Avaya 580 - Manual (Page 32)

1-8 User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.1
Chapter 1
3. Modules 11 and 12 remain turned off.
4. Module 13 is turned on.
5. Modules 14 through 17 remain turned off because all available power
is now consumed.
The M8000R-SUP Supervisor Module
Functions The M8000R-SUP supervisor module is responsible for learning addresses
and managing the address cache, as well as protocol management and
switch management.
The supervisor module is part of the path that some packets take through the
system.
Figure 1-2 illustrates a conceptual diagram of the supervisor module’s
functions.
Figure 1-2. Layer 3 Supervisor Conceptual Operation
Hardware Features Hardware features of the M8000R-SUP supervisor module are:
■
PowerPC 750 (RISC) processor
■
Memory: 4 MB Flash, 256 MB DRAM, 128 KB NVRAM, 512 KB
cache
■
Multiple memory configurations (see Table 1-1 )
Multilayer Supervisor Conceptual Diagram
High-
Speed
Access
To /
From
Switch
Fabric
Wirespeed Routing
in Hardware
Software-based
Routing
System
management
Routing Table and
Cache Management
Manage-
ment
Inter-
faces
High-speed
CPU