Cisco Systems Network Router manual About This Guide, Objectives, Audience, Organization

About This Guide

This preface describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5.

Objectives

This guide describes how to plan a PNNI network before for installing and configuring the following products:

•Cisco MGX 8830 Release 3.0 and higher

•Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1E) Release 3.0 and higher

•Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) Release 2.0 and higher

•Cisco MGX 8880 Media Gateway Release 5.0 and higher

•Cisco MGX 8950 Release 2.1.60 and higher

•Cisco BPX 8600 and Cisco Service Expansion Shelf (SES) with SES Release 1.0 or later software

Audience

The Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 helps network architects and planners identify the information they need to provide to the personnel that will install and configure the PNNI switch products described in this guide.

Organization

The major sections of this document are as follows:

•Chapter 1, “Introduction to PNNI,” introduces PNNI network concepts, components, and terminology.

•Chapter 2, “Interoperability and Performance Planning,” lists PNNI network specifications and provides general guidelines for planning PNNI networks.

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