Cisco Systems is the market leader in providing quality ATM solutions that support today’s most popular Layer 3 services over ATM: Voice, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), virtual private networks (VPN) and more. Cisco is committed to offering our customers a comprehensive ATM solution to meet your networking needs.

For the Metropolitan area networks, the Catalyst 8500 and Cisco LS1010 ATM Switches provide the industry leading solution for enterprises who are looking to interconnect their separate ATM and Gigabit Ethernet networks. The Cisco Catalyst 8500 and LS1010 are Layer 3-enhanced ATM switches that seamlessly integrate wire-speed Layer 3 switching and ATM switching, eliminating the need for customers to make a technology choice.

For the head office, the Cisco 7500 Series Routers and the Cisco IGX 8400 Multiservice Switches offer multiservice WAN access, a switched or router solution, and high-performance intelligent network services.

For the campus network, the Catalyst 2900, Catalyst 3000, Catalyst 5000 and Catalyst 5500 series switches provide cost-effective, high-density ATM solutions.

Cisco also offers multiservice ATM branch solutions for DS1 to DS3 connectivity. These include the MC3810 Access Concentrators, the Cisco 2600, Cisco 3600, and Cisco 7200 Series Routers, and the Cisco 7100 VPN Routers.

Data Sheets

• 2-port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Module
  Describes the Catalyst 8540 two-port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet modules that are ideal for supporting high-performance Layer-3 Gigabit backbone applications that require nonblocking, wire-speed performance.

• Access Control List Daughter Card for Catalyst 8510/LightStream 1010
  Describes the features and functionality of the access control list (ACL) daughter cards designed for the Lay er 3 interface modules supported on Catalyst 8510/LightStream 1010.

• Access Control List Daughter Card for Catalyst 8540
  Describes the features and functionality of the access control list (ACL) daughter cards designed for the Lay er 3 interface modules supported on Catalyst 8540.

• ATM Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Module
  Describes the features and functionality of the Catalyst 8540 ATM Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet modules.

• Packet-over-SONET Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Module
  Describes the features and functionality of the Catalyst 8540 Packet-over-SONET Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet modules.

• Cisco 7200 and 7500 Series Multiport T1/E1 IMA Port Adapters
  Describes a cost-effective solution to increase bandwidth amd extend multiservice capabilities to regional offices and large branches with ATM.

• Catalyst 8540MSR OC-48c Super Port Adapter Modules
  Describes the functionality of the OC-48c Super Port Adapter Modules which are designed to meet the demanding needs of large enterprise and service provider networks.

• ATM Router Module for Catalyst 8510 MSR/LightStream 1010
  Describes the features and functionality of the Catalyst 8510/LightStream 1010 ARM which is the key enabling component for building integrated Layer 3 and ATM multiservice networks.

• ATM Router Module for Catalyst 8540 MSR
  Describes the features and functionality of the Catalyst 8540 ARM which is the key enabling component for building integrated Layer 3 and ATM multiservice networks.

• Cisco 2600/3600/3700 Series Multiport T1/E1 IMA Network Modules
  Describes the key benefits and features of the multiport T1/E1 ATM network modules with Inverse Multiplexing over ATM (IMA) for the Cisco 2600, 3600 and 3700 series multiservice access platforms.

• Catalyst 8540MSR Four-Port OC-12c ATM Module
  The Catalyst 8540MSR is the latest member of the Cisco Systems Family of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switches for Muliservice applications.

Product Bulletins

• Catalyst 8540MSR Four-Port OC-12c ATM Module, No 936
  Cisco Systems announces the new series of high-density, high-speed ATM modules for the Catalyst 8540 multiservice switch router platform.

White Papers

• The Next-Generation ATM Switch: From Testbeds to Prod. Netwks
• LightStream 1010 Switch Architecture and Traffic Management
• Performance Issues for High-End Video over ATM: August 1995