Vanguard Managed Solutions 7300 Series Benutzerhandbuch

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About Vanguard 7300

Vanguard 7300 Series products are highly scalable with Vanguard Managed 
Solutions-supplied option cards and half-size Mezzanine Cards. Currently Vanguard 
7300 Series products support these full-size cards:

• Processor Card (the Central Processor Unit (CPU)) 

- MPC750 - with a 10/100BaseT Ethernet port
- IBM750FX - with two 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet ports

• Carrier Expansion Card

• T1/E1/PRI Card with T1/E1/PRI Rear Transition Module

• T3/E3 ATM Card that includes:

- Standard Carrier Expansion Card 
- T3/E3 Rear Transition Module

• Serial Card with Serial Rear Transition Module

• Token Ring Card

Each of these cards occupies a full slot in a Vanguard 7300 chassis.

The Vanguard 7300 Series also supports the following half-size piggyback cards, 
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Mezzanine Cards, known as PMCs:

• 10/100BaseT Ethernet PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC)

• Voice PCI Mezzanine Card (a custom T1/E1/PRI card PMC)

• T3 ATM PCI Mezzanine Card (a custom T3 ATM card PMC)

• Advanced Encryption Card (AEC) 

A Vanguard 7300 PMC does not require a chassis slot, but mounts on top of one of 
the full-size Vanguard 7300 cards. The full-size card serves as the PMC’s host.

For example, a single 10/100 BaseT Ethernet PMC can be hosted by the Vanguard 
7300 CPU Card, or two 10/100 BaseT Ethernet PMCs can be hosted by the Carrier 
Expansion Card. The T1/E/1PRI Card’s Voice PMC can only be hosted by a 
Vanguard 7300’s T1/E1/PRI Card.

For a detailed description of Vanguard 7300 Series chassis and Vanguard Managed 
Solutions-supplied full-card/PMC combinations, refer to:

• Chapter 2, Vanguard 7300 Enclosures and Components 

• Chapter 3, Vanguard 7300 Installation

• Chapter 4, Operating Your Vanguard 7300

• Chapter 5, Modifying Your Vanguard 7300

• Chapter 6, Replacing Power Supplies and Cooling Fans

The following appendices and supplementary documentation are provided at the end 
of this manual:

• Appendix A, Specifications

• Appendix B, Vanguard 7300 Cable Connectors and Pinouts

• Appendix C, Vanguard 7300 Software License and Regulatory Information

• Vanguard 7300 Glossary of Terms

An index of the entire Vanguard 7300 Installation Manual is provided in the last 
pages of this manual.