Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 6000, Installation Manual

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The Line Cards
Alcatel 6000 Line Cards provide network interfaces for
connecting the Alcatel 6000 Wireless LAN Switch to Access
Points (APs) and the wired LAN. The line cards aggregate and
route traffic between the switch’s Ethernet ports under the
direction of the switch’s supervisor card.
This chapter describes the general features and physical
characteristics of the various Alcatel line cards. It also details the
compatible cables and connectors and covers the steps required
to insert or remove a line card.
OAW-LC-2G24F Features
High Port Density
Each Alcatel OAW-LC-2G24F line card has 24 10/100 Mbps
Ethernet (FE) ports and 2 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports. Up to 3 line
cards can be installed in the switch chassis, for a total of 72 FE
and 6 GE ports per switch.
Hot Swap
Hot swapping should be performed by a trained technician. Hot
swapping allows a line card to be replaced without shutting
down the system.
Optional Serial & Power Over Ethernet
On the Alcatel SPOE Line Card (OAW-LC-2G24FP), each FE port
supports RS-232 Serial communications and IEEE 802.3af Power
Over Ethernet (SPOE).