Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 9500 Hardware And Installation Manual

Also see for 9A600: Configuration guide

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Introduction1-4FeaturesThe features of the 9A600 are described in the sections below:ProcessorThe 9A600 is equipped with an advanced Intel i960 microprocessor. Thismicroprocessor provides signalling, SNMP management, and serves as thein-band management LAN Emulation Client (LEC).Cabletron Systems ASICsThe 9A600 contains four different Cabletron Systems designed ASICs thatprovide a variety of switching services. For more information on these ASICsrefer to Chapter 3.System ManagementThe 9A600 connects to the two System Management Buses (SMB-1 and SMB-10)for module management. Management features include the following:• Power and environmental status monitoring• PNNI and ILMI configuration• SmartSwitch 9500 chassis IP address assignment• Ability to configure the in-band management LAN Emulation Client• SmartSwitch 9500 chassis SNMP community names and trap IP addressassignment• Ability to access Local Management screens of any module installed in thechassisConnectivityThe 9A600 can be equipped with a variety of front panel interfaces called ATMNetwork Interface Modules (ANIMs). ANIMs provide a variety of physical layercabling options, including the following:• Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) using OC-3.• Multimode Fiber Optic Cable (MMF) using OC-3 or OC-12.• Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable (SMF) using OC-3 or OC-12.• Coaxial Cable using DS-3.ANIMs are also capable of handling varying amounts of bandwidth includingSONET OC3/SDH, and STS-3/STM-1 (155 Mbps), SONET OC12/SDH(622 Mbps) and DS3 (45 Mbps).