Verilink WANsuite 5330 (34-00302.F) Product Manual - Manual (Page 15)

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BOUT THE
WAN
SUITE
5330
Introduction
The telecommunications network service market is rapidly changing, where
network monitoring, control, and higher performance in packet processing are
not only expected, but demanded, at competitive price points. WAN access
architecture
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a highly flexible and powerful architecture that can meet the
needs of many different customers in many different applications. Because it
is so flexible, WANsuite products will continually evolve, offering our
customers cutting-edge features at competitive prices.
Verilink’s WANsuite 5330 is a feature-rich, intelligent integrated access
device (I
2
AD) for managing multiple applications and mixed-mode packet-
based services
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including high-speed Internet access
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at price points
expected of single-function devices.
The WANsuite 5330 is built on Verilink's innovative, next-generation WAN
access architecture. This unit is a single network port, service aware DDS
DSU/CSU with a serial port software-configurable for RS-232, EIA-530, or
V.35 electrical connections, an asynchronous Supervisory port that supports
PPP and tty, a 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface, five status LEDs, and two
input control keys. Capable of accommodating a wide range of network
configurations, the WANsuite 5330 effectively combines voice, data, and
network traffic over a single transmission facility and works with non-
proprietary network management solutions.
The WANsuite 5330 gives service providers and enterprise customers the
capability to monitor end-to-end network performance (with support of up
to 256 virtual circuits) as well as the capability to verify Service Level
Agreements (SLAs); isolate performance problems to the LAN, local loop, or
frame relay network; determine appropriate bandwidth need; and monitor
network trends to aid in future capacity planning.
All of WANsuite 5330’s installation, performance configuration, traffic
monitoring, alarm reporting, and diagnostic capabilities can be configured
through the unit’s embedded Web server interface (WANsight™) using
Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer™ 5.x. The Web server interface can be accessed
locally through the Ethernet port or the Supervisory port, or remotely through