Lucent Technologies CBX 500 - Chapter 1 Overview; CBX 500 Product Description

CBX 500 Multiservice WAN Switch Hardware Installation Guide 4/5/031-1
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Overview
This chapter is an overview of the CBX 500 multiservice switch, and includes the
following topics:
• CBX 500 Product Description
• CBX 500 Features
• Hardware Component Descriptions
CBX 500 Product Description
The CBX 500 is a multiservice, high-capacity ATM switch (5 Gbps) that supports
ATM, Frame Relay, and IP switching at DS1/E1 through OC-12/STM-4 rates. In
addition to the standard ATM user interfaces, the CBX 500 provides fast
100-Mbps Ethernet IP and high-density DS3 and channelized DS3 Frame Relay/IP
interfaces.
The 16-slot, high-performance CBX 500 uses high port densities (up to 64,000 nodes
per network — up to 16K virtual circuits on OC interfaces), dedicated signal
processing, advanced distributed processing, and Virtual Network Navigator (VNN)
topology management. These features provide integrated access to the full range of
network-service offerings and support a virtually unlimited number of end users.
The CBX 500 multiservice switch extends Lucent’s family of WAN switches with the
capacity and throughput to support high-speed, multiservice network environments
and future growth and scalability.