Cabletron Systems 5000, 5500 manual Introduction, What Is in This Chapter, 9032208 E4 1-1

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Chapter 1

Introduction

What Is in This Chapter

This chapter introduces the SPECTRUM management module for the Cisco Catalyst 5000/5500 Hubs. It describes the following:

¥The Cisco Catalyst 5000/5500 Hubs

¥SPECTRUM Model Type

-Accessing SPECTRUM Views

¥SPECTRUM Views Roadmap

The Cisco Catalyst 5000/5500 Hubs

The Cisco Catalyst 5000 is a Þve slot chassis that provides Copper Distributed Data Interface/multilevel transmission (CDDI/MLT-3) and single/multimode Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) connectivity. The Cisco Catalyst provides bridging and routing capabilities in a Virtual Local Area Networking (VLAN) environment. Its architecture supports switched connections to the following media:

¥10BaseT and 100BaseT (Fast Ethernet)

¥4/16 Mbps Token Ring

¥Copper Distributed Data Interface/Fiber Distributed Data Interface

¥Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

The architecture for the 5000 also supports backbone connections for 100BaseT, CDDI/FDDI, and ATM.

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