Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions 6800 User Manual

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OS6624/6648 Architecture
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OmniSwitch Troubleshooting Guide
September 2005
Hardware Architectural Overview
OS6600 uses off the shelf Intel ASIC. Intel IXE2424 Switching ASIC is used to implement the required 
functionality. 
The key features of Intel IXE2424 are:
• Provides 24 10/100 FE ports and 4 GE ports.
• L2 and L3 switching
• Integrated FE and GE Macs
• L2/L3/L4 Prioritization16K MAC, 16K IP, 8K IPX, 4K VLAN Tables, IEEE 802.1s
• Multiple Spanning Tree IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol
 
 
 
Packet 
Data 
Path  
Switching/Routi
ng Engine 
Queuing  
Engine 
CPU 
Interface 
4 X 
Gigabit 
MACs
24 
10/100 
MACs
 
 
 
4 MB 
Packet 
Storage 
External SSRAM for 
Address Tables 
10/100 
PHYs 
Gig 
PHYs 
Intel ASIC IXE 2424 Block Diagram 
PCI Complaint CPU 
Interface