Cabletron Systems 9W111-08 Manuale Utente

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Chapter 1
 
Introduction
 
The 9W111-08 WAN Router module, shown in Figure 1-1, is a eight port Wide 
Area Net router. Up to eight front panel network connections can be made to this 
module and they can be routed to any other port and to any other MMAC-Plus 
module via the FNB bus.
 
Features
 
Processor
 
The 9W111-08 is equipped with an advanced IDT R4600 Fourth Generation 64 bit 
RISC microprocessor. This microprocessor provides a platform for all 
management functions within a scalable RISC-based architecture.
 
System Management
 
The 9W111-08 provides an interface to the System Management Bus (SMB-1) for 
intermodule management.
 
Connectivity
 
The 9W111-08 provides eight front panel High Density WAN ports.
 
Routing
 
The 9W111-08 provides Routing between the front panel ports and/or to any 
other module in the chassis via FNB -1 or FNB -2 of the FNB bus. IEEE 802.1d 
Spanning Tree Protocol is supported in all bridging functions.