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Madge Collage 711/712 E1/T1 WAN Interface Modules
1. Madge Collage 711/712
E1/T1 WAN Interface Modules
AT M WA N C O N N E C T I V I T Y
The Madge Collage 711 E1 interface
module and Collage 712 T1 interface
module provide the physical interface ports
for connecting the Collage 740 backbone
ATM switch to E1 and T1 WAN
connections. Each module can support up
to four T1/E1 WAN connections.
F L E X I B L E N E T W O R K I N G
The Collage 711/712 WAN interfaces have
been designed to work with both leased line
and public ATM services at 2.048 Mbps and
1.544 Mbps respectively. Each interface can
be programmed to support either single
frame or multiframe formats. Fractional
E1/T1 services are not supported.
C O N N E C T V I A C H A N N E L S E R V I C E U N I T
These modules are designed for connecting
to the WAN service via an external Channel
Service Unit (CSU). Standard RJ45
connectors are provided for connecting to
twisted pair cabling and an external adapter
can be used for connecting to co-axial cable
if required.
The Madge Collage™
WAN Interface modules extend the benefits of ATM networking across
the WAN using standard T1/E1 interfaces.
WA N C O N N E C T I V I T Y
The Madge Collage
711 and 712 deliver
the benefits of ATM
networking across the
WAN at popular E1 and
T1 rates.
B E N E F I T F R O M AT M WA N C O N N E C T I O N S
ATM in the WAN brings many benefits to
networking including high speed switching,
multimedia services, Quality of Service
negotiation and guaranteed availability.
To fully benefit from these abilities
switched WAN access is preferable to
routed. This raises the question of how to
minimize broadcast and LAN Emulation
traffic on the WAN.
R E D U C E WA N T R A F F I C W I T H S M A R T L A N E
Madge distributed LANE and Active
Broadcast Control (ABC) solve this problem.
With distributed LANE, ATM clients will
join LANE services hosted on their local
ATM switch. Consequently, most of the
traffic between LANE clients and their
LES/BUS Servers will be contained locally.
Active Broadcast Control ensures that only
broadcasts needing to reach a station on
another location will actually be transmitted
across the WAN link.