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Purpose of This Guide
The PacketStar
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• Observing appropriate safety and ventilation precautions in setting up and operating the PSAX 24-Port RJ Protection Patch Panel
• Setting up the hardware components in preparation for installation
• Installing the PSAX 24-Port RJ Protection Patch Panel and related hardware
• Understanding the PSAX 24-Port RJ Protection Patch Panel functions and features
Audience for This Guide
The information in this guide is intended for technicians or installers who install the PSAX system.
What You Should Know
Before you use this document or operate the PSAX 24-Port RJ Protection
Patch Panel you should already understand and have experience with the following:
• Electrical safety and electrical installation techniques and procedures
• General installation of communications hardware
Only authorized personnel should install and use the PacketStar
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PSAX
Multiservice Media Gateways.
Related Reading
Product Information Library
To install, operate and configure your PSAX system, read the PSAX publications provided on your Lucent Technologies PacketStar
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PSAX Multiservice
Media Gateways Product Information Library CD-ROM.
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Printed Documents
For your convenience, many of the documents included on the PacketStar
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PSAX Multiservice Media Gateways Product Information Library CD-ROM are also available in printed form. You can order these documents through the Lucent
Technologies Customer Information Center Web site at:
http://www.lucentdocs.com.
Other Publications
Numerous books are currently available on the subject of basic telecommunications technology and specific protocols. In addition to such general reading, you should also be familiar with appropriate industry standards and specifications.
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Technical Support
If you experience a problem with the PSAX Protection Patch Panels, refer to the Lucent Technologies Product Warranty Registration Information, which accompanied your shipment, for instructions on obtaining support in your area.
About Lucent Technologies
History
Lucent Technologies is the communications systems and technology company formed through the restructuring of AT&T. We bring with us a tradition of more than 125 years of experience and a dedication to superior customer service.
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Lucent Technologies manufactures, sells, and services a complete line of customer premises communications units, and commercial and multimedia communications and messaging systems designed and supported by our research and development unit, Bell Laboratories.
Our legacy and our spirit of innovation allow Lucent to provide our customers with the tools needed to communicate effectively, any time and anywhere, and to integrate the latest technologies into real-life solutions that help make business work.
For More Information
To learn more about the PacketStar PSAX family of Multiservice Media Gateways and the complete line of Lucent Technologies products, visit our Web site at http://www.lucent.com.
About the PacketStar Product Family
Lucent Technologies provides a complete range of PSAX Multiservice Media
Gateways in the PacketStar PSAX family.
PSAX 1000 Multiservice Media Gateway
The PacketStar PSAX 1000 Multiservice Media Gateway is designed to provide a full range of central office-based multiservice media gateway functions in a small, competitively-priced package suitable for customer premise deployment. Ideal for central office, large enterprise, or wireless cell site multiservice media gateway applications, the PSAX 1000 system provides highly reliable network access for time-division multiplex voice, frame relay,
10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and ATM data applications.
When it is functioning in a redundant operating mode and after it has experienced a single-point failure, the PSAX 1000 system provides up to 630 Mbps of ATM cell bus capacity. The total ATM cell bus capacity of the system may also be scaled to provide nonblocking, nonredundant chassis bandwidths beyond 630 Mbps.
Supporting up to five slots (19–inch chassis) for I/O and server modules—with a full range of interfaces such as DS0A, DS1/E1, DS3/E3, OC-3,
OC-3c/STM-1, OC-12c/STM-4c, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and serial—the
PSAX 1000 system is a cost-effective access switch solution for connecting to legacy equipment.
PSAX 1250 Multiservice Media Gateway
The PacketStar PSAX 1250 Multiservice Media Gateway is designed to provide a full range of central office-based multiservice ATM access functions. Ideal for the central office or a large enterprise’s multiservice media gateway, the
PSAX 1250 system provides highly reliable network access for time-division multiplex voice, frame relay, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and ATM data applications.
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When it is functioning in a redundant operating mode and after it has experienced a single-point failure, the PSAX 1250 system provides up to 600 Mbps of ATM cell bus capacity. The total ATM cell bus capacity of the system may also be scaled to provide nonblocking, nonredundant chassis bandwidths beyond 600 Mbps.
Supporting 10 slots (19-inch chassis) or 14 slots (23-inch chassis) for I/O and server modules—with a full range of interfaces such as DS0A, DS1/E1,
DS3/E3, OC-3, OC-3c/STM-1, OC-12c/STM-4c, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and serial—the PSAX 1250 system is a cost-effective access switch solution for interworking with legacy equipment.
PSAX 2300 Multiservice Media Gateway
The PacketStar PSAX 2300 Multiservice Media Gateway offers carrier-grade, high-density multiservice ATM access functions. Designed as the multiservice media gateway for the central office or for a large enterprise customer, the
PSAX 2300 system provides network access for time-division multiplex voice, frame relay, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and ATM data applications.
When it is functioning in a redundant operating mode and after it has experienced a single-point failure, the PSAX 2300 system provides up to 1.9 Gbps of ATM cell bus capacity. The total ATM cell bus capacity of the system may also be scaled to provide nonblocking, nonredundant chassis bandwidths beyond 1.9 Gbps.
Supporting 15 slots for I/O and server modules—with provisions for OC-3,
OC-3c/STM-1, and OC-12c/STM-4c interfaces with 1:1 protection, 1:1 DS1 module protection switching, and a full range of interfaces such as DS0A,
DS1/E1, DS3/E3, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and serial—the PSAX 2300 system solves demanding and diverse network design challenges with ease.
PSAX 4500 Multiservice Media Gateway
The PacketStar PSAX 4500 Multiservice Media Gateway provides carrier-class reliability, with an unmatched range of service capabilities, end-to-end traffic prioritization, “any-service, any-channel” flexibility, and breakthrough voice technology. Ideal for the central office or a large enterprise multiservice media gateway, the PSAX 4500 system provides highly reliable network access for time-division multiplex voice, frame relay, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and ATM data applications.
When it is functioning in a redundant operating mode and after it has experienced a single-point failure, the PSAX 4500 system provides up to 4.2 Gbps of ATM cell bus capacity. The total ATM cell bus capacity of the system may also be scaled to provide nonblocking, nonredundant chassis bandwidths beyond 4.2 Gbps.
The high-performance midplane design supports 15 interface slots. Module protection for two groups of four or six multiport DS3, STS-1e, or E3 modules is provided via an N:1 protection scheme using rear access line interface modules. The protection module provides backup so that on the failure of any one of the modules in a group, traffic is maintained. A single PSAX 4500 system at the edge of the carrier network can transition traffic from a large number of network customers over high-speed DS1/E1 IMA, DS3/E3, OC-3,
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OC-3c/STM-4c, and OC-12c/STM-4c trunks into the ATM core, managing the whole quickly and efficiently, down to the individual permanent virtual circuit.
Through the use of the latest DSP voice technology, the PSAX 4500 system supports advanced voice traffic over ATM (VToA) services for up to 6048 DS0 channels. As a multiservice media gateway—with H.248 call control, CAS,
PRI, GR-303, and V5.2 protocols, 3-Port DS3/STS-1e, 1-Port OC-3/STM-1
CES, and Tones and Announcements modules—the PSAX 4500 system provides packet solutions for voice over xDSL, trunking, tandem, and PRI offload switching.
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