User`s guide
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Introduction
Figure 1-13. Trunk Connections
Trunk Groups
Each set of connections between ATXs is called a trunk group. You
can configure several trunk groups to interconnect your ATXs.
Each ATX can have up to eight trunk groups. Each trunk group can
include up to eight ports. For example, you could have four trunk
groups of six ports each or three trunk groups of eight ports each.
In the example shown in Figure 1-14, if you have three ATXs (A, B,
and C), you could connect them using a single Ethernet segment.
However, that would limit the interconnection to 10 Mbps.
10BASE-T Crossover Cables
(providing 40 Mbps of bandwidth)
ATX
ATX
POWER STATUS
ENGINE STATUS
TURBO STATUS
SUPPLY A
SUPPLY B
1.6 Gbps
RESET
PACKET PROCESSING ENGINE
NMS PORT
POWER
FastNET ATX
TM
OFFLINE
PROC
PWR
OCTAL IEEE 802.3 / ETHERNET 10BASE-T
3X 4X 5X 6X 7X 8X2X1X
SEGMENT
LINK
ACT
COL
12345678
OFFLINE
RING 1
RX ST
RING 2
RX ST
RING 3
RX ST
RING 4
RX ST PROC
TX 16 TX 16 TX 16 TX 16 PWR
QUAD IEEE 802.5 TOKEN RING (UTP)
OFFLINE
RX
LK
TX
QUAD FAST ETHERNET / 802.3 100BASE-FX
TX RX
SEGMENT 4SEGMENT 3SEGMENT 2 SEGMENT 1
RX
LK
TX
RX
LK
TX
RX
LK
TX
PROC
PWR
TX RX TX RX TX RX
OFFLINE
TX PWR
INTELLIGENT FDDI
RING A
RING B
THRU
WRAP
RX
PROC
FDDI MIC A FDDI MIC BOPTICAL BYPASS
MULTI-MODE MULTI-MODE
OFFLINE
PROCRX
TX PWR
QUAD IEEE 802.3 / ETHERNET 10BASE2
SEGMENT 4SEGMENT 3SEGMENT 2 SEGMENT 1
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
OFFLINE
PROCRX
TX
PWR
QUAD IEEE 802.3 / ETHERNET 10BASE2
SEGMENT 4SEGMENT 3SEGMENT 2 SEGMENT 1
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
POWER STATUS
ENGINE STATUS
TURBO STATUS
SUPPLY A
SUPPLY B
1.6 Gbps
RESET
PACKET PROCESSING ENGINE
NMS PORT
POWER
FastNET ATX
TM
OFFLINE
PROC
PWR
OCTAL IEEE 802.3 / ETHERNET 10BASE-T
3X 4X 5X 6X 7X 8X2X1X
SEGMENT
LINK
ACT
COL
12345678
OFFLINE
RING 1
RX ST
RING 2
RX ST
RING 3
RX ST
RING 4
RX ST PROC
TX 16 TX 16 TX 16 TX 16 PWR
QUAD IEEE 802.5 TOKEN RING (UTP)
OFFLINE
RX
LK
TX
QUAD FAST ETHERNET / 802.3 100BASE-FX
TX RX
SEGMENT 4SEGMENT 3SEGMENT 2 SEGMENT 1
RX
LK
TX
RX
LK
TX
RX
LK
TX
PROC
PWR
TX RX TX RX TX RX
OFFLINE
TX PWR
INTELLIGENT FDDI
RING A
RING B
THRU
WRAP
RX
PROC
FDDI MIC A FDDI MIC BOPTICAL BYPASS
MULTI-MODE MULTI-MODE
OFFLINE
PROCRX
TX
PWR
QUAD IEEE 802.3 / ETHERNET 10BASE2
SEGMENT 4SEGMENT 3SEGMENT 2 SEGMENT 1
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
OFFLINE
PROCRX
TX
PWR
QUAD IEEE 802.3 / ETHERNET 10BASE2
SEGMENT 4SEGMENT 3SEGMENT 2 SEGMENT 1
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX