Chapter 4
Switch Hardware and Functionality
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Application Control Module
For all ARX models, functionality is provided through one basic module,
the Application
Control
Module
(ACM). For details, consult the following
sections.
Control and Management Functions
The ACM supports the following switch fabric and control functions:
• RS232/Console serial interface for local switch management
• Out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet interface for local/remote switch
management
• Service definition and policy enforcement
• Failover signaling and configuration information
• Port mirroring and debugging
• MAC address assignment for Ethernet ports
• Real-time clock synchronization for user interfaces
• Health status and statistics monitoring and management through LEDs
and software
• Temperature and power monitoring
Adaptive Services
The ACM module provides the following core distributed file server
functions:
• Virtual distribution of front-end file services for NFS v 2/3 and CIFS
protocols
• Volume management and file server capabilities
• Back-end NAS aggregation
Network Services
The ACM supports the following network services:
• Standard Ethernet and jumbo frame (9K) packet sizes
• Full-duplex switching at line rates for Layer 2 processing
• Low latency, store and forward switching, with built-in multicast support
• Load balancing and resource switching
• NFS Fast Path
• CIFS Fast Path
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