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6-4 Cisco BPX 8600 Series Reference
BXM Cards
*The BXM cards can be configured for either, but not both, trunk or service access (UNI) on a card
by card basis. Once a card is so configured, all ports are either trunk or service interfaces until the
card is reconfigured.
**The BPX-T3/E3-BC universal backcard supports 8 or 12 ports.
Table 6-1 BXM T3/E3, BXM-155, and BXM 622 Front Card Options
Front Card
Model Number
No. of
Ports
Cell Buffer
(ingress/egress)
Connections
per card
Back Cards
T3/E3 (45 Mbps/34Mbps)
BXM-T3-8 8 100k/130k 16k/32k BPX-T3/E3-BC
BXM-E3-8 8 100k/130k 16k/32k BPX-T3/E3-BC
BXM-T3-12 12 100k/230k 16k/32k BPX-T3/E3-BC
BXM-E3-12 12 100k/230k 16k/32k BPX-T3/E3-BC
OC3/STM-1 (155.52 Mbps)
BXM-155-8 8 230k/230k 16k MMF-155-8 SMF-155-8
SMFLR-155-8
BXM-155-4 4 100k/230k 16K MMF-155-4 SMF-155-4
SMFLR-155-4
OC12/STM-4 (622.08 Mbps)
BXM-622-2 2 230k/230k 16K SMF-622-2
SMFLR-622-2
SMFXLR-622-2
BX M- 62 2 1 13 0k /230 k 16 K/ 32 K S MF-6 22 SMF LR -6 22
SMFXLR-622