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Cisco MGX 8220 Installation and Configuration
Release 5.0, Part Number 78-6430-03 Rev. D0, November 2003
Chapter Cisco MGX 8220 System Overview
Thus, the Cisco MGX 8220 shelf supports aggregation of traffic up to 80 T1 or E1 access ports or up
to 1240 64-Kbps subscribers , o nt o a s ing le T3, E3, or OC-3c t run k, u sin g o nl y a s ingle por t on th e Cis co
BPX switch.
Figure 1-2 shows the Cisco MGX 8220 switch relationship.
Figure1-2 Cisco MGX 8220/Cisco BPX Switch Relationship

Remote Locations

For locations with limited sw itching requirements, the Ci sco MGX 8220 can be physically r emote from
the Cisco BPX 8600 series switch using IMA trunk machines as shown in Figure1-3.
Figure1-3 Remote Cisco MGX 8220 Configuration

Standalone Cisco MGX 8220 Edge Concentrator

The Cisco MGX 8220 edg e co nce ntrator is not limited to at tac hment to the Cisco BPX 86 00 series
switch. In standalone operation, the Cisco MGX 8220 trunk can attach to any ATM switch to provide
service aggregation.
Service Interfaces
The Cisco MGX 8220 supports the following services and interfaces:
Frame Relay UNI/NNI
56 kbps, nx64 kbps, T1, E1, HSSI, X.21
Frame Relay to ATM network and service internetworking
High-speed Frame Relay
ATM Frame UNI
56 kbps, nx64 kbps, T1, E1, HSSI, X.21
ATM UNI/NNI
T1, E1, nxT1 (IMA), nxE1 (IMA)
T1, E1, T3, or
HSSI/X.21
Service Interface
Lines
BPX 8620 Broadband ATM Service
T3, E3 or SONET ATM
Feeder Connection
S6176
MGX 8220
T1, E1 or T3
Service
Interface
Lines
Long Distance
IMA Trunk BPX 8620 Broadband ATM Service
S6177
MGX 8220
MGX 8220