Product specifications

Product Introduction 1-3
Features
Features
This section describes the features of the VNswitch 900FX. For further information,
refer to the VNswitch 900 Series Technical Overview.
Hot Swap
With hot-swapping capabilities, you can perform the following functions without
turning off the power:
• Install or remove the module from a DIGITAL MultiSwitch 900.
• Install or remove the MMI cards from the module.
Configuration and Management
The following configuration and management options are available:
• Auto-configuring at power-up.
• Support for up to 256 internal addresses for management and other purposes.
• Manageability via SNMP and the Command Line Interface (CLI) management
via Telnet or an attached terminal device, or both.
• Upgradeable device firmware (in nonvolatile flash memory) using TFTP with
clearVISN Flash Loader or in a DEChub ONE through the OBM port with any
TFTP server.
• A built-in SNMP management agent. It supports a comprehensive graphical user
interface (GUI), using the DIGITAL clearVISN MultiChassis Manager, that is
identical for both in-band and out-of-band management.
• Support for up to approximately 8,000 network addresses.
• Support for a Load/Dump/Management (LDM) port that allows upline dumps and
downline loads of operational images.
• User-configured rate limiting for broadcast and multicast packets by address and
specified protocol.
• Support for backplane LANs by allowing all ports to be directed (through
management software, such as the clearVISN MultiChassis Manager) to the
MultiSwitch 900 backplane.
• Usable with other VNswitch 900 modules to create various configurations
involving Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, FDDI, and ATM by connecting over the
400 Mb/s VNbus.