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Features and benefits
Quality of Service (QoS)
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Traffic policing: supports Committed Access Rate
(CAR) and line rate
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Congestion management: supports FIFO, PQ,
CQ, WFQ, CBQ, and RTPQ
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Congestion avoidance: weighted Random Early
Detection (WRED)/RED
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Other QoS technologies: support traffic
shaping, FR QoS, MPLS QoS, and MP QoS/LFI
Management
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Management interface control: provides
management access through modem port and
terminal interface; provides access through terminal
interface, telnet, or SSH
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Industry-standard CLI with a hierarchical
structure: reduces training time and expenses,
and increases productivity in multivendor
installations
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Management security: multiple privilege levels,
with password protection, restrict access to critical
configuration commands; ACLs provide telnet and
SNMP access; local and remote syslog capability
allow logging of all access
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SNMPv1, v2, and v3: provide complete support
of SNMP; SNMPv3 supports increased security
using encryption; provide full support of
industry-standard MIBs plus private MIB extensions
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Remote monitoring (RMON): uses standard
SNMP to monitor essential network functions;
supports events, alarm, history, and statistics group
plus a private alarm extension group
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FTP, TFTP, and SFTP support: File Transfer
Protocol allows bi-directional transfers over a TCP/IP
network and is used for configuration updates;
Trivial FTP is a simpler method using UDP
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Debug and sampler utility: supports ping and
traceroute for both IPv4 and IPv6
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Network Time Protocol (NTP): synchronizes
timekeeping among distributed time servers and
clients; keeps consistent timekeeping among all
clock-dependent devices within the network so that
the devices can provide diverse applications based
on the consistent time
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Info center: provides a central information center
for system and network information; aggregates all
logs, traps, and debugging information generated
by the system and maintains them in order of
severity; outputs the network information to multiple
channels based on user-defined rules
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Network Quality Analyzer (NQA): analyzes
network performance and service quality by sending
test packets, and provides network performance and
service quality parameters such as jitter, TCP, or FTP
connection delays; allows network manager to
determine overall network performances and
diagnose and locate network congestion points or
failures
Connectivity
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High-density port connectivity: provides up to
10 interface module slots and up to 90 Fast Ethernet
ports
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Multiple WAN interfaces: provides a traditional
link with Serial, E1/T1, ADSL, G.SHDSL, and
ISDN/AM backup; provides high-density Ethernet
access with WAN Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet,
LAN 4-/9-/16-/24-port Fast Ethernet, and PoE;
provides mobility access with 11g/n Wi-Fi and 3G
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3G access support: allows use of SIC 3G
module for high reliability; supports popular USB
3G modem
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Ideal IP telephony solutions: support FXO,
FXS, T1, E1, and BRI in various densities; support
SIP voice communications to VCX; provide Web
browser-based administration, Smart Dial Routing,
FXS and FXO 1:1 binding for all ports, Power to
Escape to PSTN when IP failures occur, and
Enhanced Local MSR Survivability
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Flexible port selection: provides combination of
fiber and copper interface modules,
100/1000Base-X auto-speed selection, and
10/100/1000Base-T auto-speed detection plus
auto duplex and MDI/MDI-X
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Packet storm protection: protects against
broadcast, multicast, or unicast storms with
user-defined thresholds
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Loopback: supports internal loopback testing for
maintenance purposes and an increase in
availability; loopback detection protects against
incorrect cabling or network configurations and can
be enabled on a per-port or per-VLAN basis for
added flexibility
