xxvi Cisco BPX 8600 Series Reference
Organization
Organization
This publication is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Describes the overall operation of the BPX 8600 Series wide-area switches
and associated peripherals.
Chapter 2 General Description
Provides an overall physical and functional description of the BPX switch.
The physical description includes the BPX enclosure, power, and cooling
subsystems. The functional description includes an overview of BPX switch
operation.
Chapter 3 BPX Switch Common Core
Describes the common core group, comprising the Broadband Controller
Cards (BCCs), the Alarm/Status Monitor (ASM) card, associated backcards,
and the StrataBus backplane.
Chapter 4 Network Interface (Trunk) Cards
Describes the BPX switch network interface (trunk) cards, including the
Broadband Network Interface (BNI) and associated backcards. The BXM
card trunk operation is briefly described in this chapter with additional
information provided in Chapter 6.
Chapter 5 Service Interface (Line) Cards
This chapter contains a description of the BPX service interface (line) cards,
including the ATM Service Interface (ASI) and associated backcards. The
BXM card service (port UNI) operation is briefly described in this chapter
with additional information provided in Chapter 6.
Chapter 6 BXM T3/E3, 155, and 622
Describes the BXM card group which includes the BXM-T3/E3, BXM-155,
and BXM-622 card sets. Describes the operation of these cards in either
trunk or service (port UNI) mode.
Chapter 7 ATM Connections
Describes how ATM connection services are established by adding ATM
connections between ATM service interface ports in the network using ATM
standard UNI 3.1 and Traffic Management 4.0. It describes BXM and ASI
card operation and summarizes ATM connection parameter configuration.
Chapter 8 ATM and Frame Relay SVCs, and SPVCs
Provides a summary of switched virtual circuits and soft permanent virtual
circuits with respect to the BPX switch and co-located Extended Services
Processor. For additional information, refer to the Cisco WAN Service Node
Extended Processor Installation and Operation Release 2.2 document.
