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4.8 ATM WAN Module

The ATM WAN Module is a single-slot WAN concentrator module that has the following characteristics:

Provides wide-area access to campus ATM networks at speeds ranging from E3 (34.368 Mbps) to OC3/STM-1 (155.520 Mbps), when the bandwidth management capabilities of an external ATM WAN switch are not desired.

Supports switch-to-switch and switch-to-server connections at speeds up to OC3/STM-1.

Interfaces directly to the circuit installed by your service provider.

Supports both UNI and NNI.

Supports reserved bandwidth (RB) service (QOS class 1 under UNI 3.0).

Is hot-pluggable in any available slot in the 8285 Expansion Chassis.

Supports both internal and external clocking.

Up to 3 ATM WAN Modules can be supported in the 8285 Expansion Chassis, providing up to 6 ATM WAN ports.

Features four standard interfaces:

Two backplane interfaces:

-An ATM backplane interface, which enables both data and control flows to the switch-on-a-chip and the 8285 ATM Control Point, respectively.

-A standard tri-channel interface, which provides power and other control signals.

Two I/O interfaces, which enable the attachment of any combination of the following I/O cards:

-1-port E3 I/O card (E3: 34.368 Mbps) BNC interface

-1-port DS3 I/O card (DS-3/T3: 44.736 Mbps) BNC interface

-1-port OC3 I/O card (SMF) (OC3: 155.520 Mbps) SC interface

-1-port OC3 I/O card (MMF) (OC3: 155.520 Mbps) SC interface

-1-port STM1 I/O card (SMF) (STM-1: 155.520 Mbps) SC interface

-1-port STM1 I/O card (MMF) (STM-1: 155.520 Mbps) SC interface

For each of these cards, the receive port is the left one, and the transmit port is the right one.

4.8.1 A02 WAN ATM Physical Interface Supported

The following table lists the ATM physical interfaces with WAN module interfaces supported:

Table 6 (Page 1 of 2). ATM Physical Interface Support

Layer

Rate (Mbps)

Cable

Coding

A02 WAN

 

 

 

 

Support

 

 

 

 

 

OC-48

2488

SMF

STS-48

No

 

 

 

 

 

OC-24

1244

SMF

STS-24

No

 

 

 

 

 

OC-12

622.08

SMF

STS-12c

No

 

 

 

 

 

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