Avaya 580, 882 The M8000R-SUP Supervisor Module

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3. Modules 11 and 12 remain turned off.
4. Module 13 is turned on.
5. Modules 14 through 17 remain turned off because all available power
is now consumed.
The M8000R-SUP Supervisor Module
Functions The M8000R-SUP supervisor module is responsible for learning addresses
and managing the address cache, as well as protocol management and
switch management.
The supervisor module is part of the path that s ome packets take t hrough th e
system.
Figure 1-2 illustrates a conceptual diagram of the supervisor module’s
functions.
Figure 1-2. Layer 3 Supervisor Conceptual Operation
Hardware Features Hardware features of the M8000R-SUP supervisor module are:
■PowerPC 750 (RISC) processor
■Memory: 4 MB Flash, 256 MB DRAM, 128 KB NVRAM, 512 KB
cache
■Multiple memory configurations (see Tabl e 1-1)
Multilayer Supervisor Conceptual Diagr am
High-
Speed
Access
To /
From
Switch
Fabric
Wirespeed Routing
in Hardwa re
Software-based
Routing
System
manage ment
Routing Table and
Cache Management
Manage-
ment
Inter-
faces
High-speed
CPU