3Com 9000 manual 1

1OVERVIEW
This chapter provides an overview of the CoreBuilder® 9000 ATM
Enterprise Switch. The following topics are covered:
CoreBuilder 9000 ATM Enterprise Switch Characteristics
Software Release 3.0 Key Features
Standards and Protocols Supported
CoreBuilder 9000
ATM Enterprise
Switch
Characteristics
The CoreBuilder 9000 ATM Enterprise Switch has two components:
The ATM Switch Fabric Module
The ATM Interface Module
For information about the ATM Interface Module, see the ATM Interface
Module User Guide and the ATM Interface Module Getting Started
Guide.
The ATM Switch
Fabric Module The ATM Switch Fabric Module has a switching capacity of 15 Gbps. The
high-performance, line-rate, non-blocking ATM Switch Fabric Module
features highly integrated ASICs that account for i ts scalable,
leading-edge performance and functionality. The module incorporates
on-board ATM control hardware for scaling the performance of Switched
Virtual Channel Connections (SVCs) and Switched Virtual Paths (SVPs).