Specifications

CONTENTS
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Cisco BPX 8600 Series Installation and Configuration
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001
Preface xxxv
Documentation CD-ROM xxxv
Audience xxxvi
Cisco WAN Switching Product Name Change xxxvi
Related Documentation xxxvi
Conventions xxxvii
CHAPTER 1 The BPX Switch: Functional Overview 1-1
The BPX 8600 Series 1-1
BPX 8620 1-2
BPX 8650 1-3
BPX 8680 1-4
BPX 8680-IP 1-4
New with Release 9.3 1-4
Discontinued 1-6
BPX Switch Operation 1-6
The BPX Switch with MGX 8220 Shelves 1-7
Multiprotocol Label Switching 1-7
Private Network to Network Interface (PNNI) 1-8
Virtual Private Networks 1-9
MPLS Virtual Private Networks 1-9
Frame Relay to ATM Interworking 1-10
Network Interworking 1-11
Service Interworking 1-12
Tiered Networks 1-13
Routing Hubs and Interface Shelves 1-13
BPX Switch Routing Hubs 1-14
BPX Routing Hubs in a Tiered Network 1-15
Tiered Network Implementation 1-16
Tier Network Definitions 1-17
Upgrades 1-17
Network Management 1-18