Table of Contents

Product Overview
Key Features and Benefits

AtmDirector

Specifications

CiscoView Management Software for the Cisco LightStream 1010

Ordering Information
Configuration Worksheets

Configuration Guidelines
Carrier Modules and Port Adapters
Example Orders
Configuration Worksheet
Ordering Information

Cisco LightStream 1010 — 5 Gbps Modular Switch

Product Overview

The Cisco LightStream 1010 is a 5 Gbps modular switch designed for use in either the workgroup or the campus, depending on the nature of the interfaces employed. The Cisco LightStream 1010 uses a five-slot, modular chassis featuring the option of dual, fault-tolerant, load-sharing power supplies.

The central slot in the Cisco LightStream 1010 is dedicated to a single, field-replaceable ATM switch processor module (ASP) that supports both the 5 Gbps shared memory, fully nonblocking switch fabric, together with its feature card, and the high-performance RISC processor that provides the central intelligence for the device. Uniquely, the ASP module feature card can also be upgraded in the field, allowing the switch to track changing ATM specifications. The remaining slots support up to four hot-swappable carrier modules (CAMs), each of which, in turn, can support up to two hot-swappable port adapter modules (PAMs), for a maximum of eight PAMs per switch, supporting a wide variety of desktop, backbone, and wide-area ATM interfaces.

The Cisco LightStream 1010 offers the sophistication and depth of functionality required for true ATM production deployment. Advanced traffic management mechanisms allow for the support of current, bursty, best-effort traffic, while also delivering the quality of service (QOS) guarantees required for the applications of the future. Available bit rate (ABR) congestion control support allows the Cisco LightStream 1010 to slow traffic sources before congestion becomes excessive, while support for the ATM Forum PNNI protocols allows networks of Cisco LightStream 1010s to scale to hundreds of nodes while still delivering interoperable, QOS-based routing. Value-added capabilities allow for ATM access lists and load sharing across redundant links. All of this sophistication is hidden, however, by the true standards-based, plug-and-play capabilities of the Cisco LightStream 1010, and advanced management functions allow for unprecedented levels of network visibility and control.

Key Features and Benefits

The Cisco LightStream 1010 switch includes the following standard features:

• Five-slot chassis (same dimensions as that of the Catalyst 5000) with ATM backplane and fan tray

• Optionally redundant, auto-sensing, load-sharing AC-input or DC-input power supplies

The Cisco LightStream 1010 uses two management tools: AtmDirector and CiscoView.

AtmDirector

Using underlying ATM network management protocols such as the Interim Local Management Interface (ILMI), as well as standard and Cisco-private ATM MIBs, Cisco Systems` AtmDirector management application simplifies the installation and administration of ATM in switched internetworks.

AtmDirector is a graphical, system-level ATM management application for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting a network of Cisco LightStream ATM switches and ATM-attached Cisco routers and Catalyst LAN switches. The AtmDirector application automatically discovers and illustrates the topology of the ATM network, displays real-time link information, facilitates ATM network interrogation and troubleshooting by allowing selection of any virtual connection on an ATM link and tracing its entire path, and provides an intuitive interface for creating PVCs across the ATM network. AtmDirector can be integrated with popular SNMP management platforms or used as a fully functional, independent ATM network management application.

These advanced ATM management functions provide real-time status, statistics, and configuration information, allowing the administrator to more easily understand and use the complex management data available for ATM networks.

Specifications

These PAMs and cables are available only with the Cisco IOS software for ATM maintenance Release 1, or later releases.

This PAM is available only with the Cisco IOS software for ATM maintenance Release 2, or later releases.

CiscoView Management Software for the Cisco LightStream 1010

The CiscoView application for Cisco LightStream 1010 ATM switch is a graphical user interface (GUI)-based device management application that provides dynamic status, statistics, and configuration information for the Cisco LightStream 1010. This application is a subset of the CiscoView application that offers similar features for other switched internetworking products such as Catalyst LAN switches and Cisco routers.

The CiscoView application is also included within CiscoWorks, Cisco`s enterprise network management application suite. The application displays a physical view of any Cisco device and shows real-time LED and interface status. The CiscoView application provides comprehensive monitoring functions and simplifies basic troubleshooting tasks.

Using the CiscoView application for the Cisco LightStream 1010, users can more easily understand the complex management data and configuration parameters available for ATM switches. It organizes this information into graphical representations presented in a clear, consistent format.

