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
¥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.