Technical Overview

 

 

 

 

SmartSwitch 9000

 

 

 

 

Backplane

 

 

 

DC/DC

48 Volt

 

 

 

Converter

 

 

 

 

Power Bus

 

 

i960

Diagnostic

SMB 1

 

 

Controller

 

 

 

Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Octal

 

Ethernet

SMB 10

 

Mac

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller

 

 

 

 

INB

A

 

 

 

ASIC

 

 

Smart

 

 

 

 

Switch

INB

I

 

 

Fabric

 

 

ASIC

N

Front

 

 

Octal

 

 

B

Panel

 

 

 

Ports

Mac

 

 

 

(24)

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

Octal

 

 

 

 

Mac

 

 

 

Figure 3-1. Block Diagram

System Management Buses

There are two management channels within the SmartSwitch 9000 system: the SMB-1 and the SMB-10. These buses provide out-of-band management and inter-module management communication.

3-2

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Cabletron Systems 9H532-24, 9H531-24, 9H533-24 manual System Management Buses, Technical Overview