Nortel Networks 7400 - Manual (Page 43)

34 Passport 8100 Edge Switching Modules
Feature
50 Gbps forwarding performance
10, 6 or Central Office chassis, Central Office
chassis
384 10/100BaseTX ports, 128 100BaseFX ports, or 64
copper or Fibre Gigabit Ethernet ports
Redundant switch management
Sub-second switch Management fail-over
Redundant switch management / Switch Fabric
modules
Load-sharing Switch Fabric modules
Hot swap on all chassis components
IP addressable and configurable
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
snooping multicast support
Fully manageable and configurable with Command
Line Interface (CLI) or graphic user interface (GUI)
tools
Modular solution
Benefit
High capacity switching for high-density wiring
closets
Flexible solution series that can be deployed to meet
a variety of different needs and that grows with
your customer’s network
High density for large wiring closet applications
No single point of failure in the switch control plane
Prevents service and network management
interruption
No single point of failure in the switch control plane
No wasted modules idling in standby
Prevents network outages when adding or changing
modules
Simplifies management and operations
Flexible support for IP multicast applications
Simple, flexible and powerful network management
options
Fewer devices to manage than with "pileables" or
"stackables"; more flexibility in the wiring closet
Features and Benefits
Ordering Information
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