5

Product Specifications

This appendix lists system features and provides detailed system specifications. See the User’s Guides for individual line cards for information on card features, settings and hardware.

5.1 Features

The following table lists key IES features.

Table 6 Features

Slots

The IES main chassis has slots for hot-swappable line cards and

 

management switch cards.

 

 

Backplane

Connect the hot-swappable line cards and MSC cards to the

 

backplane. The backplane is the inside rear panel of the IES.

 

 

Splitter Chassis

The splitter chassis have slots for splitter and extension cards and

 

Telco-50 connectors for connecting to the subscribers and the PBX

 

(Private Branch Exchange) or PSTN/ISDN (Public Switched

 

Telephone Network/Integrated Services Digital Network) switch.

 

 

Hot-swappable Line

The IES uses hot-swappable line cards.

Cards

 

 

 

Hot-swappable

The splitter chassis use hot-swappable splitter cards.

Splitter Cards

 

 

 

Management Switch

The IES accommodates a management switch card that switches

Card

traffic and forwards it between the line cards and other Ethernet

 

switches.

 

 

Hot-swappable Fan

The IES is equipped with a hot-swappable fan module with a filter

Module

to provide easy maintenance, greater reliability and increased

 

system operating lifetimes.

 

 

Power Modules

The IES has dual, hot-swappable power modules. One power

 

module is redundant. The IES can be fully powered by just one

 

power module so the system can keep running while you replace a

 

power module.

 

 

Alarm Port

The IES has three alarm input and three alarm output terminals to

 

connect to other pieces of equipment.

 

 

Scalable Platform for

The flexible design of the IES allows service providers to start with

Future Expansion

minimum cost. As the number of users and applications increases,

 

additional line cards can be added to support more subscribers.

 

 

 

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