Slot Card Specifications and Connection Information
DS3-ATM2 card
MAX TNT Hardware Installation Guide
A-5
DS3-ATM2 card
The DS3-ATM2 card is a routing card designed to insert, and extract, ATM cells into, and
from, a DS3 stream in high-bandwidth routing applications with speeds of up to 44.736Mbps.
The DS3-ATM2 card supports 260 simultaneous receive and transmit virtual circuits (VCs),
each of which can be configured as a fully routable point-to-point interface. Features include
fast packet performance over dedicated connections and OAM/F5 support.
Figure A-3 shows the DS3-ATM2 card.
Figure A-3. DS3-ATM2 card
Specifications
The specifications for a DS3-ATM2 card are the same as those for a DS3-ATM card, which are
listed in Table A-1 on page A-2.
Status lights
All status lights except ACT illuminate upon startup or restart and remain illuminated until the
card passes its POST. If no status lights are illuminated, the DS3 interface is disabled.
Table A-3 explains the DS3-ATM2 card status lights.
Table A-3. DS3-ATM2 status lights
Light
Color
Description
ACT
Green
On indicates that the DS3-ATM2 card is active and
enabled, and has not detected any error conditions.
LOS
Yellow
On indicates that the DS3 interface is experiencing loss of
receive signal.
LOF
Yellow
On indicates that the DS3 interface is experiencing loss of
framing.
YEL
Yellow
On indicates that the DS3 interface has detected a Far
End Receive indication transmitted from the other side.
