AAC-3®, AAC-2and CellSMART®

Common Modules (continued)

ALARM MODULE

Indicators: Critical, Major and Minor alarm indicators are viewable from the front

Alarm: ACO (Automatic Cut Off) button disables audible alarms

Configuration backup: Flash

SERVICE DATA MODULE (SDM)

System indicators: Critical, Major and Minor

SDM Indicators: SDM status and monitored traffic

Alarm: ACO (Automatic Cut Off) button disables audible alarms and ACO indicator

Configuration backup: 1 Mbyte non-volatile configuration on memory controlled by ISC module

Traffic monitoring: Monitors up to 512 VCs.

Maximum monitoring throughput: Monitors VCs with a maximum aggregate rate equivalent to bi-directional DS3 with 200-byte packets. Traffic greater than bi-directional DS3 is subject to discard.

Select Protocol Modules

See the PM/PLM compatibility matrix on page 3 for available Protocol and Physical Layer Module combinations

CELL PROTOCOL MODULE

Protocols supported: ATM UNI, SMDS SNI

Connections: 256 VPCs, 4096 VCCs or combinations thereof up to 4096 total connections

QoS categories: CBR, nrt-VBR and rt-VBR

Output queuing: Separate CBR and VBR output queues with traffic and congestion management capability. Total queue depth: 4700 cells

Maximum burst size: 32, 105, 210 or maximum cells

Cell emission scheduling: Per port for VBR traffic only or aggregate (CBR and VBR) traffic

Congestion management: Early packet discard (EPD) and 4 VBR priorities, CBR not subject to congestion, Partial Packet Discard (PPD)

ENHANCED SHAPING CELL PROTOCOL MODULE

Protocols supported: ATM UNI

Connections: 256 VPCs, 1023 VCCs or combinations of up to 1023 total connections, 94 VPLs

QoS categories: CBR, rt-VBR, nrt-VBR, UBR+, UBR

Output queuing: Total queue depth 128K cells, allocated between VCCs and VPCs

Cell emission scheduling: Per VC for all connections, nrt-VBR, UBR+ and UBR scheduled via a weighted-fair queuing (WFQ) mechanism

Congestion management: Partial and early packet discard (EPD) implemented per VC

QUAD CELL PROTOCOL MODULE

Protocols supported: ATM UNI, SMDS SNI

Connections: 256 VPCs, or 1024 VCCs or combinations of up to 1024 total connections

QoS categories: CBR, nrt-VBR and rt-VBR

Output queuing: Separate CBR & VBR output queues, with traffic and congestion management capabilities

Congestion management: Early packet discard (EPD) and 4 VBR priorities, CBR not subject to congestion, Partial Packet Discard (PPD)

PACKET PROTOCOL MODULE/QUAD PACKET PROTOCOL MODULE

Protocols supported: Frame Relay, ATM DXI, HDLC, PPP, SMDS DXI

Frame Relay connections:

Packet PM: 2048 VCCs (AAL5) or DLCIs

Quad Packet PM: 512 VCCs (AAL5) or DLCIs per port

Services supported: FRF.5, FRF.8 (1490 to 1483 translation) and FRLM

Congestion management: Partial and early packet discard (EPD) and 4 VBR priorities

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AAC-2TM, CELLSMART, AAC-3 specifications

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