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Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide
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Chapter1 Product Overview
Network Management—Cisco 6400 SCM
Node Line Card
NLCs provide ATM interfaces for the Cisco 6400 system and are controlled by the NSP. The three types
of NLC available for the Cisco 6400 each offer a different interface type, as shown in Table1-2.
Redundancy and SONET Automatic Protection Switching
Redundancy for both the NSP and NRP is based on enhanced high system availability (EHSA). If the
NRP fails, no virtual connections from the NSP need to be reconfigured. The NRP blades also support
online insertion and removal (OIR). When operating in nonredundant mode, the NRPs appear as separate
network management and routing entities and can be accessed through individual management ports.
SONET automatic protection switching (APS) provides a mechanism to support redundant transmission
circuits between SONET devices. Automatic switchover from the primary or working circuit to the
backup or protection circuit happens when the working circuit fails or degrades. The Cisco 6400
supports 1+1, linear, unidirectional, nonreverting APS operation on its redundant OC-3 and OC-12 NLC
interfaces. SONET APS does not apply to DS3 NLCs.
Network Management—Cisco 6400 SCM
The Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager (SCM) software provides simplified ATM and Layer 2 and
Layer 3 IP services to access servers and DSLAMs through network and service management of the
Cisco 6400 carrier-class broadband aggregator.
The Cisco 6400 SCM assists you in making network connections by eliminating the need to have
technical knowledge of SNMP and Cisco IOS commands required to establish these connections. It also
streamlines the deployment process for the Cisco6400 aggregator. The Cisco 6400 SCM provides a
service-oriented management view of the Cisco6400 aggregator’s inbound and outbound connections.
The Cisco 6400 SCM is based on the common Cisco Element Management Framework (CEMF), which
is a Sun Solaris UNIX-based element management foundation for many Cisco service provider products.
The Cisco 6400 SCM Element Manager software adds custom windows and modeling behavior to the
standard CEMF to improve management of the Cisco 6400 aggregator hardware.
Table1-2 Supported Cisco 6400 NLCs
NLC Bandwidth Cable Height
Number
of Ports
OC-12/STM-4 622 Mbps SONET
1
single-mode
fiber-optic cable
1. SONET = Synchronous Optical Network
Full-height 1
OC-3/STM-1 SM 155 Mbps SONET
single-mode
fiber-optic cable
Half-height
2
2. Half-height NLCs require carrier modules, each of which hold two half-height NLCs with covers for empty slots.
2
OC-3/STM-1 MM 155 Mbps SONET
multimode
fiber-optic cable
Half-height 2
DS3 45 Mbps Coaxial cable Half-height 2
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