Byte

AIB Field Description

2

Address Element: 0x01

3

Data Length 0x01

4

Data[0] Slot Number


Front Of Chassis

0x00–0x0F Line Card Slots 0–15

0x10 Front Fan Tray

0x11 Power2/PSC2

0x12 Power1/PSC1

0x16 Fan Tray

0x20 Matrix Controller Series 3 for CPU1

0x21 Matrix Controller Series 3 for CPU2


Back Of Chassis

0x13 Midplane

0x14 Matrix Controller I/O Series 3 for CPU1

0x15 Matrix Controller I/O Series 3 for CPU2

0x16 Rear Fan Tray

0x30–0x3F Line Card I/Os

0x01 Slot

* Some API messages such as the Line Card Switchover message require two AEs as follows:

Byte

AIB Field Description

2

Address Element: 0x01

3

Data Length 0x01

4

Data[0] Starting Slot Number

5

Address Element 0x01

6

Data Length 0x01

7

Data[0] Ending Slot Number

Slot Numbering

The tables below show the slot numbering schemes for the front and back of the Excel platform chassis.

Front Slot Numbering, Excel platform

Front Slots

Power Cards

Line Cards

Matrix Cards

Fan Tray

Chassis Label

Power2

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

CPU2

0x16

Software (Hex)

0x11

0x0F

0x0E

0x0D

0x0C

0x0B

0x0A

0x09

0x08

0X21

0x10

Chassis Label

Power1

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

CPU1

 

Software (Hex)

0x12

0x07

0x06

0x05

0x04

0x03

0x02

0x01

0x00

0x20

Back Slot Numbering, Excel platform

Back Slots

Matrix
I/Os

Redundant or Standby Line Card I/Os

Chassis Label

CPU1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Software (Hex)

0x14

0x30

0x31

0x32

0x33

0x34

0x35

0x36

0x37

Chassis Label

CPU2

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Software (Hex)

0x15

0x38

0x39

0x3A

0x3B

0x3C

0x3D

0x3E

0x3F