Verilink WANsuite 5165 (34-00301.H) Product Manual - Manual (Page 15)

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BOUT THE
WAN
SUITE
5165
Introduction
The telecommunications network service market is rapidly changing, where
network monitoring, control, and higher performance in packet processing are
not only expected, but demanded, at competitive price points. Verilink’s
WANsuite family is based on our innovative, next-generation WAN access
architecture
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a highly flexible and powerful architecture that can meet the
needs of many different customers in many different applications. Because it
is so flexible, WANsuite products will continually evolve, offering our
customers cutting-edge features at competitive prices.
The WANsuite 5165 is a rack-mounted unit designed to occupy a single slot
position of the Verilink AS2000 rack or shelf. A service aware T1/FT1
CSU/DSU, the WANsuite 5165 has two Network ports (both of which operate
in long-haul or short-haul mode), two Serial ports software-configurable for
RS-232, EIA-530, or V.35 electrical connections, an asynchronous
Supervisory port, a 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface, and five status LEDs.
Capable of accommodating a wide range of network configurations, the
WANsuite 5165 effectively combines voice, data, and network traffic over a
single transmission facility and works with non-proprietary network
management solutions.
All of WANsuite 5165’s installation, performance configuration, traffic
monitoring, alarm reporting, and diagnostic capabilities can be configured
through the unit’s embedded Web server interface (WANsight™) using
Microsoft
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Internet Explorer™. The Web server interface can be accessed
locally through the Ethernet port or the Supervisory port, or remotely through
the Network port. Especially advantageous is WANsuite’s advanced
monitoring and control capability that gives network administrators the
ability to plan future capacity requirements. To extend the WANsuite 5165’s
functionality even further, Verilink offers an element management software
system for reporting and real-time diagnostics.
The unit’s built-in ServiceAware™ technology allows network managers to
maximize available WAN bandwidth and verify SLAs. This management
platform allows the end user to see network activity (performance) and