Cisco Systems 8600 Series manual New with Release, Continuing Features with Release, BPX Switch

New with Release 9.1

New with Release 9.1

BPX Switch

•Tag Switching with the BXM

•BME Multicasting

•Release 9.1 adds traffic shaping for BXM for UBR, VBR, and CBR per VC scheduling policies. This was previously supported for ABR only.

•Extended Services Processor (ESP) Release 2.2

—Support for SPVCs, including auto-grooming of SPVCs

—Dynamic resource partitioning for migration of PVCs to SPVCs

—Interworking with the LS1010 ATM switch to provide point-to-multipoint SVC connections. Continued ESP features that were available in Release 2.0 including:

—ATM switched virtual circuits (ATM SVCs)

—Frame Relay switched virtual circuits (Frame Relay SVCs)

—ESP redundancy

—Call billing and call detail records (for ATM, Frame Relay, and SVCs only)

MGX 8220

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IGX Switch

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MGX 8220, Rel. 4.1, supported

UXM adds native ATM trunks and ports (UNI)

Continuing Features with Release 9.1

The following is a list of previously provided features that are included in this release along with the new features previously listed:

Cisco StrataView Plus Network Management

•NMS enhancements including additional management and provisioning capabilities including support of IGX switch tiered network voice and data applications

•Support for 12 Cisco StrataView Plus workstations

•Multi-network Cisco StrataView Plus capability

•Frame relay connection and MGX 8220 equipment management by the Cisco StrataView Plus Connection Manager and Equipment Manager

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