Installation Guide

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1 INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
The ECS4810-12M is an intelligent Layer 2 switch designed for aggregating
broadband traffic from the edge of a service provider’s (CO) network. It
aggregates traffic using its 12 Gigabit combination RJ-45/SFP ports, (see
Figure 2 on page 24). The SFP ports allow the switch to receive traffic up to 2
km from the CO using 100BASE-FX fiber transceivers, or up to much greater
distances using 1000BASE-LH transceivers, giving you the option of placing the
switch either in the CO or anywhere along the path between the CO and
subscribers.
Figure 1: Deployment
The switch has a 1000BASE-T port for dedicated management access (which can
be operated outside the data channel). It has an SNMP-based management
agent embedded on the main board, which supports both in-band and out-of-
band access using a Web browser, SNMP/RMON, or Telnet.
Metropolitan
Area
Network
Access
Aggregation
Network
VPN
Internet
Packet
Telephony
Video
Central Oce (CO)
EC View
Network Management System
(NMS)
Broadband
Access
Network
Broadband Access Aggregation
Edge Network
AGG-E
AGG-E
AGG-E
Network
Gateway
HOME /
OFFICE
SUBSCRIBERS
VDSL
FTTH
VDSL
FTTH
ECS4810-12M
ECS4810-12M
ECS4810-12M