Cabletron Systems MMAC-Plus 9W111-08, User Manual

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Chapter 1
Introduction
The 9W111-08 WAN Router module, shown in Figure 1-1, is a eight port Wide
Area Net router. Up to eight front panel network connections can be made to this
module and they can be routed to any other port and to any other MMAC-Plus
module via the FNB bus.
Features
Processor
The 9W111-08 is equipped with an advanced IDT R4600 Fourth Generation 64 bit
RISC microprocessor. This microprocessor provides a platform for all
management functions within a scalable RISC-based architecture.
System Management
The 9W111-08 provides an interface to the System Management Bus (SMB-1) for
intermodule management.
Connectivity
The 9W111-08 provides eight front panel High Density WAN ports.
Routing
The 9W111-08 provides Routing between the front panel ports and/or to any
other module in the chassis via FNB -1 or FNB -2 of the FNB bus. IEEE 802.1d
Spanning Tree Protocol is supported in all bridging functions.