Aren't all the Gigaswitches from DEC ATM backed anyway? (FDDI is an
emulation on an OC3/12 card slot?) That's what the DEC literature seemed
to say when I perused it last.
Not. Gigaswitch is a crossbar-based _packet_ switch. I recall reading
fairly comprehensive article on its internals. Most likely it is still
available from somewhere on Internet.
If i understand correctly, its ATM interfaces do packet shredding/reassembly.
--vadim
Vadim Antonov writes:
Not. Gigaswitch is a crossbar-based _packet_ switch. I recall reading
fairly comprehensive article on its internals. Most likely it is still
available from somewhere on Internet.If i understand correctly, its ATM interfaces do packet shredding/reassembly.
There are two different gigaswitches, the Gigaswitch/FDDI and the
Gigaswitch/ATM. They are dissimilar internally and as far as I can
tell share little more than the name.