Patton electronic IpLink 2888 - Manual

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Product Brief
Product Model Product Model Product Model Product Model IpLink™ Model 2888
Product Name Product Name Product Name Product Name Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux
Usage Usage Usage Usage Transparent Ethernet Bridging of large Ethernet frames and jumbo
Ethernet frames over Bonded T1/E1 circuits for Transparent Ethernet
Backhaul
Product Description
The Model 2888 Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux is a managed Ethernet bridge
with two (2) Gigabit Ethernet ports and either two (2) or four (4) T1/E1
ports. The Inverse Mux transports jumbo Ethernet frames over bonded
T1/E1 circuits using Multi-link PPP, creating up to an 8 Mbps transparent
Ethernet connection over a TDM based infrastructure network. Complete
with Layer 2 filtering, Layer 2 traffic shaping and Active Layer 2 QoS, the
Model 2888 enhances a carrier’s rapid service deployment capability when
interconnecting NGN equipment or backhauling broadband traffic.
Who is it for?
The Model 2888 Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux is
designed for facilities based Tier I carriers with
developed TDM networks or other service
providers with access to wholesale T1/E1 circuits
that need to rapidly expand Transparent Ethernet
backhaul in areas where the network infrastructure
is not yet in place due to a lack of fiber or other
backhaul facilities.
Position Statement
For carriers needing to backhaul Ethernet traffic from IPDSLAMs and 3G cell sites, the IpLink™ Multi-Megabit Inverse
Mux transparently carries large Ethernet frames over bonded T1/E1 circuits. Unlike other solutions, which do not
support jumbo Ethernet frames, the Multi-Megabit Inverse Mux transparently passes ALL jumbo Ethernet frames to
simplify configuration while applying ACTIVE Layer 2 QoS traffic shaping and filtering.
Feature Benefit Summary
Feature Advantage Benefit
Jumbo Ethernet
frames Transparently pass all Ethernet frames
including those with multiple VLAN, MPLS
tags or PBB encapsulation Simplify configuration when all
that is needed is a high speed
backhaul or interconnect
Active QoS Prioritize different traffic flows and types
including ToS/DiffServ, VLAN Priority bits,
and per MAC based ACL filters Optimize capital expenditures by
installing and managing one
multi-service backhaul network
Bonded T1/E1 Stop over-provisioning, right-size the
bandwidth needed to backhaul traffic Optimize capital expenditures
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