Verilink WANsuite 5370 (34-00310.D) Product Manual - Manual (Page 15)

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BOUT THE
WAN
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5370
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. 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.
Verilink’s WANsuite 5370 is a feature-rich, intelligent integrated access
device (I
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AD) specifically designed with the flexibility and intelligence
required to meet the needs of today’s expanding Supervisory Control and
Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications. SCADA systems monitor, manage,
and control distribution facilities. Power, water, gas, and other utility
companies use SCADA to remotely read meters and to monitor and control
valves or relays. A SCADA system can dramatically increase a facility’s
efficiency and reduce operating costs by eliminating the need for expensive
“Truck Rolls.” Today’s SCADA environment demands higher bandwidths
than older, more traditional, analog modem systems. Frame Relay networks
have cost effectively responded to that demand.
The WANsuite 5370 is a single-network-port, service-aware DDS DSU with
two serial ports software-configurable for RS-232, EIA-530, or V.35 electrical
connections. Additionally, an asynchronous Supervisory port, with an RS-232
electrical connection only, supports PPP, tty, and SCADA. An asynchronous
Auxiliary port, also RS-232, supports PPP and SCADA. The WANsuite 5370
also has a 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface, four status LEDs, and three input
control keys.
All of WANsuite 5370’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
®
Internet Explorer™ 5.x. 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