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Catalyst 8500MSR/LightStream 1010 8-Port T1/E1 Inverse Multiplexing over ATM PAM
Figure 1 8-Port IMA Module
Introduction
This new 8 port T1/E1 IMA (Inverse Multiplexing over ATM) PAM allows service providers and enterprise customers to cost-effectively increase bandwidth and extend multiservice networking to remote branch-office locations.
The eight-port IMA module on the Catalyst 8500 MSR and LightStream 1010 (with FC-PFQ) provides a low cost solution when T3/E3 services are either cost-prohibitive or unavailable. These new modules complement the existing OC-12c/STM-4, OC3c/STM-1, DS3/E3, and T1/E1 ATM network modules available for the Catalyst 8500 MSR and LightStream 1010.
The high cost and limited availability of broadband ATM services have prevented many organizations from deploying ATM quality-of-service (QoS) features to remote locations and branch-offices. These locations typically require bandwidth that ranges from a few T1 or E1 circuits to eight T1/E1 circuits. All eight ports on the IMA module supports all ATM Forum adaptation layers (AAL) and ATM QoS categories: unspecified bit rate (UBR), real-time variable bit rate (VBR-rt), non-real-time variable bit rate (VBR-nrt), available bit rate (ABR), and constant bit rate (CBR).
Integrating ATM forum standards-compliant IMA into large, small, and medium-size networking platforms, Cisco now provides enterprise users and service providers a complete family of solutions for LAN-to-WAN, branch- office, campus and ATM edge applications, combining data, voice, and video with ATM guaranteed QoS features.
Features at a Glance
- Supported on Catalyst 8540 MSR, Catalyst 8510 MSR, and LightStream 1010. The LightStream 1010 requires a FC-PFQ switch processor.
- Supports up to eight T1/E1 ATM ports as part of an IMA group and up to four active IMA groups
- Support for ATM Forum IMA Version 1.0
- CBR, UBR, VBR-rt, VBR-nrt, and ABR ATM classes of service (CoS)
- UNI and NNI
- Integrated channel service unit/data service unit (DSU) on T1 versions (DSX-1 interface)
- Integrated DSU for E1 versions
- ATM Forum UNI 3.0, UNI 3.1, and UNI 4.0 signaling
- Permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) switched virtual circuits (SVCs), and soft-PVCs
- Maximum differential delay tolerance of up to 192 ms for T1 and 250 ms for E1
- Support for up to 4 T1/E1 independent ATM ports not part of an IMA group
- F4 (virtual path) and F5 (virtual connection) operations and management (OAM) cell support
Orderability, Availability, Compatibility, Requirements
Table 1 Eight-Port T1/E1 IMA Module
Table 2 Eight-Port T1/E1 IMA Module: Cisco IOS Releases
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Table 3 Cisco ATM Forum IMA Version 1.0 Products Compatibility Matrix
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Specifications
The following ATM alarm signals are supported:
Diagnostics and Loopback Modes
Multiple loopback modes are supported for diagnostics, fault isolation, and network compliance. The IMA module supports several loopback modes. Each port can loopback the incoming signal through the front connector and the LIU in several ways.
Table 4 Hardware
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Supported management information bases (MIBs)
This feature supports the following MIBs:
ATM Forum Specifications
- AF-PHY-0086.000—IMA 1.0 specification
- AF-PHY-0016—DS1/ESF and B8ZS specification
- AF-PHY-0064—E1/G.704 framing specification
- ITU.I432—UNI physical layer specification
- ITU.I432.3—Physical layer specifications for T1/E1
- ITU.I431
- ATM Forum UNI 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0 signaling for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint SVCs
- ATM forum interim local management interface (ILMI) for address prefix acquisition and ATM service address registration with user-network interface (UNI)-compliant switches throughout the ATM network
- ATM network service access point (NSAP) E.164 address support
- F4 and F5 OAM cell segment and end-to-end flows, remote deflect identification (RDI), and alarm indication signal (AIS)
Regulatory Approvals