Cabletron Systems 5500 - Manual (Page 16)

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Chapter 1
Introduction
What Is in This Chapter
This chapter introduces the SPECTRUM management module for the Cisco
Catalyst 5000/5500 Hubs. It describes the following:
¥ The Cisco Catalyst 5000/5500 Hubs
¥ SPECTRUM Model Type
- Accessing SPECTRUM Views
¥ SPECTRUM Views Roadmap
The Cisco Catalyst 5000/5500 Hubs
The Cisco Catalyst 5000 is a Þve slot chassis that provides Copper Distributed
Data Interface/multilevel transmission (CDDI/MLT-3) and single/multimode
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) connectivity. The Cisco Catalyst
provides bridging and routing capabilities in a Virtual Local Area Networking
(VLAN) environment. Its architecture supports switched connections to the
following media:
¥ 10BaseT and 100BaseT (Fast Ethernet)
¥ 4/16 Mbps Token Ring
¥ Copper Distributed Data Interface/Fiber Distributed Data Interface
¥ Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
The architecture for the 5000 also supports backbone connections for
100BaseT, CDDI/FDDI, and ATM.