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adapter. As a result, other network adapters are brought down as well.
Bringing down the router will impact all the networks in the location.
Each RS/6000 SP is allowed to connect to multiple SP Switch Router
Adapters, and it does not matter if these adapters are on different GRFs.
Connecting multiple SP Switch Router adapters to either different partitions in
an RS/6000 SP or to different RS/6000 SPs allows them to communicate with
each other and with the other GRF media adapters via the SP Switch.
Note: The number of packets that the GRF can route per second depends on
the following:
• The type of media adapter
• The size of the packet
2.1.9 Price Comparison
Figure 10 on page 18 shows a price comparison between an RS/6000 SP
node solution and a GRF based solution for three sample configurations.
The SP Switch Router model 04S can support four media cards such as
FDDI or ATM. The SP Switch Router model 16S can support 16. All card
slots could be occupied by SP Switch Router adapters; this means a
maximum of 4 SP Switch Router adapters for model 04S and a maximum
of 16 SP Switch Router adapters for model 16S.
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