Riverstone Networks RS 8000/8600 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 2-47
Introduction
Hardware Overview
Quad Serial – C and Quad Serial – CE Line Cards
The Quad Serial – C and Quad Serial – CE line cards each contain two dual-serial WAN ports (two serial ports located
on one high density connector). In addition, the Quad Serial – C line card includes compression, and the Quad
Serial – CE line card includes compression
and
encryption, for each WAN port.
Figure 2-33
shows the front panel of
the Quad Serial – CE WAN line card.
Figure 2-33 Front panel of Quad Serial – CE WAN line card
The following table lists the media specifications for the Quad Serial – C/CE line cards.
Per-port Rx
Blinking Green
– indicates when the port’s transceiver receives good
packets
Blinking Red
– indicates when the port’s transceiver receives corrupt
packets
OFF
– no receive activity
Per-port Tx
Blinking Green
– indicates when the port’s transceiver transmits good
packets
OFF
- no transmit activity
Per-port Alm
Solid Red
– when signal alarms are present
Off
– when no alarms are present
Table 2-42 Connector specifications for quad serial line card
Port Type
Specification
Dual serial
•
V.35, X.21, EIA530, EIA530A, or RS449
•
LFH-60 high density connector; see
Table 2-44
for pin
assignments
•
Recommended 3 meters (10 feet) segment length for
standard WAN line card-to-CSU/DSU data port.
Table 2-41 LED description for MPLS POS OC-3c/OC-12c line card
LED
Description
1,2
Tx
Rx
Link
Quad Serial - CE
G8M-SECAC-04
1
2
3,4
Tx
Rx
Link
3
4
Online
Offline
Hot
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