Vanguard Managed Solutions 7300 Series Serial Card and Rear Transition Module, Serial Protocols

Vanguard 7300 Cards

Serial Card and Rear Transition Module

Introduction	The Serial Card and its Serial Rear Transition Module support multi-protocol high-
	speed serial data communications. The Serial Card and transition module support up
	to eight channels of serial data. They are typically used for LAN/WAN networking
	and telecommunications applications. Like the T1/E1/PRI card, the two-part Serial
	Card shown in Figure 2-23occupies a single Vanguard 7300 chassis slot.

Serial Card	Serial Rear Transition Module
	Serial No.
	Location

Front Panel

Rear Panel

Serial No.

Location

Midplane

Figure 2-23. Serial Card and Transition Module Layout

Serial Card

Serial Protocols	The Serial Card supports synchronous applications such as HDLC, FR, X.25, SDLC,
Supported	LAPB, LAPD, ISDN, and PPP serial communication protocols.

Serial Card - Front The Serial Card front panel does not contain connectors. See Figure 2-24.This table

Panel and LEDs describes the two front panel LEDs that provide diagnostic information:

LED	Color	Indication
EXT - Hot Swap LED	Blue	Not Implemented
PWR - Power LED	Green	ON when +5V is supplied

Figure 2-24. Serial Card - Front View

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