Network Card User Manual

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Cisco AS5800 Product Overview 1-1
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Cisco AS5800 Product Overview
The Cisco AS5800 is a high-density, ISDN and modem WAN aggregation system that provides both
digital and analog call termination. It is intended to be used in service provider dial point-of-presence
(POP) or centralized enterprise dial environments.
The access server components include a Cisco 5814 dial shelf and a Cisco 7206 router shelf. Two
versions of an optional AC power shelf is also available, either standard or enhanced. Dial shelf cards
communicate with the host router shelf over a dial shelf interconnect cable. This nonblocking
interconnect cable supports 100-Mbps, full-duplex data transfer.
The access server is designed with environmental monitoring and reporting functions to help
maintain normal system operation and resolve adverse environmental conditions prior to loss of
operation. If conditions reach critical thresholds, the system shuts down to avoid equipment damage
from excessive heat or electrical current.
Downloadable software and microcode allow you to load new software images into Flash memory
remotely, without having to physically access the router shelf, for fast and reliable upgrades.
This chapter provides physical and functional overviews to familiarize you with your new Cisco
AS5800. It contains physical descriptions of system hardware and major components and functional
descriptions of component features.
Note Descriptions and examples of software commands appear in this document only when they
are necessary for installing the system hardware. For software configuration information, refer to the
Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server Software Installation and Configuration Guide that shipped
with your system. The Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server Software Installation and
Configuration Guide will be replaced by the Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server Operation,
Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning Guide, available later this year.