ZyXEL Communications Prestige 1600 - Manual (Page 17)

Prestige 1600 Universal Access Concentrator
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Preface
Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 1600 Universal Access Concentrator.
This preface introduces you to your concentrator and discusses the organization and conventions of this user’s
guide. It also provides information on other related documentation.
About the Prestige
The Prestige 1600 is a scalable access concentration platform, delivering networking services at multiple selectable
speeds. It can be deployed at high rise buildings, Telcos, ISPs and System Integrators with various configurations.
Equipped with one 10/100M Ethernet port, three network module Slots, and one WAN interface and one optional
five-port 10M/100M LAN switch card, the architecture of the Prestige 1600 allows network modules of different
generations to coexist in the same chassis and to inter-operate with the same system module.
Network Modules
IDSL
Each Prestige 1600 IDSL network module (NM) consists of 16 IDSL ports. You can install 2 IDSL NMs in a
Prestige, which is equipped with a 10/100M Ethernet that allows you to daisy chain up to five units (giving a
maximum of 160 IDSL ports).
ADSL
Each Prestige 1600 ADSL network module (NM) consists of 8 ADSL ports. You can install 3 ADSL NMs in a
Prestige, which is equipped with a 10/100M Ethernet that allows you to daisy chain up to five units (giving a
maximum of 120 ADSL ports).
SDSL
Each Prestige 1600 SDSL network module (NM) consists of 8 SDSL ports. You can install 3 SDSL NMs in a
Prestige, which is equipped with a 10/100M Ethernet that allows you to daisy chain up to five units (giving a
maximum of 120 SDSL ports).
Please note that slot 3 may contain an ADSL or SDSL network module type only.
The Prestige can automatically detect the network module type.
Configuring your Prestige
You can use the System Management Terminal (SMT) interface or the CLI (Command Line Interpreter) commands
to configure your Prestige. The SMT is a menu-driven interface that you can access from either a VT100
compatible terminal or a terminal emulation program on a computer via the console port or telnet. Use of CLI/CI
commands are recommended only for advanced users.
About this Guide
This User's Guide covers all operations of the Prestige 1600 and shows you how to get the best out of the multiple
advanced features of your Prestige concentrator. It is designed to help you to configure the Prestige correctly for
various applications using the SMT interface via the console port or telnet. For detailed CI commands please refer
to the section Related Documentation.
Syntax Conventions
“Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and press the carriage return. “Select” or “Choose” means
for you to select one from the predefined choices.
The SMT menu titles and labels are in Bold Times font. The choices of a menu item are in Bold Arial font. A
single keystroke is in Arial font and enclosed in square brackets, for instance, [ENTER] means the Enter, or
carriage return, key; [ESC] means the Escape key.