Visara FEP-4600 Planning Guide - Manual (Page 69)

37x5 to FEP-4600 Migration and Planning Guide
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Here is a list of some of the advantages to use the FEP-4600.
 Eliminate NCP licensing for the remote NCP
 Replace obsolete 37x5 hardware eliminating maintenance charges on aging
equipment
 Eliminate the requirement for a serial connection between sites (previously
necessary to remotely load NCP), in lieu of higher speed WAN links
 Eliminate NCP gens and the special skill set needed to perform the gen
 Introduce IP as the connection protocol between sites
o More network redundancy
o Perhaps make use of existing corporate WAN resources
o Eliminate one or more lease lines
 Eliminate Token Ring for the remote LAN connections (migrate to Ethernet)
 Remote definitions appear as local definitions
Known disadvantages:
 No multi-link transmission group support
 No direct NetView support/management of the FEP-4600 platform itself. There is
support for downstream devices through the FEP-4600 using NetView.
FEP-4600
IBM z990
Before After
IBM z990
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3745
FEP-4600
IP Network