Switch hardware, Chapter 3 – Cabletron Systems SFCS-200WG User Manual
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CHAPTER 3
Switch Hardware
Cabletron Systems offers a full line of
ATM products that work together to
provide a complete ATM network solution. The Cabletron
SFCS-200WG ATM
switch provide high-performance ATM connectivity for LAN workgroup and
desktop applications. The
SFCS-200BX ATM switch and the
SFCS-1000 ATM
switch offer high reliability and port density for LAN backbone and LAN/
WAN internetworking applications. Together with the Cabletron series of
ATM LAN and WAN Network Modules, these switches meet the networking
demands of today’s distributed, time-critical applications.
All of the Cabletron ATM switches deliver high-performance switching
capacity and speed for ATM applications. A non-blocking switching capacity
of 2.5 Gbps is continually available on the SFCS-200WG, and the SFCS-200BX.
Each switch provides up to 4 ports of connectivity, each running at speeds up
to 622 Mbps; or up to 16 ports, each running at speeds up to 155 Mbps; or up
to 24 ports, each running at speeds up to 100 Mbps. The
SFCS-1000 provides
10 Gbps of switching capacity for up to 16 ports of connectivity, each running
at speeds up to 622 Mbps; or up to 64 ports, each running at speeds up to 155
Mbps; or up to 96 ports, each running at speeds up to 100 Mbps.
Wide-area network (WAN) connectivity is seamlessly integrated into the
SFCS-200BX and the SFCS-1000 for connection to private networks or ATM
SONET, DS3 and E3 services.
Interconnecting multiple Cabletron switches at various speeds is simple.
Once a new Cabletron switch is added to the network, all other switches rec-
ognize its presence and dynamically establish connections to ports on the
new switch. Furthermore, scaling the network is accomplished without costly
and time consuming address reconfiguration and LAN segmentation.
This chapter provides an overview of the Cabletron Systems’
family
of
ATM
switches. It details the hardware requirements necessary to use these switches
and also provides information on the contents of each of the switch packages.