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Tiered Configurations
Standard Tiered Configurations
Common Guidelines for Tiering Configuration
• OnlyParagonIwithhardwareversionHW3(runningParagonII
code)orParagonIIMainUnitcanserveasBaseUnits(firsttier).
• TheversionofBaseUnit(s),bothhardwareandfirmware,must
alwaysbelaterthanoratleastequaltotheversionofothertiered
devices.
• Ama
ximumofthreetiers,includingtheBaseUnit,ispermitted.
• DevicesthatarenotParagonswitchesbutcomewithtwoormore
channelports,suchasRaritanMasterConsole,CompuSwitch,Z‐CIM,
orP2ZCIM,aretreatedastiereddevices.Thesedevicescannotactas
BaseUnitsinaParagonIIsy
stemandcanbeconnectedonlytoaBase
Unitortoasecond‐tierParagonswitch.
Note:Theeasiestwaytodetermineifthehardwareversionofyour
ParagonIunitisHW3istocheckthenumberofitsstackingportsonthe
rearside.Ifthereisonlyonestackingport,thehardwareversionisHW3.
Guidelines for Single Base Configuration
Asinglebaseconfigurationcouldbetwo‐tierorthree‐tierconfiguration.
ItiscomposedofoneParagonMainUnit,servingastheBaseUnit,and
second‐tieroreventhird‐tierdevice(s).
Initialization
• Afteralldeviceshavebeenconnected,poweronthedevicesfrom
UPPERtiertolowertier.Fo
rexample,poweronthesecond‐tier
device(s)firstandthentheBaseUnitinatwo‐tierconfiguration.
• Afterinitialization,eachtiereddevicehasanupdateddatabase.
Guidelinesforchangingconnectionsoftiereddevices:
ExampleA:Relocatingahigher‐tierdevice(refertodottedline)
1. Disconnectsomeoral
loftheuserportsonthethird‐tierunit
(UMT‐3A)thatconnecttothechannelportsofthesecond‐tierunit
(UMT‐2A)andre‐connecttheuserportstothechannelportsof
anothersecond‐tierunit(UMT‐2B).
2. Recyclethepowerofallimpacteddevices.Thisisrecommendedto
buildacleandatab
aseforParagonswitches.Sequenceofrecycling
powerisfromtheHIGHESTtier(thirdtier)totheBaseUnit.Inour
example:UMT‐3AÆUMT‐2AÆUMT‐2BÆUMT‐1.