Verilink WANsuite 7205 (34-00317.B) Product Manual - Manual (Page 15)

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BOUT THE
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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 7205 is a rack-mounted unit designed to occupy a single slot
position of the Verilink AS2000 rack or shelf. The AS2000 shelf has several
different variations: (1) a dual-line shelf that accommodates two cards, (2) a
quint-line shelf that can accommodate up to five cards, and (3) a multi-line
shelf that can accommodate up to 13 cards. A service aware E1/FE1
CSU/DSU, the WANsuite 7205 has three Network ports; two Serial ports
software-configurable for RS-232, EIA-530, V.35, or X.21 electrical
connections; an asynchronous Supervisory port; a 10/100Base-T Ethernet
interface; six status LEDs, and three sets of test access Bantam jacks. Capable
of accommodating a wide range of network configurations, the WANsuite
7205 effectively combines voice, data, and network traffic over a single
transmission facility and works with non-proprietary network management
solutions.
The WANsuite 7205 boasts a built-in mini-dacs. This feature enables the unit
to switch or “groom” individual DS0s. You can groom any DS0 from any
interface into any time slot.This feature makes the WANsuite 7205 ideal for
applications that switch DS0s from one E1 onto two separate fractional E1
lines.
The WANsuite 7205 also monitors and measures utilization. Whether
running packet or TDM data, the WANsuite 7205 can measure the percent of
utilization on each network or serial interface. High and low-level alarms
notify network managers in advance that bandwidth may need to be
reallocated.