i960 Core
The i960 core supports a high-speed, software-based look-up function involved in performing Þltering/forwarding decisions on incoming data frames. In addition, the i960 core provides the SNMP protocol stacks, to support industry standard MIBs, as well as Cabletron enterprise extension MIBs for each media type. Management services, such as telnet and network address to MAC address mapping, are also provided by the i960 core.