Cabletron Systems 9A000 manual Switch Hardware, Chapter

CHAPTER 3

Switch Hardware

Cabletron Systems offers a full line of ATM products that work together to provide a complete ATM network solution. The Cabletron SFCS-200WG ATM switch provide high-performance ATM connectivity for LAN workgroup and desktop applications. The SFCS-200BX ATM switch and the SFCS-1000 ATM switch offer high reliability and port density for LAN backbone and LAN/ WAN internetworking applications. Together with the Cabletron series of ATM LAN and WAN Network Modules, these switches meet the networking demands of today’s distributed, time-critical applications.

All of the Cabletron ATM switches deliver high-performance switching capacity and speed for ATM applications. A non-blocking switching capacity of 2.5 Gbps is continually available on the SFCS-200WG, and the SFCS-200BX. Each switch provides up to 4 ports of connectivity, each running at speeds up to 622 Mbps; or up to 16 ports, each running at speeds up to 155 Mbps; or up to 24 ports, each running at speeds up to 100 Mbps. The SFCS-1000 provides 10 Gbps of switching capacity for up to 16 ports of connectivity, each running at speeds up to 622 Mbps; or up to 64 ports, each running at speeds up to 155 Mbps; or up to 96 ports, each running at speeds up to 100 Mbps.

Wide-area network (WAN) connectivity is seamlessly integrated into the SFCS-200BX and the SFCS-1000 for connection to private networks or ATM SONET, DS3 and E3 services.

Interconnecting multiple Cabletron switches at various speeds is simple. Once a new Cabletron switch is added to the network, all other switches rec- ognize its presence and dynamically establish connections to ports on the new switch. Furthermore, scaling the network is accomplished without costly and time consuming address reconfiguration and LAN segmentation.

This chapter provides an overview of the Cabletron Systems’ family of ATM switches. It details the hardware requirements necessary to use these switches and also provides information on the contents of each of the switch packages.

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