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Cajun P550 Switch Overview

Switch Description

The Cajun P550 switch is a family member of Gigabit Ethernet switching products from Lucent Technologies Corporation, and supports:

❒More bandwidth

❒Elimination of bottlenecks

❒Better manageability

❒Routing

❒Dependable multimedia support

Hardware Overview

The P550’s hardware features includes:

❒Chassis

❒Modules

Chassis

The switching fabric is non-blocking and provides 22.88 Gbps switching throughput

(45.76 Gbps aggregate bandwidth). The chassis features include (Figure 1-1):

❒Seven slots (six payload slots)

❒Up to 288 10/100Base-TX ports (autosensing)

❒Up to 60 100Base-FX ports

❒Up to 24 gigabit-speed Ethernet ports

Cajun P550/P220 Switch Operation Guide

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