ZX4500, Specifications at-a-glance

Features and implementations of IEEE & RFC specifications available in OpenArchitect 2.02 on the ZX4500. Designed for NEBS Level 3 Systems.

General

6U PICMG 2.0 CompactPCI
24 10/100 Mbps Faster Ethernet ports
Two 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet ports
Layer 2 Switching
Layer 3 IP Routing
Layer 2-7 Packet Classification/Filtering
6.6 Million Packets/sec (line-rate)
Stackable to 720 Fast Ethernet and 30 Gigabit ports
Open PMC/PrMC site
Motorola MPC8245 PowerPC processor @250 MHz
PCI-PCI bridge to host
HotSwap
Geographical Location Reporting
Default initialization scripts for L2/L3 operation
Host Memory 64MB SDRAM
Packet Buffer 64MB SDRAM
Storage 32MB Flash ROM
Boot 512KB Flash ROM

Protocols and Standards
General Protocols	TCP (RFC 793) IP (RFC 791) UDP (RFC 768) ARP (RFC 826) RARP (RFC 903) ICMP (RFC 792) ICMP Router Discovery(RFC1256) Router Requirements (RFC1812)
Network Services	FTP (RFC 959) TFTP (RFC 783) DHCP Server DHCP Client DHCP Relay NFS Client Network Time Protocol-NTP Network Address Translation-NAT (RFC1631)* *Implemented on CPU Additional protocols on request
VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)	(RFC 2338) RIP (Routing Information Protocol) RIPv1 (RFC1058) RIPv2 (RFC1723)
OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)	OSPF v2 (RFC2328) OSPF-BGP Interaction - (RFC1745)
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)	EGP (RFC 904) BGP-3 (RFC1267) Default Route Advertisement (RFC1397) BGP Route Reflection (RFC1966) BGP-OSPF Interaction (RFC1745)
IP Multicast	IGMP Snooping IGMPv2 (RFC2236)* Implemented on CPU DVMRP (IETF draft) *Implemented on CPU
Quality of Service/Class of Service	IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (COS) -4 service queues on switch fabric -scheduling options TOS - Types of Service (RFC1349) Architecture for Differentiated Services (RFC2475) DS Field (RFC2475)
Filtering	Packet Header Filtering Powerful Rules Tools - iptables
Access Control Lists	Based on the first 64 bytes Can drop, accept, modify 802.1p tags, or modify TOS
IEEE Compliance	IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree IEEE 802.1p Traffic Class/Multicast IEEE 802.1Q VLAN IEEE 802.3x Flow Control IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3u MIIM Interface IEEE Std 1386 [1] PMC Physical & Environment
PICMG Compliance	PCI 2.0 CompactPCI PICMG 2.1 Full HotSwap support
Management	SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) SNMP v1 (RFC 1157) SNMPv2 (RFC 1907) SNMPv3 (RFC 2271) MIB II (RFC1213) MIB II Interface updates (RFC2863) Defining Traps for SNMP (RFC1215) RIPv2 MIB (RFC1724) OSPFv2 MIB (RFC1850) BGPv3 MIB (RFC1269) SMUX MIB (RFC1227) VLAN Extensions MIB (RFC2674) Bridge MIB (RFC1493) VRRP MIB (RFC2787) Remote Netowrk Monitoring MIB (RFC2819) IPv4 Mulitcast Routing MIB (RFC2932) IP Forwarding Table MIB (RFC2096) Textual Conventions for SMIv2 (RFC2579) Ethernet-Like MIB (RFC2665) Differentiated Service MIB (IETF Draft) COPS (Common Open Policy Service) COPS (RFC2748) COPS Policy Provisioning COPS-PR (RFC3084) WEB Web Server: HTTP/1.1 (RFC2748) Management Interface (HTML and CGI source) Command Line Interface Telnet
Physical and Environmental	ZX4500 Dimensions: 160mm x 233.5mm (6U) Power Consumption: 41.55W maximum Humidity: maximum 90% non-condensing
Regulatory	EMC/EMI AS/NZS 3548 1997, Class A CNS 13438 1997 (EN55022/CISPR22), Class A EN55022: 1998, Class AEN55024: 1998 FCC CFR 47, Part 15 Subpart B - 1998, Class A ICES-003 Issue 3, Class A VCCI (ANSI C63.4-1992/CISPR22-1997), Class A
Safety	CAN/CSA 22.2 No. 950-95 IEC 950 (1991) Second Edition with Amdts. No. 1 (1992), No. 2 (1993), No. 3 (1995) and No. 4 (1996) IEC 60950 (1991) Second Edition with Amdts. No.1 (1992), No. 2 (1993), No. 3 (1995) and No. 4 (1996) EN60950 (1992) with Amdts. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 11 including National Differences EN45001 UL1950, 3rd Edition (1995)
Ordering Information
ZX4500	6U CarrierClass CompactPCI / PICMG 2.16 10/100/1000 Ethernet Switch with OpenArchitect Switch Manager
ZXRTB05	5 Egress 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports, Single Wide, Rear Transition Board for ZX4500
ZXRTB24	24 Egress 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports, Double Wide, Rear Transition Board for ZX4500