The mgc unit is made up of – Polycom DOC2237A User Manual

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Chapter 3 - System Architecture

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The MGC Unit is made up of:

Main Control Module, located at the top left of the unit when viewed
from the front

Functional Modules, located to the right of the Main Control Module
when the unit is viewed from the front

Power Supply Module, located underneath the Main Control Module and
Functional Modules

Input/Output cards, located behind the backplane opposite the Functional
Modules.

The various modules communicate with each other via the Backplane. The
Control Bus and Information Highway are implemented on the Backplane.

Figure 3-2 describes the functional block diagram of the MGC-100
components.

Figure 3-2: MGC-100 Components

ISDN Network I/F

ATM Network I/F

H.323 Network I/F

MUX

Audio

Video

Data

H.323 I/O

NET I/O

ATM I/O

MUSIC I/O

Rear

Backplane

Front

Main Control

Module

Power Supply

Module

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