The main features of the Cisco MGX 8800/8900 16-Port OC-3c/STM-1 ATM Switch Service Module are listed here.

Full nonblocking, full-duplex line-rate throughput on all 16 ports

High reliability with hot-standby 1+1 16-port ATM switch service module card redundancy

Per-virtual-path and per-virtual-circuit traffic shaping and available bit rate (ABR) with virtual source and virtual destination

Y-cable and APS (1:1 and 1+1) port redundancy, plus APS 1+1 card redundancy

Up to 4 million cell buffers

Up to 16 classes of service (CoS) that can be used to support IP or ATM services

Support for standards-based Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI), switched virtual circuit (SVC) and switched virtual path (SVP), soft permanent virtual connection (SPVC) and soft permanent virtual path (SPVP), and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services

 Managed by Cisco WAN Manager software suite

 Based on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Input power required: -48 VDC

Power consumption: 114W