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The Value of Bridge Port Extenders

Since the bridge port extenders (BPEs) are managed like slots in a chassis under a single management domain, multiple layers of a traditional network can be reduced from a configuration and management perspective, greatly simplifying the network operation.

As opposed to expanding the network using additional switches, BPEs provide the following benefits:

  • No console. BPEs are configured and managed through the controlling bridge (CB) user interface, so there is no need to connect a terminal console connection to each BPE.
  • No out-of-band management.
  • Single point of license management.
  • Single point for configuring/debugging/diagnostics.
  • Single node when managed by Extreme Management Center or other management software products.
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