Cabletron Systems 5000, 5500 SPECTRUM Model Type, Introduction, Cisco Catalyst 5000/5500 Hub

Models: 5500 5000, 5500

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SPECTRUM Model Type

SPECTRUM Model Type

NOTE

The Catalyst 5500 is a 13 slot chassis that serves as a high-end switching platform. Depending on the modules installed, the Catlayst 5500 can be used in backbone applications as a scaleable Fast Ethernet or ATM switch. The Catalyst 5500 also supports switched Ethernet, Token Ring and ATM modules as well as existing Catalyst 5000 and LightStream 1010 modules.

The Catalyst 5500 does not have management support for LightStream boards. To manage these boards the Cisco Lightstream 1010 must be installed in slot number 13 of the Catalyst 5500 chassis.

SPECTRUM Model Type

SPECTRUM allows you to monitor and manage network devices such as hubs, routers, and switches through software models (see the AdministratorÕs Reference for Modeling Instructions) of these devices and their associated applications. The models you create reside in the SpectroSERVER database, where they are updated continually with information gathered by polling the actual devices.

Models are represented visually by icons that appear in various views in SpectroGRAPH. Icons representing devices provide at-a-glance, color-coded status information. Both device icons and application icons also provide mouse-click access to other views that contain detailed conÞguration and performance information.

SPECTRUM management modules are software packages that provide templates for creating software models of particular devices or families of devices. Management modules also include templates for modeling the applications supported by these devices. Each template, called a model type, speciÞes attributes that correspond to objects deÞned in the Management Information Bases (MIBs) that govern the operation of the device or application to be modeled.The model type names for the Cisco Catalyst 5000/

5500 Hubs are:

¥HubCat5000

¥HubCat5500

Refer to the How to Manage Your Network with SPECTRUM guide for modeling instructions.

Introduction

Cisco Catalyst 5000/5500 Hub

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