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APPENDIX A

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATX

A.1 PACKET PROCESSING ENGINE

Dual AMD 29000 RISC processors

4 MB FLASH memory

8 MB main memory

2 MB shared memory

128 KB conﬁguration memory

1.6 Gbps internal bandwidth

A.2 STANDARDS COMPLIANCE

A.2.1 Protocols

• ANSI FDDI X3T9.5 (SMT 7.3/MAC-2)

• IEEE 802.1d, 802.2, 802.3, 802.5, 802.5m

• RFCs for IP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, PPP, RARP, Proxy ARP, RIP, IP

packet fragmentation (791), MIB II (1213), SNMP

A.2.2 Switching Modes

• Transparent Bridging, 802.1D Spanning Tree (Ethernet, Token

Ring, FDDI, HSSI)

• Source Routing (Token Ring), IBM Spanning Tree

• Source Routing Transparent (Token Ring, FDDI, HSSI)

• Token Ring Translations (IP, IPX, AppleTalk, NetBios, SNA)

• Source Route Translational Bridging