About the HotWire 8600 DSLAM

The following illustration shows a high-level view of a HotWire configuration:

NOTE:

You may make cable connections from a DSL card directly to a Main Distribution Frame (MDF) or through a POTS splitter to an MDF, but not both.

Network

Service

Provider

Central Office (CO)

HotWire

8200

IPC

Ethernet

 

DSL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARD

 

 

 

 

MDF

DSLAM

 

 

 

 

*CO

 

 

 

 

 

 

POTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Splitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer Premises (CP)

 

 

Data

 

 

Interface

POTS/DSL

RTU

 

 

 

 

POTS

Voice

 

 

 

*CP

Interface

 

 

 

POTS

 

 

Splitter

 

Legend: DSL - Digital Subscriber Line

RTU - Remote Termination Unit

MDF - Main Distribution Frame

POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service

IPC - Interworking Packet Concentrator

* Optional

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Nortel Networks 8600 manual Network Service Provider

8600 specifications

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