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Conference npss::gigaswitch

Title:GIGAswitch
Notice:GIGAswitch/FDDI Jan 97 BL3.1 914.0 documentation 412.1ion 412.1
Moderator:NPSS::MDLYONS
Created:Wed Jul 29 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:995
Total number of notes:4519

690.0. "E3 availability" by DECPRG::KUPKA () Thu Mar 28 1996 11:52

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690.1NPSS::MDLYONSMichael D. Lyons DTN 226-6943Thu Mar 28 1996 12:081
690.2exNPSS::DOWELLThu May 09 1996 20:027
690.3Uni-Geneva + ObservatoryLEMAN::CHEVAUXPatrick Chevaux @GEO, DTN 821-4150Fri May 10 1996 04:348
690.4E3 now actually available on CHEFS::PADDICKMichael Paddick - BRS Bristol, UKTue May 06 1997 13:045
    I may be well behind the times here, but is E3 now available actually 
    for the GIGAswitch/FDDI, and is it a case of ordering an E3 PMD for 
    the AGL-2+ card.
    
    Meic.
690.5NPSS::MDLYONSMichael D. Lyons DTN 226-6943Tue May 06 1997 14:2557
        Yes to all questions...  For some reason, they don't seem to have
    put this information in a Sales Update article, although it's been
    available for some time.
    
        The following information is from one of the GIGAswitch/FDDI
    technical data web pages (note that E1 is *NOT* supported on the
    GIGAswitch/FDDI platform) - there is some scant mention of the
    supported AGL modPHYs in the BL3.1 release notes in the problems and
    restrictions section:
    




                        ATM modPHY Cards
          Customer Installable Media Interface Modules
    
    The ATM modPHY cards allow the exchange of data between
    different ATM systems using particular Physical Layer (PHY)
    types.  ATM modPHY cards provide the media-specific portion
    of an ATM interface to support ATM connectivity across
    multiple platforms for different media types at speeds up to
    155.52 Mb/s. 

    The host system provides the power, initialization, and
    control for the modPHY card.  The modPHY card is used with an
    ATM segmentation and reassembly (SAR) or cell-switching line
    card.

    ATM modPHY cards are optional single-port daughter cards that:

    . Provide a customer-installable, field-replaceable module
    . Provide front insertion, hotswapping capabilities, and FLOWmaster 
      flow control if supported by the host system
    . Support cabling and connectors for:
      - STS-3c (155 Mb/s) multimode fiber (MMF), DAGGM-AA
      - STS-3c (155 Mb/s) single-mode fiber (SMF), DAGGS-AA
      - STS-3c (155 Mb/s) unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) or
        STS-3c (155 Mb/s) screened twisted-pair (ScTP), DAGGU-AA
      - T3 (44 Mb/s) coaxial, DAGGT-AA
      - E3 (34 Mb/s) coaxial, DAGGE-AA
      - E1 (2 Mbps) short reach UTP, DAGE1-AA 
      - T1 (1.54 Mbps), DAGT1-AA

    Hosts which use modPHY cards include:

      VMswitch 900
      ATMswitch 900
      GIGAswitch/ATM
      GIGAswitch/FDDI
      DECNIS 600 Router

    Reference the host's firmware release notes to ascertain
    which media options are currently supported by a host system.