddevicesthatarenotParagon
switches.
A
TiereddevicesthatarenotParagonswitches
B
Paragonswitches(UMT‐x)
C
Userstations
Guidelines for Multiple Base Configuration
Amultiplebaseconfigurationcouldbetwo‐tierorthree‐tier
configuration.ItiscomposedofmorethanoneParagonMainUnit,
servingasBaseUnits,andsecond‐tieroreventhird‐tierdevices.
Initialization
• Afteralldeviceshavebeenconnected,poweronthedevicesfrom
UPPERtiertolowertier.Fo
rexample,poweronthesecond‐tier
device(s)firstandthentheBaseUnitsinatwo‐tierconfiguration.
• Afterinitialization,eachtiereddevicehasanupdateddatabase.
Guidelinesforchangingconnectionsoftiereddevices:
ExampleA:Relocatingathird‐tierdevicewithmultiplesecond‐tierconnections
(refertore
dlineinthediagram):
1. Disconnectsomeoralloftheuserportsonanthird‐tierunit
(UMT‐3A)thatconnecttothechannelportsofsecond‐tierunits
(UMT‐2AandUMT‐2C)andre‐connecttheuserportstothechannel
portsofanothersecond‐tierun
it(UMT‐2B).