Cisco XM Universal Gateways Cisco AS5400XM - Manual (Page 19)

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Cisco AS5400XM Universal Gateway Chassis Installation Guide
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Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco AS5400XM universal gateway, a versatile voice and data
communications platform that provides high performance, high density, and hot swappability in only two
rack units. (See
Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 .)
The Cisco AS5400XM universal gateway is intended for large companies and service providers who
require dense and scalable solutions to create new multi-service access networks, replace existing
hardware, or expand and enhance their current access offering. The Cisco AS5400XM universal gateway
provides enhanced performance for processor-intensive voice and fax applications. The
Cisco AS5400XM universal gateway provides you with a cost-effective platform for deploying the
widest range of IP-based services.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Chassis Components, page 1-1
• Dial Feature Cards, page 1-3
• Power Supply, page 1-3
• Specifications, page 1-4
Chassis Components
The Cisco AS5400XM universal gateway chassis has a motherboard, a high-speed backplane, and seven
slots for dial feature cards (DFCs) or voice feature cards (VFCs).
The backplane accepts DFC carrier cards which allow online insertion and removal (OIR) of the DFCs
and VFCs.
The chassis consists of the following components:
• One building integrated timing system (BITS) interface port
• One alarm port
• Two Gigabit Ethernet (2GE) LAN ports
• Two T serial ports for backhaul WAN support
• One fast console port for local administrative access
• An integral redundant AC or DC power supply, with two power input lines