CoreBuilder 5000 Token Ring Modules
1-5
Active Per-Port
Switching Media
Module
(6218M-ATPP)
The CoreBuilder 5000 Token Ring Active Per-Port Switching (ATPP)
Media Module is a single-slot module that supports 18 active retiming
lobe ports, all with port-switching capability. The module offers the
following features:
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Switchable ports 17 and 18 provide fully-repeated Ring-In/Ring-Out
ports for connection to external rings
When configuring ports 17 and 18 as trunks, cable adapter 6200ADT-RI
must be connected on the port #18.
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Active retiming on all media ports
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Simultaneous shielded and unshielded twisted-pair cabling support
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Simultaneous 4 and 16 Mbps Token Ring networks, when switched
to the appropriate ring speed
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Can be switched on a per-port basis to any of 10 CoreBuilder 5000
backplane rings or 11 isolated rings
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Accepts one optional Jitter Attenuation Card, for use with the
Ring-In/Ring-Out ports when connecting to a non-CoreBuilder 5000
RI/RO
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Accepts a Token Ring Network Monitor Card (TR-NMC)
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Address-to-port mapping, including multi-station ports (fan outs)
and MAC-less stations
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Module-level, hardware-based beacon recovery
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IEEE 802.5 compliant
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IEEE 802.5c trunk support
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Per-port jitter attenuation
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Fan-out support for up to eight devices per port
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Automatic ring speed detection