User guide

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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a Telesyn™ product. This product is part of a family of products that
leverages Ethernet switching technology to offer service providers a range of services, including data (low
and high speed) video, and voice.
Who Should Read This Guide?
Service provider staff who are involved with the implementation of data, video, and voice services. This
document provides an outline for the engineering and provisioning of these services using the various
technologies (ADSL, SHDSL, etc.) available with the Telesyn product.
About this Guide
This guide includes:
• Section 1 provides an outline of the document and shows the user how to access necessary information
and procedures.
• Section 2 shows how data services are provided (such as by SHDSL), and the important network,
hardware, and software considerations to take into account.
• Section 3 shows how video data are provided (such as by ADSL), and the important network, hardware,
and software considerations to take into account
• Section 4 shows how voice services are provided (such as by the POTS24 card), and the important
network, hardware, and software considerations to take into account
• Section 5 describes Circuit Emulation Service (CES), which provides DS1/E1-based services to
subscribers while shifting to a packet-based infrastructure for the rest of the network.
• Section 6 describes Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) and traffic considerations.
• Section 7 explains any special configurations and how they can be incorporated into the provider’s
network.
• Section 8 shows some sample configurations that optimally combine the services described in the
previous sections. The sample configurations include provisioning at the network level (such as
Protection Switching).