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Product Brief
Passport 8683 Packet-over-SONET (PoS)
Routing Switch Module
Bandwidth-hungry applications are
generating an increasing amount of
Wide Area Network (WAN) traffic.
The Nortel Networks* Passport* 8683
Packet-over-SONET (PoS) Routing
Switch module offers a backbone
architecture that supports the deployment
of eBusiness, multimedia and collaborative
applications.
The Passport 8683 PoS Routing Switch
module delivers Metropolitan Area
Network (MAN) and WAN support
for the Nortel Networks Passport 8600
Routing Switch by providing access to
SONET services in a metropolitan area
network. The Passport 8683 PoS module
offers customers a simple and cost-effective
way to interconnect campus locations
without compromising performance or
increasing complexity.
The Passport 8600 Routing Switch is
a key component of the Nortel Networks
Optical Ethernet solution delivering
Gigabit Ethernet performance and
Quality of Service (QoS) for businesscritical applications and services such as
Internet Telephony. It provides wire-speed
switching and routing over fiber and
copper media.
The Passport 8600 provides 128 Gbps
of switching capacity, a variety of 10/100,
Gigabit Ethernet, Packet over SONET
and ATM ports, and a high performance
infrastructure for core routing and
switching.
Passport 8683
PoS Benefits
• Provides SONET services in the MAN
• Aggregates high volume traffic
over fiber
• Offers a variety of port speeds
• Eliminates the need for costly SONET
multiplexors and external routers
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Features
The Passport 8683 PoS Routing Switch
module is a baseboard with three slots
to house MDAs. There are four MDAs
available for the PoS baseboards:
• 1-port OC-12c/STM-4 MDA
for SingleMode SONET media
• 1-port OC-12c/STM-4 MDA
for MultiMode SONET media
• 2-port OC-3/STM-1 for MDA
for SingleMode SONET media
• 2-port OC-3/STM-4 for MDA
for MultiMode SONET media
The baseboard supports up to six
OC-3/STM-1 lines or up to three
OC-12c/STM-4 lines. MDAs can be
“mixed and matched” for customers
wishing to deploy various speeds on
the same baseboard. The recommended
number of PoS baseboards is four per
Passport 8000 chassis. Out of band
management is provided via a RJ-45 port.
Benefits
High Availability
The Passport 8683 PoS Routing Switch
module provides a new level of reliability
in the LAN/MAN. Redundancy features
include Distributed Multi-Link Trunking
and hot swappable baseboards.The module’s
SONET technology is ideal for aggregating
high volumes of traffic over fiber cable.
Operational Simplicity
The Passport 8683 PoS Routing
Switch module can be easily managed
and configured with Nortel Networks
Device Manager, a graphical switch
configuration tool. Device Manager
simplifies the setup of the Passport 8000
Routing Switch series, the Passport 1000
Routing Switch series, the Nortel
Networks Business Policy Switch 2000,
the Nortel Networks BayStack* 350,
the BayStack 410, and the BayStack 450.
Low Cost of Ownership
By incorporating Packet over SONET
router functionality, the Passport 8600
transparently extends high performance
switching from one campus to another
within a MAN. This eliminates the
need for an external SONET router that
would add cost, increase complexity and
decrease performance.
Applications
Routing/Bridging between
Sites with SONET ADMs
Customers with existing SONET rings
can connect the Passport 8683 PoS
Routing Switch module to existing Add
Drop Multiplexors (ADM). This provides
a maximum level of connectivity with
minimal disruption in the backbone
(see Figure 1).
Interconnecting Sites
with Private/Leased
Fiber Connections
The Passport 8683 PoS allows customers
with unused or dark fiber laid between
campuses to bypasses SONET multiplexors
and the costs associated with implementing
a new SONET ring (see Figure 1).
IP over PPP connections
Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
are deploying routers at their point of
presence (POP). The Passport 8683 PoS
Routing Switch module allows customers
to lease an IP over PPP connection directly
from a service provider regardless of the
type of router being used (see Figure 1).
Great Reasons to
Choose the Nortel
Networks Passport 8000
Routing Switch
Comprehensive
LAN/MAN Support
The Passport 8000 Routing Switch offers
a variety of LAN technologies including
10/100 Mbps and Gigabit Ethernet
connectivity. MAN technologies
include Packet over SONET, ATM
and extended Gigabit Ethernet.
Highly Redundant Solution
The Passport 8000 is redundant at
multiple layers. Physical redundancy is
accomplished with N+1 redundant power
supplies, hot swappable modules and
dual fan trays. Trunk level redundancy
is accomplished with Distributed MultiLink Trunking. Routing redundancy
is accomplished with Virtual Routing
Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
and Equal Cost Multi-Path Routing
(ECMP), available in a future release.
