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Customer Profile
Enterprises deploying:
• Enterprise wiring closets requiring high-density
edge switching capacity
• Customers who require a Layer 2 switch for
aggregation with either copper or fibre
• Customers using 100BASE-FX for desktop
connectivity or backbones
• Real-time and streaming applications
• IP Multicasting
• Internet Telephony
Service providers and carriers:
• Internal wiring closets requiring high-density
edge switching capacity
• Internal Layer 2 switching for aggregation with
either copper or fibre
• Connectivity where 100BASE-FX for desktop
connectivity is required
Vertical Markets:
• Finance
• Healthcare
• Manufacturing
• Education
Defining needs
• Do you plan to upgrade your existing wiring
closets from hubs to switching?
• Do you plan do migrate your network from ATM
or Token Ring to Ethernet?
• Is reliability critical to your business?
• Do you plan to unify your communications onto
one network?
• Do you plan to deploy Internet telephony?
• Do you plan to deploy videoconferencing on your
data network?
• Do you plan to deploy streaming audio or video
applications?
• Do you plan to deploy desktop-based instruction?
Typical Applications
• Desktop Switching
• Power User Group eg Graphic Workstations
• Wiring Closet aggregation
Key Points
• High Density Layer 2 switching
• Low Cost
• Advanced Features
• Redundancy
• Operational Simplicity
• Powerful Management
Passport 8100 Edge Switching Modules
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Passport 8100
Edge Switching Modules
Description
The Passport 8100 series Edge Switching modules deliver Layer 2 switching to the Passport 8000 platform.
Typically deployed in wiring closet applications, the Passport 8100 series Edge Switch modules are supported
in the Passport 8010, Passport 8006 and Passport 8010CO chassis. At least one Passport 8190 Switch
Management module is required per chassis. Two Passport 8190 Switch Management modules ensure
redundancy and sub-second fail over for maximum switch resilience. VLAN support and Layer 2 priority
marking offer customers flexibility and efficiency.