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CrossFire 8600/8605 Token-Ring Switches v. 1.2, P/N: 710001641
Table of Contents
1. Overview and Specifications
1
Switching Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Switch of Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Switch of Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Switch of Hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Switch of Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Switch of Floors and Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Switch of Routers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Out-of-Band Management (OBM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Token-Ring Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Switched Port Analyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Universal Expansion Slots and Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Request Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Status and Activity LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Features and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2. Switch Theory of Operation
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How the CrossFire 8600 and the CrossFire 8605 Works . . . . 17
Multiple Simultaneous Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Low Latency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Address Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Multiple Bridging Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Congestion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Three Switching Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Token-Ring Port Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
RI/RO-Like Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transmission Priority Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
CrossLink Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Spanning Tree Protocol Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
VLAN Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RMON Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Built-in Port Counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Stackable Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Summary of Contents for CrossFire 8600
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