342-86400-498PS
Issue 1.2
April 2012
Page 3
Copyright
GE Multilin Inc. 2010-2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
PAGE
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................. 9
Related Publication and Documentation Support ............................. 9
Product Color and Nomenclature ....................................................... 9
Handling and Packing ......................................................................... 10
Revision History .................................................................................. 10
2. UNIT OVERVIEW ................................................ 11
Summary of Features ......................................................................... 11
Connectivity ......................................................................................... 14
Cascading ETHER-1000 Units ............................................................ 16
Supported Topologies ........................................................................ 17
Bandwidth Partitioning ....................................................................... 18
Bandwidth Partitioning Examples ................................................... 19
Compatibility with ETHER-100 ........................................................... 22
Path Protection .................................................................................... 23
Distributed Port-Based VLANs .......................................................... 25
QVLAN Filtering .................................................................................. 26
Output Tagging ................................................................................... 26
Port Types ............................................................................................ 27
Port Type Application Examples ...................................................... 28
Traffic Prioritization ............................................................................ 35
Use of TDM Pipes and Traffic Prioritization for Providing
Guaranteed SONET Bandwidth for Important VLANs .................... 37
Rate Limiting ....................................................................................... 39
Ethernet Port Interfaces...................................................................... 39
RJ-45 Interface ................................................................................... 39
Optical Interface ................................................................................ 39
MAC Address Management ................................................................ 40
Unit Security ........................................................................................ 43
Port Security ........................................................................................ 43
Passing Ethernet Traffic Across Multiple JungleMUX Networks .... 43
Maintenance Features ......................................................................... 44
