Omnichannel - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

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OmniChannel

OmniChannel allows you to increase the bandwidth of Fast backbones by combining the

capacity of up to four (4) Fast Ethernet ports into one channel. The combined channel oper-

ates within Spanning Tree as one virtual port, and can provide up to 800 Mbps (in full-duplex

mode) of bandwidth. (In full-duplex mode, 400 Mbps is supported in each direction of the

OmniChannel.) This feature is useful for Ethernet-intensive networks that need to increase

bandwidth capacity without setting up

backbones using

connections.

The OmniChannel feature operates on 10/100 and 100 Mbps Ethernet ports employing Kodiak

chip technology, such as those modules listed in the table, Kodiak Ethernet Modules on page

15-3. OmniChannel does not operate on 10 Mbps ports or on early-generation Fast Ethernet

Up to Four 100 Mbps Links May Comprise an OmniChannel Backbone

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