Description
The IDT77950 is an ATM Reference Design based on IDTs innovative SwitchStar products, the IDT77V400 Switching Memory and the IDT77V500 Switch Controller. The Switch is made up of two separate board components: the 7M950 motherboard, which contains the Switching Fabric function based on IDTs Switching Memory and Switch Controller, and an individual IDT77955 OC-3 line card for each individual transmit receive port.

FEATUREs
◆ Complete ATM switch with up to eight ports at 155Mbps
   each (1.24Gbps non-blocking aggregate bandwidth)
◆ Intended for Engineering/Lab use to evaluate and perform
   design/software development for the IDT77V400 and
   IDT77V500
◆ Call setup function and signaling performed by external PC
   connected to port 7.
◆ Software (//www.idt.com/products/pages/ATM-77950.html)
   – IDT SwitchBIOS to configure and initialize switch
   – SARWIN II
◆ Basic configuration includes three IDT77955 line cards to
   equip two transmit/receive ports plus the control/signalling
   port
◆ Supports features of the IDT77V400 and IDT77V500
   SwitchStarTM products
◆ IDT77955 Line Cards available for additional switch ports
◆ Can be used with ATM traffic generators or individual
   transmit/receive PCs
◆ Utilizes IDT77V550 Switch Manager, IDT77010 
   DPI-to-UTOPIA Translation Device, and IDT77155 PHY