Accelar 1000/8000 Product Introduction and Overview

Unit 1

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Unit 1 Objectives
After completing this unit, you will be able to do the following:

Describe the Accelar 1000 and 8600 routing switch product

families and the evolution of the technologies that comprise their architectures.

Describe the intended positioning of the various models of the

Accelar routing switch product families in an Enterprise Network

Compare and contrast the features and technologies of the

Accelar 1000 and 8600 routing switch product families

Describe the software and hardware requirements of the

Accelar 1000 series routing switch product family
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Unit 1 Objectives
After completing this unit, you will be able to do the following:

Describe the configuration flexibility of the Accelar

routing switch product families

Compare and contrast the Quality of Service features

between the Accelar 1000 and 8600 routing switch product families

Describe the chassis and modules that comprise the

Accelar routing switch product families

Describe the management software features of the

Accelar routing switch product families

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Accelar Product Evolution

Risers Risers
Routing Switch

Traditional Switch
Gigabit Gigabit

Traditional Router

Traditional Router

WAN

WAN

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Accelar Routing Switch Product Positioning

Remote Campus

ISP

WAN

Traditional Frame Router

Accelar 1000/8000 Routing Switches

Accelar 700

Meridian PBX

Server Farm
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Accelar Routing Switch Features

Small Campus Core Wirespeed Routing 10/100/1000 Options AXC Technology XD Gigabit Ethernet Redundant MLT 802.1Q/p Optivity Manageable RMON Up to 32 10/100 Ports Up to 8 Gig Ports
Medium Campus Core Wirespeed Routing 10/100/1000 Options AXC Technology XD Gigabit Ethernet Redundant MLT 802.1Q/p Optivity Manageable RMON Up to 96 10/100 Ports Up to 12 Gig Ports Modular Chassis Added Resilience Large Campus Core Wirespeed Routing 10/100/1000 Options AXC Technology XD Gigabit Ethernet Redundant MLT 802.1Q/p Optivity Manageable RMON Up to 384 10/100 Ports Up to 128 Gig Ports Modular Chassis Added Resilience PoS High Density Core ATM
Expanded QoS Greater Scalability

Accelar 1100/1150

Accelar 1200

Accelar 8000 Core

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Feature Comparison: Accelar 1000 & 8600 Series

The following table summarizes the major features of the Accelar routing switch product line, and compares these key features between the Accelar 1000 series and the Accelar 8600 series:
Feature Forwarding Rate: Max. 10/100 UTP ports per chassis: Max. 100BASE-FX ports per chassis: Max. Gig. Ports per chasssis: Maximum VLANs supported: Max. MultiLink Trunks per chassis: PCMCIA flash Memory: Accelar 1000 7 Million PPS 96 96 12 124 8 trunks w/ 4 ports per trunk 4MB fixed Accelar 8600 Up to 100 Million PPS 384 192 64 2014 32 trunks w/ 8 ports per trunk ATA-compliant; available in many sizes (4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, etc.) 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet port; RS-232C console & modem ports supporting CLI & PPP 8
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Out-of-band management:

10BASE-T Ethernet port; RS-232C console & modem ports supporting CLI only 2

Output queues per port:

Accelar 1000 Series Required Hardware and Software Revisions

Feature MLT VRRP - 4 VRIDs VRRP - 254 VRIDs Management Access Policies IP Subnet-based VLANs IGMPv1 - L2 Snooping IGMPv2 - L2 Snooping IGMPv1 - Routing IGMPv2 - Routing DVMRP IP Prefix-based Flow Filters RIP and OSPF Policies OSPF NSSA OSPF MD5 IPX Routing X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ARU2 & v1.3 -A X X SW 1.3.1 1.3.1 X X -B ARU3 & V2.0 SW

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Accelar Flexibility

1. Out of the box, it is a FAST Layer 2 switch

2. Configure it to route on all ports

3. Configure it to route and /or switch on any port

VLAN

VLAN

VLAN

VLAN

4. Create VLANs by policy or by port

5. Route between VLANs with simple software configuration

6. Or any configuration that suits your needs

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Routing Legacy Protocols with the Accelar

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Accelar Routing Switch Quality of Service (QoS) Features

Optivity Policy Services and Management

Accelar 8000 Routing Switch

Server Farm

Policy Server communicates filter and queuing rules using Common Open Policy Services End Station can set 802.1p or DSCP field Routing Switch policies, shapes and forwards classified frames

Server Switch ensures most appropriate server used, depending on loads and response times

Accelar 700 Server Switch Routing Switch validates using policy server and sets/resets DSCP using Accelar eXpress Classification

Accelar 1000 Routing Switch

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QoS Features and Characteristics Specific to Accelar 1000 Series

Ingress AXC Classification Criteria:
Source MAC address Source / destination IP address TCP/UDP port numbers IEEE 802.1p bits IP ToS precedence bits Ingress port Ingress VLAN (port- and protocol-based only)

