Cisco Systems 8600 Series manual BPX Switch Major Groups

BPX Switch Major Groups

BPX Switch Major Groups

There are four major groups in the BPX switch. These are listed in Table 2-3.

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Common Core

Network Interface

Service Interface

Power Supplies

Table 2-3lists these groups and their components along with a brief description of each.

Table 2-3	BPX Switch Plug-In Card Summary
Card	Card Name	Where
	Common Core Group
BCC-32	Broadband Controller Card, operates with all versions of System	Front
	Software Rel. 7.0 and above, and requires 32 Mbyte RAM for 8.1
	and later software. For redundancy configuration, installed as a pair
	of BCC-32s. (System operation equivalent to BCC-3.)
BCC-bc	Back card (also known as LM-BCC) used only with the BCC-32.	Back
BCC-3	Broadband Controller Card, operates with 7.X software versions	Front
	7.2.84 and above, and with 8.X System Software versions 8.1.12
	and above. For redundancy configuration, installed as a pair of
	BCC-3s. (System operation equivalent to BCC-32.)
BCC-4	Broadband Controller Card, operates with 8.4 software and above.	Front
	For redundancy configuration, installed as a pair of BCC-4s.
	Provides 64 Mbyte of RAM and above. Supports 19.2 Gbps
	performance of BXM cards.
BCC-3-bc	Back card (also known as LM-BCC) used with BCC-3 or BCC-4.	Back
ASM	Alarm/Status Monitor Card.	Front
LM - ASM	Line Module - Alarm/Status Monitor.	Back
	Network Interface Group
BXM-T3/E3-8/12	T3/E3 card with 8 or 12 ports. Card is configured for use in either	Front
	network interface or service access (UNI) mode and with either a
	T3 or E3 interface.
BPX-T3/E3-8	Backcard for use with a BXM-T3/E3-8.	Back
BPX-T3/E3-12	Backcard for use with a BXM-T3/E3-12.	Back
BXM-155-4	BXM OC-3 cards with 4 or 8 OC-3/STM-1ports, respectively. Card	Front
BXM-155-8	is configured for use in either network interface or service access
	(UNI) mode.
MMF-155-4	Backcards for BXM-155-4.	Back
SMF-155-4
SMFLR-155-4
MMF-155-8	Backcards for BXM-155-8.	Back
SMF-155-8
SMFLR-155-8

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