Cajun P550R/P880/P882 Switch User Guide
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Introduction to the Cajun
P550R/P880/P882 Switch
Overview
The following information and procedures are provided in this
chapter:
■ Switch Description
■ Hardware Components
■ Software Features
■ Routing Overview
Switch Description
The Cajun P550R/P880/P882 switches are high performance
campus Gigabit Ethernet switch for LAN backbone applications.
These switches are the centerpiece for Avaya data, voice and
multimedia LANs. The P550R switching capacity ranges from
46Gbps in 50-series mode to 55Gbps in 80-series mode. The P880/
P882 switching capacity ranges from 56Gbps, in 50-series mode, to
139Gbps, in 80-series mode.
The switches support specific hardware components and various
software features.
The Cajun switches provide the following features:
■ Increased bandwidth
■ Elimination of bottlenecks
■ Better manageability
■ Routing
■ Dependable multimedia support
■ Redundant switch-switch trunks (link aggregation - Hunt-
Groups)