Common Management
Platform
Nortel Networks Device Manager and
the command line interface commands
are shared across the entire Passport 8000
platform. Using common applications
and monitoring tools dramatically
decreases the network administration
cost associated with configuring
individual devices.
Figure 1: Passport 8683 Applications.
Passport 8683 Packet-over-SONET (PoS) Routing Switch Module Product Brief
SONET
ADM ADM
Passport 8600 Passport 8600
Passport 8600 Passport 8600
Passport 8600 Passport 8600
Ring
SONET
Direct Connect
ISP
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Passport 8683 Packet-over-SONET (PoS) Routing Switch Module Product Brief 3
Technical Specifications
Table 1: Technical specifications for the Passport 8683 Packet Over SONET Routing Switch module.
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature 5oto 40oC (41oto 104oF)
Storage temperature -25oto 70oC (-13oto 158oF)
Operating humidity 85% maximum relative humidity, noncondensing
Storage humidity 95% maximum relative humidity, noncondensing
Operating altitude 3,000 m (10,000 feet) maximum
Storage altitude Up to 9,000 m (30,000 feet) above sea level
Free Fall/Drop ISO 4180-s, NSTA 1A
Vibration IEC 68-2-6/34
Shock/Bump IEC 68-2-27/29
Physical Specifications
Height 1.050 inches
Width 12.968 inches
Depth 10.950 inches
Weight (single module) 3.12 lbs.
Performance Specifications (64-byte packets)
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) 150,000 hours
Frame Length 64 to 1750 octets
Ordering Information
Table 2: Ordering information for the Passport 8600 Routing Switch.
Order Number Product Name Description
DS1402001 Passport 8010 10-slot chassis includes dual backplane and two fan trays
DS1402002 Passport 8006 6-slot chassis includes dual backplane and one fan tray
DS1405002 Passport 8002PS 48V DC Power Supply
DS1405?01** Passport 8001PS 100-240 VAC Power Supply
DS1404001 Passport 8690SF Routing Switch Switch Fabric/CPU module
DS1404002 Passport 8648TX 48-port autosensing 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet Routing Switch module (RJ-45)
DS1404005 Passport 8624FX 24-port 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet Routing Switch module (MT-RJ)
DS1404011 Passport 8616SXE 16-port 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet Routing Switch module (MT-RJ)
DS1404012 Passport 8608GT 8-port 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Routing Switch module (RJ-45)
DS1404003 Passport 8608SX 8-port 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet Routing Switch module (SC)
DS1404015 Passport 8608GB 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Routing Switch. Requires one or more GBICs.
DS1304001 Passport 8672ATM 2-Slot MDA Baseboard. Supports up to eight OC-3 or two OC-12 ports.
DS1404016 Passport 8683POS 3-Slot MDA Baseboard. Supports up to six OC-3 or three OC-12 ports.
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Table 2: Ordering information for the Passport 8600 Routing Switch (continued).
Order Number Product Name Description
AA1419001 1000BASE-SX GBIC 1-port 1000Base-SX GBIC for MultiMode fiber (SC)
AA1419002 1000BASE-LX GBIC 1-port 1000Base-LX GBIC for MultiMode and SingleMode fiber (SC)
AA1419003 1000BASE-XD GBIC 1-port 1000Base-XD GBIC for Single Mode fiber up to 50 km (SC)
AA1419004 1000BASE-ZX GBIC 1-port 1000Base-ZX GBIC for SingleMode fiber up to 70km (SC)
DS1333001 1-port OC-12c MDA for MultiMode SONET media for 8683POS baseboard (RJ-45)
DS1333002 1-port OC-12c MDA for SingleMode SONET media for 8683POS baseboard (RJ-45)
DS1333003 2-port OC-3 MDA for MultiMode SONET media for 8683POS baseboard (RJ-45)
DS1333004 2-port OC-3 MDA for SingleMode SONET media for 8683POS baseboard (RJ-45)
DS1304004 1-port OC-12 MDA for MultiMode fiber for 8672ATM baseboard (SC)
DS1304005 1-port OC-12 MDA for SingleMode fiber for 8672ATM baseboard (SC)
DS1304006 4-port OC-3c MDA for MultiMode fiber for 8672ATM baseboard (MT-RJ)
DS1304007 4-port OC-3c MDA for SingleMode fiber for 8672ATM baseboard (MT-RJ)
DS1410003-3.0 Software for the Passport 8600 Routing Switch
DS1410005-1.1 Nortel Networks Optivity* Switch Manager v1.1 Software to support Passport 8600
(requires v3.0 software)
** The seventh character (?) of the AC Power Supply order number MUST be replaced with the proper code to indicate desired product nationalization:
“A” – No power cord included. “B” – European “Schuko” power cord common in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
“C” – Power cord commonly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland. “D” – Power cord commonly used in Japan. “E” – North American power cord.
“F” – Australian power cord, also commonly used in New Zealand and the People's Republic of China.
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