Operator`s manual
Table Of Contents
- RS 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide
- Notices
- Table of Contents
- 1 About This Guide
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Hardware Installation
- 3.1 Safety Considerations
- 3.2 Hardware Specifications
- 3.3 Installing the Hardware
- 3.3.1 Verifying Your Shipment
- 3.3.2 Installing the Chassis
- 3.3.3 Installing an AC Power Supply
- 3.3.4 Installing a DC Power Supply
- 3.3.5 Installing the Control Module
- 3.3.6 Installing the Switching Fabric Module (RS8600 only)
- 3.3.7 Installing Line Cards
- 3.3.8 Installing GBIC Modules into Line Cards
- 3.3.9 Installing ATM Physical Media Cards (PHYs)
- 3.3.10 Multi-rate WAN Line Card and WICs
- 3.3.11 SRP Line Cards and Bridge Mate Module
- 3.3.12 Installing SFP Transceivers
- 3.3.13 Attaching the Network Cables to Line Cards
- 4 Initial Configuration
- 4.1 Powering on the RS8000/8600
- 4.2 Starting the Command Line Interface
- 4.3 Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File
- 4.4 Setting the Basic System Information
- 4.5 Setting Up Passwords
- 4.6 Setting Up SNMP
- 4.7 Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address
- 4.8 Setting the SYSLOG Parameters
- 4.9 Using Redundant Control Modules
- 5 Managing Software
- Appendix A Troubleshooting
- Appendix B International SaFety Information
- Index

2-2 Riverstone Networks RS 8000/8600 Switch Router Getting Started Guide
Specifications Introduction
2.2 SPECIFICATIONS
The following table lists the basic hardware and software specifications for the RS 8000 and RS 8600.
Table 2-2 RS 8000/8600 specifications
Feature Specification
Throughput
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16-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric (RS 8000)
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32-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric (RS 8600)
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Up to 30 million packets-per-second routing throughput
(RS 8600)
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Up to 15 million packets-per-second routing throughput
(RS 8000)
Capacity
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Up to 250,000 routes
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Up to 2,000,000 layer-4 application flows (RS 8000)
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Up to 4,000,000 layer-4 application flows (RS 8600)
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400,000 layer-2 MAC addresses (RS 8000)
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800,000 layer-2 MAC addresses (RS 8600)
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4,096 Virtual LANs (VLANs)
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20,000 layer-2 security and access-control filters
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3 MB input/output buffering per Gigabit port
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1 MB input/output buffering per 10/100 port
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20 MB shared input/output buffering across WAN ports
on a WAN module
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32 MB input/output buffering per Packet Over
SONET/SDH OC-3c port
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64 MB input/output buffering per Packet Over
SONET/SDH OC-12c port
Media interface
protocols
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802.3 (10Base-T)
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802.3u (100Base-TX, 100Base-FX)
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802.3x (1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX)
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802.3z (1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX)
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DS-3/E-3 (ATM Multi-rate and Channelized)
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OC-3c (ATM Multi-rate and POS)
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OC-12c (POS)
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T1/E1 (WAN Multi-rate)
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T3 (Channelized)
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T3 Clear Channel
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E3 Clear Channel
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CMTS (DOCSIS 1.0, EuroDOCSIS 1.0)