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Another aspect of the development
environment is the comprehensive cus-
tomer support from C-Port, which
includes hands-on training and Web
access for all your support needs at
www.cportcorp.com.
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The C-5 NP can support a wide breadth
of applications from access to edge to
core, such as:
鈥?Multiservice Access Platforms
(MSAPs)
鈥?Digital Subscriber Line Access
Multiplexor (DSLAM)
鈥?Cable and wireless head-end systems
鈥?MAN CPE and head-end equipment
鈥?Ethernet/IP/Frame Relay/ATM
interworking
鈥?Internet access switch/routers
鈥?Load balancing web server switches
鈥?Optical edge switch/routers and add/
drop multiplexors
鈥?IP Gigabit/Terabit routers
鈥?WAN Customer Premises Equipment
(CPE)
The following sections provide examples
of three applications using the C-5 NP
.
TM
delivers this broad solution set within
architecture.
C-5 NP
a
supported across a number of
The C-5 Network Processor (NP), the
interface
single hardware
of
A single
first member of the C-Port
TM
family
architecture.
physical interfaces, m
types ranging from clear channel T1/T3
C-5 NP-based
circuit/routing tables,
network processors, is specially
interface card design can
links, SONET OC-3/OC-12 links, and 10/
be built with a variety of different PHY
queues), a
descriptor
designed for
100 and Gigabit Ethernet connections. In
networking applications. Its
interface types (for example, T1, T3,
C-5 NP can
logic, the
addition to the basic protocols
high-level of programmability and wire-
and inter-
OC-3, OC-12,
best
implement intelligent
speed performance make it the
10/100 Ethernet, and
face types, these switch-routers need to
Gigabit Ethernet) to create a common
mixed media, multip
foundation
provide advanced network services such
for building networking prod-
platform.
switches and routers
ucts and
as IP Quality of Service (QoS), Virtual
services.
Private Networks (VPNs), and security
firewalls.
This broad combination of protocols,
interfaces, and services presents a
difficult challenge to network equipment
vendors, especially in light of time-to-
market constraints. Traditional
approaches require
separate hardware
design efforts, each
balancing a mix of
ASICs, Application
Specific Standard
Products (ASSPs),
and general-purpose
CPUs for each inter-
face type and
protocol.
A system design
delivering the proto-
cols and interfaces
needed by this
Software for ATM, IP MPLS, and Frame
,
Stable programming
Relay can be implemented within the C-5
complete developme
NP (running forwarding plane
and third-party suppo
software)
along with a host processor, such as the
Networks
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PowerPC鈩?(running the control/manage-
to a fully integrated p
ment plane software). These protocols
that can solve a wide
can be provided independently per card,
and sim
cations tasks
ment of full-featured
The C-5 NP incorporates an unprece-
Multiple
dented combination of functionality,
Protocols
Optical Edge Switch-Router Line Card Solution
applications.
Frame Relay
computing power, and data bandwidth in
MPLS
ATM (& IMA)
a flexible, patent-pending architecture.
IP
This architecture supports complete pro-
(implemented
through
software)
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The C-5 NP provides
plane intelligence for
Vast Range of Solutions
grammability from Layer 2 through Layer
7 of the OSI model, allowing the C-5 NP
to be used in a wide range of networking
PHY
networking products
variety of networking
traffic classification a
Multiple Line Interfaces
Switch
Optical
OC-192
NP
PHY
Network
simple programming model and
OC-12
advanced development tools enable
OC-3
you
DS3
DS1
to get to
Line Card
sooner with clearly dif-
Single
market
GbE
Architecture
10/100
ferentiated products.
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C-5
Fabric/
applications. In addition, the C-5 NP鈥檚
ment in addition to s
and interworking fun
networking services
and deployed efficien
under software contr
Multiple Daughter
Interface Cards
Cell and packet processing, table lookup
Each C-5 NP provide
processing, and queue management
bandwidth and more
computing power to
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