Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product BM 8270 IBM
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Fu l l y c o nf ig urab l e T o k en - R in g LAN s w it c h at a co mp e t it ive co s t IB M 8 2 7 0 N w a ys LAN S w i tc h F a mil y Highlights • Flexible enough to meet your exact needs • Lay.
A v ailab le UFCs incl ude: • 4-P or t T oken-R ing E nhanced UT P/S TP • 2-P or t T ok en-Rin g E nhanced Fi ber • 1 -P or t A TM T o k en-Rin g II MM F • MMS Client MMF • MSS Client SMF .
Added capacity and flexibility With the 8270 y o u ge t a dd e d c a p acity and flexibility at a low cost per port. The LAN sho wn i n Figu re 1 ha s p r ovi ded ex cel lent s ervice i n th is data en vi r on- ment .
Network and device management A ful l console int er f ace , access ib le us ing e ither a T el net i nterface or the se rial port (VT - 1 00 or VT - 1 00 emulator) on the fr ont p anel , can be used to conf igu re an d monitor the I BM 8270.
Excep t for consi der ations p er tai nin g to their number of feature slots and re dund ancy charac teri sti cs , the IBM 82 7 0 Mode l 600 is su itab le f o r us e in t he same envir onment s as the Model 800 .
IB M 82 70 Nw a ys LAN S witch F amily at a g lance continued Physical specifications continued 8270 M od e l 6 0 0 Wi dth: 44 0 mm (1 7 . 3 i n . ) D ep th: 305 m m (1 2 . 0 in .) H e i g ht: 1 33 mm (5 .2 in .) W eigh t: 1 0 kg (22 lb .) ful l y loa ded W eigh t: 7 kg (1 6 lb .
8270 UFCs at a glance 4-P o r t T oken-Ring Enhanced U T P/S TP Part number: 85H5092 Cabling: U TP/S TP v i a RJ-45 con necto rs Sup por ts T oken-R i n g ST P cabli ng and cat egory 3, 4 or 5 T oken-.
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