Cisco Delivers Cost-Effective Fast Ethernet Solution to Branch and Regional Office Environments.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1996--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced immediate availability of a Fast Ethernet Network Processor Module (NPM NPM National Poetry Month NPM National Postal Museum NPM New Public Management NPM National Association of Pastoral Musicians (Silver Spring, Maryland) NPM Network Processor Module NPM National Project Manager ) for the Cisco 4500 and Cisco 4700 series of access routers. The Cisco 4500 and Cisco 4700 are high-performance modular access routers ideal for branch and regional office networking requirements. The Fast Ethernet NPM delivers 100 Mbps connectivity, allowing customers to grow shared-Ethernet LANs seamlessly to meet their ever-increasing bandwidth demands. Since Fast Ethernet does not require the installation of new cabling, customers can leverage their existing infrastructure and boost network performance with minimal expense. Both the Cisco 4500 and Cisco 4700 are a modular chassis design, and the Fast Ethernet NPM module installs directly into slots in the rear of the chassis. Therefore, the new module makes it easy for the large installed base of Cisco 4500 and Cisco 4700 customers to upgrade their routers to the latest technology. "The modularity of the Cisco 4500 and Cisco 4700 allow customers to respond quickly and economically to growing and changing network needs," said Kevin Kennedy, vice president of the Access Business Unit at Cisco Systems. "With the addition of Fast Ethernet support, we offer customers the broadest range of high-speed connectivity options for network applications requiring additional bandwidth." Specifications The Fast Ethernet NPM conforms to the Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3u specification, providing 100Base-TX connectivity via an RJ45 interface and 100Base-FX connectivity via a Medium Independent Interface (MII 1. (body) MII - A consortium of Microsoft, IBM, and Intel. 2. (storage) MII - A broadcast component video tape format licensed by Panasonic. ). When deployed with a Cisco Catalyst 3000 or Catalyst 5000 high-speed switch, the Fast Ethernet NPM is an ideal combination for leveraging low- density, high-performance applications such as inter-virtual LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. (VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network ) routing. Virtual LAN support enables network managers to group users logically rather than by physical location, dramatically easing adds, moves and changes. VLAN traffic is transported using Cisco's Inter-Switch Link (ISL ISL - Interface Specification Language. Xerox PARC. Interface description language used by the ILU (Inter-Language Unification) system. Includes descriptions of multiple inheritance, exceptions and garbage collection. E-mail: Bill Janssen <janssen@parc.xerox.com>. ) protocol. Upon ratification, the VLAN 802.1Q industry standard will also be supported. Setting the standard The Cisco 4500 and 4700 series set the industry standard for modular access routers by offering a broad set of LAN and WAN connectivity features, allowing customers to respond rapidly to user needs as they evolve. Both products support the following interfaces: ATM, Ethernet, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. , ISDN BRI and PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. , Serial, Token Ring and channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. T1/E1. The Cisco 4500 and 4700 also include a range of Cisco IOS(tm) software features, providing multiprotocol support, advanced security and WAN optimization features. The Cisco 4500 is ideal for processor-intensive WANs, IP network providers, multiprotocol network users, legacy network integration/migration and is also particularly well- suited to IBM connectivity solutions. The Cisco 4700, with its high-performance RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture, excels in process- level tasks such as data compression, tunneling, policy/security and protocol conversion applications, as well as high-bandwidth, fast-switching applications. Pricing and availability The Fast Ethernet Network Processor Module is available immediately directly from Cisco at a U.S. list price of $4,000. About Cisco Cisco Systems (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the leading global supplier of internetworking solutions for corporate intranets and the global Internet. Cisco's products -- including routers, LAN and WAN switches, dial-up access servers and network management software -- are integrated by the Cisco IOS software to link geographically dispersed LANs, WANs and IBM networks. Company news and product/service information are available at World Wide Web site http://www.cisco.com. Cisco is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. -0- Note to Editors: Cisco 4500, Cisco 4700, Cisco IOS and Cisco Systems are trademarks, and Cisco and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Cisco Systems Inc. Michael Hakkert, 408/525-4794 mhakkert@cisco.com or Cunningham Communication, Inc. Rona Brodrick, 408/764-0740 rona@ccipr.com |
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