Brocade Communications Systems 53-1002580-01 manual Introduction, Overview

	Chapter
Introduction	1

In this chapter

•Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•Network Management Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

•Description of Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Overview

The Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switches are carrier grade access switches that meet the requirements for nonstop networking with Layer 2 services. Each platform provides dual power input for redundancy and has been architected with the state of the art hardware design and field proven operating system for reliability and resiliency. Brocade 6910 switches support multiple fiber or copper configurations on a single switch using a 12 Gigabit combination RJ-45/SFP ports. Brocade 6910 allows the same ports to be configured to connect directly to the customer or as network interface on the service side. This ideally positions the Brocade 6910 at the edge of a broadband access network for Ethernet service demarcation, extension and aggregation.

FIGURE 1 GbE ACCESS RINGS

					MLX
	6910
		GbE Access		CES
			Ring
6910	6910

10G Regional Ring

IP/MPLS 6910

CES

MLX

The switches have a 1000BASE-T port for dedicated management access (which can be operated outside the data channel). It has an SNMP-based management agent embedded on the main board, which supports both in-band and out-of-band access using a Web browser, SNMP/RMON, or Telnet.

Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch Hardware Installation Guide	1
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