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Fully configurable Token-Ring LAN switch at a
competitive cost
IBM 8270 Nways LAN Switch Family
Highlights
• Flexible enough to meet your
exact needs
• Layer 3 switching
• Multiprotocol support
• Full-duplex (bi-directional)
communication
• ATM uplinks
• Three new MSS Universal Feature
Cards
IBM 8270 Nways Token-Ring Switch
Model 600
New model
A new member has been added to the
®
IBM 8270 Nways
LAN Switch family of
Token-Ring LAN switches. The new
Model 600 joins the Model 800, providing
a smaller, entry configuration (six slots).
Both models allow flexible configuration
with rich functionality provided by the
common set of Universal Feature Cards
they share. Similar to the Model 800, a
typical network would benefit from the
Model 600 by having each of its high-
volume servers placed on dedicated
full-duplex segments and having client
workstations placed on shared seg-
ments using standard Token-Ring
concentrators such as the IBM 8239
Token-Ring Hub.
New features
Two new UFCs extend MSS forwarding
and routing services to the 8270 Nways
LAN Switch Family. Both the MSS Client
IBM 8270 Nways Token-Ring Switch
Model 800
and MSS Domain Client Universal
Feature Cards (UFCs) provide forward-
ing and routing services. The MSS Client
also has an integrated ATM port and
provides ATM-to-LAN port bridging.
These client-function products complete
the MSS client/server family and allow
the MSS Server products to perform their
job in the network at maximum efficiency.
Along with virtual LAN (VLAN) support by
protocol, OSI Layer 2 and 3 forwarding of
IP , IPX, AppleTalk and Banyan VINES
protocols are provided.
Cost-effective Token-Ring
switching
The IBM 8270 Nways Token-Ring LAN
Switch provides a cost-effective solution
to Token-Ring LAN performance
requirements. With a minimum of
disruption to existing networks, you can
significantly address LAN performance.
A powerful LAN switch
With the 8270 you can build large
switched networks with high-speed
uplinks. A redundant power supply is
available to help ensure continuous
operation.
You can configure the versatile, modular
8270 LAN switch to:
• Add from 4 to 30 ports to your network
configuration, more ports per switch than
any other model.
• Install uplink UFCs to connect native
protocols to high-speed links like high-
speed Token Ring, ATM or the IBM 8260
Nways Multiprotocol Switching Hub.
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Summary of Contents for IBM BM 8270
- Page 1 • Add from 4 to 30 ports to your network configuration, more ports per switch than any other model. • Install uplink UFCs to connect native protocols to high-speed links like high- speed Token Ring, ATM or the IBM 8260 Nways Multiprotocol Switching Hub.
- Page 2 8270 with a sophisti- cated set of VLAN, filtering and Layer 3 switching functions. Unrestricted by a fixed-port configuration, the UFCs can be used in each of the slots of the IBM 8270 to construct a wide variety of switched networks. High-speed forwarding...
- Page 3 LAN like FDDI. The 8270 Model 800 can act as a powerful workgroup switch or replace the entire backbone with a single switch (see Figure 4). Use TokenPipes to double or quadruple the bandwidth if you need it. TokenPipe allows you to connect up to...
- Page 4 IBM’s suite of network manage- ment applications, such as the I BM Nways Workgroup Manager for Windows NT and the IBM Nways Manager for AIX, allow you to manage your IBM 8270 using a rich set of graphical interfaces from a central location.
- Page 5 Model Feature Redundant Slots Characteristics Redundant Power Supply Option; Redundant Fans Included IBM 8270 Nways LAN Switch Family at a glance Part numbers LAN ports UFC slots Standard compliance Full-duplex operation Hardware requirements Configuration management Source-routing technologies...
- Page 6 CD-ROM may be obtained using order number SK2T-0434. 1 year The IBM 8270 Nways LAN Switch Family is Year 2000 Ready when used in accordance with its associated documentation and is capable of correctly processing, providing and receiving data within and between the 20th and 21st centuries, provided all other hardware, software, and/or firmware used with the product properly exchange accurate data with it.
- Page 7 Physical specifications Publications * Limitations: Maximum of two UFCs in this set may be installed in an IBM 8270. There may also be usage consideration associated with some of these combinations. The MSS Client (MMF and SMF) UFCs each occupy two slots in an 8270. All of the other UFCs occupy one slot each.
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