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Contents
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Compliance Information
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Radio and TV Interference
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Industry Canada Notice
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FCC Part 68 (ACTA) Statement
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CE Notice
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About this guide
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Audience
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Structure
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Precautions
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Typographical conventions used in this document
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General conventions
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Mouse conventions
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Introduction
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Model 6511RC Matrix Switch overview
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Hardware overview
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ForeFront chassis architectures
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ForeFront Model 6476 6U cPCI chassis
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The ForeFront Model 6676 9U chassis
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Matrix Switch functionality
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TDM mapping and aggregation
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TDM bus architecture
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STM-1 link architecture
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Matrix Switch TDM capacity
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Matrix Switch Ethernet Switching
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Management
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Management Services
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Management Interfaces
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Management Approach
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Matrix Switch Interfaces
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WAN Interfaces
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Mid-Plane Interfaces
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LAN Interface
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RS-232 Config port
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Power system
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Central processing unit
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System timing
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Clocking Mode
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Clocking Source
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