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Cajun A500 ATM Switch Overview

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Cajun A500 ATM Switch User Guide

Product Features

The Cajun A500 supports the following capabilities:

U High-density, 8-port, 155 Mbps single-mode, multi-mode, and UTP OC-3c and 

2-port, 622 Mbps single-mode and multi-mode OC-12c ATM interface modules.

U Non-blocking wire speed throughput on all ports simultaneously.

U Redundant power and cooling and interface module hot swap.

U ATM UNI V 3.0, 3.1 signaling for both switched point-to-point and multi-point 

Virtual Channel Connections (VCCs). Also permanent VCCs and Soft Permanent 

Virtual Circuits (SPVCs) are supported.

U ILMI (Integrated Local Management Interface) to enable ATM endstations and the 

Cajun A500 to exchange ATM addressing and User Network Interface (UNI) 

version information.

U Interim Inter-Switch Protocol (IISP) for standards-based static routing between 

ATM switches.

U Partial Packet Discard (PPD) and Early Packet Discard (EPD) congestion 

management for AAL5 flows. These work in conjunction with each other and both 

must be enabled to function correctly. The PPD works on a switch-wide basis, while 

the EPD works as a per port parameter.

U Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support for management. In-band 

and out-band communications to manage a network of Cajun A500s.

U Modem support.

U Connection Admission Control (CAC) for supporting traffic belonging to different 

Quality of Service (QoS) classes and queues.

U Network-wide clock synchronization.

U Static Route Distribution to lessen the need for manual configurations.

Release 3.0 offers the following additional features to the Cajun A500 system:

U ATM Forum Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI)

U ATM Forum UNI 4.0 Signaling and QoS.

U T3/E3 Physical Layer Interface Support (four Ports T3/E3, four Ports OC-3c)

U In Band (Static IP) Based Management

U Non-zero VPI signaling and routing

U Embedded Web Interface

U PPP Dial Up