Chapter 1: Overview

AT-SBx81GT40 Line Card

The AT-SBx81GT40 Line Card, shown in Figure 12, is a Gigabit Ethernet switch.

Figure 12. AT-SBx81GT40 Line Card

Here are the main features of the line card:

40 10/100/1000Base-T ports

RJ point 5 connectors

100 meters (328 feet) maximum operating distance per port

Auto-Negotiation for speed

Full-duplex mode only

Automatic MDIX detection for ports operating at 10/100Base-TX, (Automatic MDIX detection does not apply to 1000Base-T operation.)

Port Link/Activity (L/A) LEDs

32K entry MAC address table

32 Mb buffer memory

Jumbo frame support:

10240 octets for tagged and untagged traffic between ports on the same line card

10232 octets for untagged traffic between ports on different line cards

10236 octets for tagged traffic between ports on different line cards

Non-blocking full wire speed switching on all packet sizes, with two AT-SBx81CFC400 Central Fabric Controller cards

Hot swappable

Note

The ports on the line card do not support half-duplex operation.

The cable requirements for the ports on the AT-SBx81GT40 Line Card are listed in Table 1 on page 33.

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Allied Telesis X8106 manual AT-SBx81GT40 Line Card