Lexmark IBM 9077 User Manual

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Router Node

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2.3.3.1 Route Manager
As already mentioned, the router management takes place on the IP Switch
Control Board.

Specific functions of the Route Manager are:

• It processes all dynamic routing packets.

• It synchronizes the route tables on the media cards.

• It controls the media cards: issues interrupts and resets to individual

media cards and downloads executable programs and connection
information.

2.3.3.2 IP Switch Control Board Components
Let us examine the IP Switch Control Board in more detail.

Figure 17 shows all the components of the IP Switch Control Board:

Figure 17. IP Switch Control Board

System Bus

CPU

Pentium
166MHz

Flash

Memory
(85 MB)

32MB

32MB

32MB

32MB

32MB

32MB

PCMCIA

Card

PCMCIA

Card

Admin Ethernet

(de0)

32MB

32MB

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