Cisco Systems MGX 8230 Introducing the MGX 8230

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Cisco MGX 8230 Edge Concentrator Installation and Configuration
Release 1.1.31, Part Number 78-11215-03 Rev. B0, May 2001
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Introducing the MGX 8230
This chapter contains an introduction to the Cisco MGX 8230 Edge Concentrator including a summary
of product features and equipment.
This chapter contains the f o ll owin g in f or ma tion:
•MGX 8230 System Overview, page 1-2
– The Applications of th e MGX 8230, page 1-3
– Universal Edge Architecture, page 1-3
– Standards-Based Conversion to ATM, page 1-4
– MGX 8230 Enclosure and Power, page 1-4
– MGX 8230 Management, page 1-11
•Summary of MGX 8230 Cards and Modules, page 1-12
– Processor Switching Module (PXM1), page 1-12
– User Interface Back Cards, page 1- 13
– Service Resource Module (SRM), page 1-14
– Frame Relay Service Modules (FRSM), page 1-14
– ATM UNI Service Modules (AUSM), page 1-14
– Circuit Emulation Service Modules (CESM), page 1-15
– Voice Service Modules (VISM), page 1- 1 5
– Route Processor Module (RPM), page 1-15
•Redundancy for Service Modules, page 1-16
For more detailed descriptions of the Service Modules, cards and services, please refer to Chapter 2 ,
“Module and Service Descriptions”
For additional descriptions of t he MGX 8230 capabilities an d specifications, refer to the Cisc o document
MGX 8230 Edge Concentrator Overview.