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APX 1000™ Getting Started Guide
Slot Card Specifications
APX Ethernet card
APX Ethernet card
The APX Eternet slot card (APX-SL-E100) is an optional egress card for the APX 1000. It has
two full-duplex 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports with a high throughput to support VoIP. An APX
Ethernet card supports autonegotiation, a process in which Ethernet devices exchange
information and agree on a communication mode (for example, 10Mbps or 100Mbps, full or
half duplex).
The peak rate of a single APX Ethernet card port is 150,000 64-byte packets per second. To
obtain performance in excess of 150,000 64-byte packets per second, both APX Ethernet ports
must function simultaneously.
The maximum performance of the APX Ethernet card is 290,000 64-byte packets per second.
This is the maximum combined rate of both ports.
Status indicators
The 10/100Mbps APX Ethernet card provides the status indicators shown in Figure B-10, and
described in Table B-13.
Figure B-10.APX Ethernet slot card
Table B-13 describes the APX Ethernet slot card status lights.
Table B-13.APX Ethernet status lights
Status indicator
Description
COL (Yellow)
ON indicates a collision on the local Ethernet link.
ACT (Green)
ON indicates activity on the interface (transmission of
packets).
DUPLEX MODE (Yellow)
ON indicates the port is operating in full duplex mode.
OFF indicates the port is operating in half duplex mode.
SPEED (Green)
ON indicates the port is operating at 100Mbps.
OFF indicates the port is operating at 10Mbps.
LINK (Green)
ON indicates a good physical link on the Ethernet port.
FAUL
ULT
COL/A
COL/ACT
CT
COL/A
COL/ACT
CT
DUPLEX MODE
DUPLEX MODE
100BT
100BT
LINK
LINK
DUPLEX MODE
DUPLEX MODE
100BT
100BT
LINK
LINK