Paradyne 1900 manual CO Modem Cards, Privacy Management, CO Modem Card LEDs, Color

1. BitStorm 1900 IP DSLAM

CO Modem Cards

One BitStorm 1900 shelf supports up to 10 modem cards. Each CO modem card controls the StormPort CPE modems, directing data traffic flow between the CPE modems and the data network.

!WARNING: POSSIBLE EQUIPMENT DAMAGE! To comply with Telcordia GR-1089-CORE, Outside Plant Voltage/Current Limiting Protection is required for each Outside Plant Exposed line.

The following CO modem cards are available:

•10306 CO modem card – 6-port dedicated, 10 Mbps

•10224 CO modem card – 24-port statistically multiplexed, 10 Mbps

	Table 1-1: CO Modem Card LEDs
LED	Color
Power	Green when power is on
Transfer	Green when data transfer is normal (blinks when training to
	find correct speed)
Link	Green when network is in normal operation (amber while
	training, or network is down)

Privacy Management

The Privacy Management (a.k.a. MAC Address Filtering) feature ensures the privacy of each user connected to a local layer 2 network. StormTracker EMS or the Site Manager is used to enter the MAC address of a gateway or router to connect to the internet or a local server in the StormPort CPE modem Privacy Management filter table. The Privacy Management ensures that downstream packets are discarded unless they are from one of the MAC addresses in the filter table and upstream packets are discarded unless they are going to one of the MAC addresses in the filter table. Thus, it is impossible for a user connected to one CPE modem to see another user on the same local L2 network connected to another CPE modem, unless the user’s

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