Nortel Networks 2700 User Manual

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Appendix A  Technical specifications  83
Nortel VPN Router Installation — VPN Router 2700 
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card
The 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card replaces the 10/100BASE-TX 
Ethernet card (see the previous section). This card provides 10/100/1000 Mbit/s 
Ethernet services and supports autonegotiation. The card supports the IEEE 
802.3ab standard and provides RJ-45/CAT 5 interconnection. It can operate in 
either full or half duplex mode at 10/100 Mbit/s, and in full duplex mode at 1 
Gbit/s. At 1 Gbit/s, autonegotiation must be used. 
The VPN Router 2600 only supports 10/100 Mbit/s operation for the 
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card. To ensure reliable speed/duplex operation 
on these platforms, Nortel recommends that both the interface and the attached 
devices are hard-coded to the appropriate matching 10/100 speed and duplex 
settings.
The 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card supports 10/100/1000 Mbit/s 
operation in the VPN Router 2700/2750.
For the 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card to be recognized by the 
system, the minimum required VPN Router operating software is:
5.05.330
6.05.140 and all subsequent versions
7.00.062
7.05.100 and all subsequent versions (FIPS branch)
7.05.300 and all subsequent versions
The 1000 GT card does not replace the high-performance 1000BASE-T 1000 MT 
card (see the following section). 
The following figure shows the 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface 
full-height card for VPN Router.
Note: The 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card can only 
operate at 10/100 Mbit/s on the VPN Router 2600.