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Cisco BPX 8600 Series Installation and Configuration
Release 9.3.30, Part Number 78-12907-01 Rev. E0, May 2005
Chapter 1 The BPX Switch: Functional Overview
BPX Switch Operation
Figure 1-6
Tiered Network with BPX Switch and IGX Switch Routing Hubs
BPX Routing Hubs in a Tiered Network
Tiered networks with BPX routing hubs have the capability of adding interface shelves/feeders
(nonrouting nodes) to an IGX/BPX routing network as shown in Figure 1-7. Interface shelves allow the
network to support additional connections without adding additional routing nodes.
The MGX 8220 or MGX 8800 and IGX 8400 nodes configured as interface shelves are connected to BPX
routing hubs.
The MGX 8220 and MGX 8800 support frame T1/E1, X.21 and HSSI Frame Relay, ATM T1/E1, and
CES.
ATM
Core Layer
Concentration
Layer
Access
(Feeder)
Layer
IGX
Hub
IGX
Hub
BPX
Hub
IGX
Shelf
Frame
Relay
Frame Relay
T1/E1 ATM
CES
FUNI
S6396
BPX
Hub
IGX
Shelf
IGX
Shelf
IGX
Shelf
IGX
Shelf
IGX
Shelf
Frame
Relay
Frame Relay
T1/E1 ATM
CES
FUNI
Voice, Data,
and
Frame Relay
Voice, Data,
and
Frame Relay
IGX
Shelf
Frame
Relay
MGX
8220
MGX
8220
IGX
switch
IGX
switch
BPX
switch
BPX
switch
Summary of Contents for BPX 8650
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