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Alcatel’s Omni Switch/Router Fast Ethernet modules can be used to connect networks with 
100 Mbps workstations or as a network backbone.

The following Omni Switch/Router Fast Ethernet modules are available:

•

ESX-K-100FM/FS-16W

Advanced switching module with sixteen (16) Fast Ethernet (100 
Mbps) backbone connections using 

MT-RJ

 ports.

This module is described and illustrated in the following sections.

The 

ESX-K-100FM/FS-16W

 Omni Switch/Router Fast Ethernet switching module has sixteen (16) 

fiber 

MT-RJ

 ports that each support a fully-switched 100 Mbps connection in full-duplex mode. 

This module provides high-speed backbone connectivity. It also supports backbone features 
such as 802.1q and OmniChannel. Each port uses the full 100 Mbps of bandwidth in each 
direction (see ESX-K-100FM/FS-16W Technical Specifications on page 3-20). The single mode 
version is referred to as the 

ESX-K-100FS-16W; 

the multimode version is referred to as the 

ESX-

K-100FM-16W.

 Multimode and single mode connectors are differentiated by color: multimode 

connectors are black and single mode connectors are blue.

♦ Note ♦

If your network currently uses 

SC

 connectors, you can 

order 

MT-RJ

-to-

SC

 cables from 

Alcatel.

The 

MT-RJ

 fiber port supports full-duplex operation. You can configure half-duplex mode on 

each port through 

. An additional software command, 

, allows you to view 

the current line speed and link mode of each port connection. The 

 and 

 

commands are described in Chapter 15, “Managing Ethernet Modules.”

The 

ESX-K-100FM/FS-16W

 is best used as a backbone connection in networks where Fast Ether-

net is used as the backbone media. Each 100Base-Fx port may also connect to a single high-
traffic device, such as a mail or file server.

The 

ESX-K-100FM/FS-16W

 takes advantage of new Gigabit Ethernet/Fast Ethernet 

ASIC

 technol-

ogy known as “Kodiak.” This module has provides 4 priority levels and 256 queues per 
Kodiak 

ASIC

.

♦ Note ♦

Kodiak-based modules support up to 4 levels of prior-
ity (0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7). This is not compatible with the 
implementation of 

VLAN

 priority of Mammoth-based 

modules. Kodiak based priority 

VLANs

 can only be 

used with other Kodiak based priority 

VLANs

.

With the optional 

HRE-X

 you can increase routing performance to 1.5 million packets per 

second per module and up to 12 Mpps in a fully-loaded 9-slot chassis.