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Getting to Know Your Switch

This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the switch.

1.1 Introduction

The VES-1616F-3x series switches are stand-alone layer-2 VDSL (Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line) over POTS/ISDN switches.

The series consist of the following models at the time of writing.

•VES-1616F-34 (VDSL1),

•VES-1616F-34 (VDSL2),

•VES-1616F-35 (VDSL1) and

•VES-1616F-35 (VDSL2).

Use the show hardware-versioncommand to check whether your device is a VDSL1 switch (100100, or 10050) or VDSL2 switch (5030). See Chapter 32 on page 211 for more information.

VDSL2 is the second generation of the VDSL (which is currently denoted VDSL1) standard.

"You can only upload the firmware of the same VDSL standard as your Switch model.

1.2Applications

This section shows the main applications for the switch:

1.2.1 MTU Application

The following diagram depicts a typical application of the Switch (labeled B) with the VDSL modems (labeled A), in a large residential building, or multiple tenant unit (MTU), that leverages existing phone line wiring to provide Internet access to all tenants. Note that VDSL service can coexist with voice service on the same line. The Switch is connected to a backbone switch (labeled C) using an Ethernet cable or a fiber-optic cable. The fiber connection allows distances of up to several kilometers (depending on your transceivers). The Ethernet connection is a suitable link for distances up to 100 meters (328 feet).

 

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VES-1616F-3x Series User’s Guide