Cabletron Systems 9E106-06 Manual De Usuario
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Chapter 3
Operation
The 9E106-06 module is a seven port device, six front panel ports, each
representing a separate Ethernet collision domain, and one backplane connection
to FNB-1 or FNB-2.
representing a separate Ethernet collision domain, and one backplane connection
to FNB-1 or FNB-2.
As shown in Figure 3-1, packets received through one of the six front panel
Ethernet ports and destined for another SmartSwitch 9000 module are translated
by the i960
Ethernet ports and destined for another SmartSwitch 9000 module are translated
by the i960
Switch Processor into a FDDI frame format and then sent to FNB-1 or
FNB-2.
Figure 3-1. Packet Flow
Six
Front
Panel
Ports
i960 Switch
Processor
Processor
Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet
SMB-1
SMB-10
DC/DC
Convertor
Convertor
System
Diagnostic
Controller
Diagnostic
Controller
FNB-1
or
FNB-2
or
FNB-2
Ethernet
i960 Core
Processor
Processor