Egress Actions:
Prioritize Set DSCP Forward the frame Drop the frame Mirror the frame to another monitoring port
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QoS Features and Characteristics Specific to Accelar 8600 Series

Ingress AXC Classification Criteria:
Source / destination MAC address Source / destination IP address TCP / UDP port numbers IEEE 802.1p bits DSCP Ingress port Ingress VLAN (port- and protocol-based only)

Egress Actions:
Prioritize Police Set DSCP Set IEEE 802.1p bits Forward the frame Drop the frame Mirror the frame to another monitoring port

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The Accelar 1200

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The Accelar 1100/1100R and 1150/1150R

The Accelar 1100/1100R

The Accelar 1150/1150R

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Silicon Switch Fabric (SSF) Module

XLR1298SF CPU / Switch Fabric Module Front Panel

1298SF CPU / Switch Fabric Module LEDs

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The PCMCIA Slot and Console Port of the XLR1298SF

PCMCIA Slot

Console Port

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10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX Interfaces

XLR1216TX 16-Port 10/100BASE-TX Module

XLR1108TX 8-Port 10/100BASE-TX Module

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100BASE-FX Interfaces
XLR1208FX 8-Port 100BASE-FX Module

XLR1216FX 16-Port 100BASE-FX Module

XLR1216TF 14-Port 10/100BASE-TX / 2-Port 100BASE-FX Module

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100BASE-FX Interfaces

XLR1104FX 4-Port 100BASE-FX Module

XLR1108FX 8-Port 100BASE-FX Module

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Accelar 1100 & 1200 Gigabit Interfaces

XLR1202SX / XLR1202LX / XLR1202XD 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Module

XLR1202SR / XLR1202LR 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Module w/ LinkSafe

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Accelar 1100 & 1200 Gigabit Interfaces

XLR1102SX / XLR1102LX / XLR1102XD 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Module

XLR1102SR / XLR1102LR 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Module w/ LinkSafe

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Accelar 8010 and 8006 Chassis

Accelar 8010 Chassis

Accelar 8006 Chassis

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Accelar 8690SF CPU/Switch Fabric Module

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Accelar 8624FX 100BASE-FX Ethernet I/O Module

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Accelar 8608SX 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet I/O Module

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Accelar 8608GB GBIC Gigabit Ethernet I/O Module

GBIC

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Management Options
Boot Monitor Command Line Interface (CLI)
Runtime Command Line Interface (CLI) Device Manager

VLAN Manager
Web-based management

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Boot Monitor
monitor> ? boot choices copy delete devices directory flags format help history ip log ping recover reset save show squeeze tests tftp trace quit ? boot an image from a device change boot order copy file to device delete file from device enable/disable boot devices list files on device change boot flags format device enter help <command> for additional information. list command history change ip address information system log file information ping an ip address on a network recover deleted files on a device reset the system save changes to boot configuration display boot configuration reclaim deleted file space on a device enable/disable device boot-up tests change tftp server information system trace file information quit menu and boot enter help <command> for additional information.

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Runtime Command Line Interface (CLI)

back, box, cli, cwc, pwc, telnet, top,
boot, reset, sys copy, delete, directory, format, log, recover, save,
squeeze

port, stg, vlan arp, dhcp, ospf, rip, route, traceroute

exit, help, ?, history, login, logout, ping, quit, show, test,

trace

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Device Manager

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VLAN Manager

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WEB Based Management

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Unit 1 Summary
In this unit, you learned how to do the following:
The Accelar routing switch has evolved the concept of Ethernet
routing from general-purpose processors and software-based systems to specialized, custom ASIC hardware that provides dramatic increases in bandwidth, throughput, and features

The Accelar routing switch excels as a core layer 2/3/4 switch as well
as a core IP/IPX router in many enterprise networking environments where high throughput, versatility, security, and robust redundancy is critical

The Accelar 1000 series of routing switches has robust redundancy

features, as well as excellent throughput, extensive VLAN support, and a variety of models

The Accelar 8600 series of routing switches has unparalleled

redundancy features, outstanding throughput, extensive VLAN support, extensive DiffServ and QoS support, and extremely high port density

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Unit 1 Summary
In this unit, you learned how to do the following:
The Accelar 1000 series of routing switches support various features
that are dependent upon the revision of hardware and software implemented in a particular configuration

The Accelar routing switch is extremely versatile, and can be

configured through software to provide any combination of switched VLANs, routed VLANS, and routed ports

The Accelar routing switch supports a variety of chassis models,

with a variety of I/O modules available that support 10BASET/100BASE-TX UTP, 100BASE-FX fiber, and all variations of Gigabit Ethernet

The Accelar routing switch can be managed in many different ways:

through console CLI; through Telnet CLI; through SNMP-based GUI tools, and through familiar web browsers both in- and out-of-band

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