3com 8814 User Manual

The Switch Fabric serves as the core of the Switch 8800 Family.The following fabric 
models are available to the Switch 8800 Family:

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3C17508 - 3Com Switch 8800 360 Gbps Fabric

■

3C17539 - 3Com Switch 8800 720 Gbps Fabric

These fabric modules provide:

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Route calculating and forwarding table maintenance.

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Integrating Crossbar switching fabric to accomplish service exchange between 
different boards.

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System configuration and monitoring functions, which allows the system to 
monitor other boards and upgrade/reset service board software.

This model applies to the 3C17508. See Table 5 for its specifications.

On its panel, the 360 Gbps Switch Fabric provides a CF port, CF LED (CFS), 
10Base-T/100Base-TX port, RS232/485 port, Console port, AUX port, RESET 
button, I/O module status LEDs, and 360 Gbps Switch Fabric status LEDs (SFS, 
ACT, ALM, RUN) in turn, as shown in Figure 10.

Table 4   LEDs on fan tray panel

RUN 

Green 

OFF 

The fan tray is faulty. 

ON 

The fan tray is operating normally. 

ALM 

Red 

OFF 

The fan tray is operating normally. 

ON 

The fan tray is faulty.

Table 5   360 Gbps Switch Fabric specifications

CPU 

MPC755 

Boot ROM 

512 KB 

SDRAM 

512 MB (expandable to 1 GB) 

Physical dimensions (W x D)  366.7 x 340 mm (14.4 x 13.4 in.) 

Port 

One Console port, for local configuration management

 

One AUX port, for remote dialup configuration management

 

One 10Base-T/100Base-TX port, for software upgrade and 
network management

 

One RS232/485 port, for connecting external PoE power frame 
to provide the PoE function

 

One hot-swap-supported CF port 

Max power consumption 

60 W