Cabletron Systems 6500 - Manual (Page 19)

SmartSwitch 6500 User Guide 1-3
Introducing the SmartSwitch 6500 SmartSwitch 6500 Modules
Note The TSMs that support the CPU modules must reside in SmartSwitch 6C110
chassis slots seven (7) or eight (8).
1.1.4 Input/Output Modules (IOMs)
IOMs provide the physical ATM ports for the SmartSwitch 6500 and are mounted as daughter cards on the TSMs. The
TSMs of the SmartSwitch 6500 support a number of different I/O modules with a variety of interfaces and media types;
I/O modules are described in detail in Appendix A, "Specifications." Each TSM can support up to two I/O modules,
and each I/O module provides four physical ports (one physical port per OC-12 I/O module). This allows for a
maximum of eight ports per TSM, and a total of 64 ports for a SmartSwitch 6C110 chassis populated by the maximum
number of TSMs (eight TSMs).