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
management software products.
