METHOD FOR IN-BAND COMMUNICATION OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN A BACKPLANE ARCHITECTURE OF A STACKABLE ETHERNET REPEATER

摘要

In a backplane architecture for a logical stackable Ethernet repeater (200), each one of a plurality of stackable repeater modules (210) being connectable via bus-type signal lines (220) to one another, and each module (210) including a plurality of ports (250) for connecting to stations, a method is provided for communicating management information wherein a management module (260) collects information about packets on the backplane from the repeater modules (210) and the repeater modules (210) transmit packet information only via the bus-type signal lines (220).