CoreBuilder 5000 Token Ring Modules
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Active Per-Module
Switching Media
Module (6218M-ATP)
The CoreBuilder 5000 Token Ring Active Per-Module Switching Media
Module is a single-slot module that supports 18 active retiming lobe
ports. 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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Support for either 4 or 16 Mbps Token Ring networks
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Can be switched on a per-module basis to any of ten
CoreBuilder 5000 backplane rings or to the one isolated ring
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Accepts one optional Jitter Attenuation Card, for use with the
optional Ring-In/Ring-Out ports when connecting to
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
When an Active Per-Module Media Module (APM), in trunk mode only,
has fan-out devices attached in the network, the address map
information is not accurate for ports below the fan-out device. The
address map information for the other modules is accurate.
If a fan-out device is attached to an APM and the trunks on the APM
are enabled, 3Com recommends that you insert the fan-out device at
the highest numbered active port.
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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