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Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway
Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway
The Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway is the only one-rack-unit
gateway supporting two-, four-, or eight-port T1/seven-port E1
configurations that provides universal port data, voice, and fax services on any port at any
time. The Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway offers high performance and high reliability in
a compact, modular design. This cost-effective platform is ideally suited for Internet service
providers (ISPs) and enterprise companies that require innovative universal services.
The Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway eliminates the need for switches and routers to create
a point-of-presence (POP) or “POP-in-a-box” solution. The Cisco AS5350 Universal
Gateway has three primary universal gateway configurations: two Channelized
T1(CT1)/Channelized E1(CE1)s, four CT1/CE1s, and eight CT1/seven CE1s. It also
includes integrated signaling link termination (SLT) functionality for direct connection to a
SS7/C7 signaling gateway.
The Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway comes two high-speed serial ports are provided to
support Frame Relay, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), and High-Level Data Link Control
(HDLC) backhaul. All backhaul interfaces support Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP),
and all cards and the fan tray are hot-swappable for carrier-class resiliency. The Cisco
AS5350 Universal Gateway is the only access server in this form factor that offers universal
port capability with these high-availability features.
When to Sell
Key Features
• 1 RU modular high-performance 2 to 8 channelized CT1/7 CE1/PRI system
• Universal Gateway—which supports multiple data, voice, and fax services on any port
at any time
• Ideal for Tier 2/3 ISPs and enterprises requiring innovative universal services
• Feature cards: 2, 4, or 8 CT1/7 E1/PRI feature cards (ISDN calls terminated on the
card); 60 or 108 channel Universal Port feature card
• Two 10/100BaseT autosensing Ethernet LAN ports
• Two 8 MB serial WAN ports for Frame Relay, HDLC, or PPP WAN backhaul
• Carrier Class Resiliency: All feature cards and fan tray are hot swappable, modem and
voice DSP are pooled and can be configured as spares, AC internal power supply with
dual fans, Redundant LAN/WAN backhaul ports, Thermal management and
environmental monitoring, ETSI/NEBS Level 3 compliant
• Single or Redundant AC or DC power supply with dual fans
• Cisco SS7 signaling gateway interoperability
Competitive Products
Sell This Product When a Customer Needs These Features
Cisco AS5350
• 2 to 8 channelized CT1/7 CE1/PRI compact and modular universal
• High-performance modem, ISDN, and voice call termination
• Universal port services (data, voice, fax)
• Lucent/Ascend: Max TNT
• 3Com/CommWorks: Total Control 1000
• Alcatel: 7505 Series
• Nuera: BTX Series
• Siemans: HiPath Series