Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 9500, Hardware And Installation Manual

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Introduction
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Features
The features of the 9A600 are described in the sections below:
Processor
The 9A600 is equipped with an advanced Intel i960 microprocessor. This
microprocessor provides signalling, SNMP management, and serves as the
in-band management LAN Emulation Client (LEC).
Cabletron Systems ASICs
The 9A600 contains four different Cabletron Systems designed ASICs that
provide a variety of switching services. For more information on these ASICs
refer to Chapter 3.
System Management
The 9A600 connects to the two System Management Buses (SMB-1 and SMB-10)
for module management. Management features include the following:
¥ Power and environmental status monitoring
¥ PNNI and ILMI conÞguration
¥ SmartSwitch 9500 chassis IP address assignment
¥ Ability to conÞgure the in-band management LAN Emulation Client
¥ SmartSwitch 9500 chassis SNMP community names and trap IP address
assignment
¥ Ability to access Local Management screens of any module installed in the
chassis
Connectivity
The 9A600 can be equipped with a variety of front panel interfaces called ATM
Network Interface Modules (ANIMs). ANIMs provide a variety of physical layer
cabling options, including the following:
¥ Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) using OC-3.
¥ Multimode Fiber Optic Cable (MMF) using OC-3 or OC-12.
¥ Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable (SMF) using OC-3 or OC-12.
¥ Coaxial Cable using DS-3.
ANIMs are also capable of handling varying amounts of bandwidth including
SONET OC3/SDH, and STS-3/STM-1 (155 Mbps), SONET OC12/SDH
(622 Mbps) and DS3 (45 Mbps).