The CiscoView application for the Cisco LightStream 1010 can be integrated with several of the leading network management platforms, providing management application integration. It can also be run on UNIX workstations as a fully functional, independent Cisco LightStream 1010 management application. In addition, it can be launched from the AtmDirector topology map by simply double-clicking on a Cisco LightStream 1010 icon.

Ordering Information

Configuration Worksheets

Configuration Guidelines

The default configuration for the Cisco LightStream 1010 is a chassis. ASP modules, carrier modules, PAMs, power cords, power supplies, and cables must be ordered separately. The PNNI Cisco IOS software image supports both the IISP and PNNI Phase 1 protocols.

The Cisco LightStream 1010 uses the same power cords as the Cisco 7000 router and the Catalyst 5000.

When ordering a Cisco LightStream 1010 system that has been configured by the factory, the following items must be included on the purchase order:

• Base switch chassis (L1010-CHAS5)

• Power supply — AC or DC

• Redundant power supply — AC or DC

• Country-specific power cord

• ASP module

• Required memory configuration; one of the following:

  • 32 MB DRAM (MEM-ASP-32M) — additional cost

  • 64 MB DRAM (MEM-ASP-64M) — additional cost

• Required software image:

All other components — redundant power supply, carrier modules, port adapter modules, and Flash memory cards — are options; these can be ordered at the same time as the base chassis if you want to have them installed in the factory. They can also be ordered as spares, as can the chassis, ASP, ASP DRAM SIMMs, and ASP Flash memory cards. Configuration rules should also be followed when ordering a spare ASP module; the cost of the default software image is included in the spare ASP price.

Carrier Modules and Port Adapters

Use the following guidelines to configure the Cisco LightStream 1010 carrier modules and port adapters:

• The amount of DRAM required on the ASP module is a function of the number of active physical and logical ports (VP tunnels) and the expected number of active switched virtual circuits (SVCs) through the switch. As a rough guide, use the following rules when determining the amount of DRAM to order for a switch with 32 physical ports:

  • Between 4000 and 16,000 active SVCs: 32 MB DRAM

  • Between 16,000 and 32,000 active SVCs: 64 MB DRAM

• The base chassis does not ship with any carrier modules; these must be ordered separately. They can be ordered at the same time as the chassis if you want to have them installed in the factory. Because each CAM can support up to two PAMs, the minimum number of CAMs required varies with the number of supported PAMs, as shown in the table below, although you can order as many CAMs as you want (up to the maximum of four per switch).

• The base chassis does not ship with any port adapter modules; these must be ordered separately. They can be ordered at the same time as the chassis if you want to have them installed in the factory. Note, however, that an appropriate number of CAMs should be ordered at the same time as the PAMs when all components are ordered with a switch chassis. There are no slot dependencies for PAMs — these can be plugged into any available PAM slot on any CAM.

• The Flash memory PCMCIA cards are not required for the operation of the Cisco LightStream 1010 and can only be ordered as spares.

• The Cisco LightStream 1010 can accommodate the same DRAM and Flash memory SIMMs and the same PCMCIA Flash memory cards as the Cisco 7500 series RSP module.

Example Orders

To Order a base Cisco LightStream 1010 chassis with a redundant AC-input power supply, U.S. power cords, an ASP feature card 1, the PNNI image, two multimode fiber 155 Mbps PAMs (8 ports), and one 4-port T3 (DS3) PAM, all to be installed in the factory, use the product numbers in the following table.

To Order a Cisco LightStream 1010 with a DC-input power supply, 32 MB of DRAM, an ASP feature card 1, an 8 MB Flash memory PCMCIA card, European power cord, the PNNI/IISP image, three multimode fiber 155 Mbps PAMs (12 ports), and one E3 PAM, use the product numbers listed in the table below.

Configuration Worksheet

Substitute the software release number for x in the product number (for example, SF-WAS1-11.1.8).

These PAMs and cables are available only with the Cisco IOS software for ATM maintenance Release 1, or later releases.

This PAM is available only with the Cisco IOS software for ATM maintenance Release 2, or later releases.

Ordering Information

This section describes hardware and software product numbers for the Cisco LightStream 1010.

If a product number ends with an equal sign (=), the item can be ordered only as a spare. If a product number does not end with an equal sign, the item can be ordered as a spare or as a configurable part of a system order.

Posted: Wed Sep 27 05:15:22 PDT 2000
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