Allied Telesis AT-SBX3165 User Manual

Chapter 1: Overview

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The AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card provides two functions: the 
central switching fabric between all the Ethernet line cards and the central 
controller for management and control of the chassis. 

One AT-SBx31CFC supports up to 200 Gbps of bidirectional 
Ethernet traffic. When two AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Cards are 
installed, the switching load of the network traffic is shared between 
the switching fabric circuitry on each of the line cards resulting in a 
potential system throughput of 400 Gbps. 

The Switchblade x3112 Management Software resides on the 

 

AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card which monitors and configures the line 
cards via the controller circuitry. Either one or two AT-SBx31CFC Fabric 
Control Cards may be installed yielding a non-redundant or redundant 
controller configuration respectively.

Figure 4  AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card

The AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card can only be installed in slots 
4 or 5 of the AT-SBx3112 Chassis. 

The CLI mnemonic for the AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card in the 
Switchblade x3112 Management Software is “CFC200”.

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