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LAN35MH08HR & LAN35ME08HR User’s Manual
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Introduction
1.1
Product Overview
The LAN35Mx08 series boards are fully managed 10-port Gigabit Ethernet switches for expanding the networking capabilities of any system.
The boards can be used either in a PCIe/104 system or as a standalone expandable switch. The onboard CEServices Carrier Ethernet
switching software provides a rich Layer 2 switching solution with Layer 3-aware packet processing. All the industry-standard managed
Ethernet switching features found in an enterprise rackmount switch are provided, such as VLANs, Spanning Tree, QoS, and SNMP.
Additionally, the CEServices software provides features for carrier and timing-critical networks such as OAM, Synchronous Ethernet, and IEEE
1588. The switch may be configured via a web GUI interface, or a command-line console via USB, Telnet, or SSH.
The eight products in this family derive from two basic versions. The host version is designed to be the first board in a switch stack and
features an Ethernet controller that is connected to the PCIe/104 bus so a cpuModule is connected to the switch. Expansion versions are
designed to stack above the host version and provide additional ports on the switch. Each version is available as a board with RJ-45 or 10-pin
DIL connectors or in IDAN frames with either RJ-45 or 37-
pin “D” connectors.
The LAN35Mx08 features the RTD StackNET® connector, which allows additional RTD Ethernet switches and routers to be stacked in a
PCIe/104 system with direct board-to-board Ethernet connectivity. The LAN35MH08HR is intended to be the host of a StackNET® stack and
features a PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller for connection to a PCIe/104 cpuModule. When used in standalone applications the
Ethernet controller is disabled.
The LAN35ME08HR is intended to be an expansion module in a StackNET® stack, and provides two StackNET® connectors (upward and
downward). One or more LAN35ME08HR boards may be stacked above an LAN35MH08HR or RTD routers to provide additional switch ports.
Each switch module provides eight Ethernet ports, any of which may be used as uplink ports. The LAN35MH08HR includes a power connector
that is useful for system that already have a +5V supply desire operation without a CPU board or PCIe/104 power supply. Both modules are
PCIe/104 “universal” board
s, and are compatible with both Type 1 and Type 2 CPUs. The boards are available in an enclosure as part of an
RTD IDAN®, HiDAN® or HiDANplus® system.
Multiple host versions can be installed in a system and they will act as separate switches each with a dedicated connection to the cpuModule
through the PCIe/104 bus. Each host version can still have additional ports by adding expansion boards above them providing configuration
flexibility.
Figure 1: LAN35MH08HR-RJ shown with standard passive heatsink.
