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Cisco AS5400 Universal Gateway Chassis Installation Guide
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Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco AS5400 and Cisco AS5400HPX universal gateways, 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 AS5400 and Cisco AS5400HPX are 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 AS5400HPX provides
enhanced performance for processor-intensive voice and fax applications. The Cisco AS5400 and
Cisco AS5400HPX provide you with a cost-effective platform for deploying the widest range of IP based
services.
Note
Unless specifically noted, all references to the Cisco AS5400 also apply to the
Cisco AS5400HPX.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•
Chassis Components, page 1-1
•
Dial Feature Cards (DFCs), page 1-2
•
Power Supply, page 1-3
•
Specifications, page 1-3
Chassis Components
The Cisco AS5400 universal gateway chassis has a system board, high-speed backplane, and seven slots
for dial feature cards (DFCs). The chassis includes four backplane slots. Three backplane slots accept
DFC carrier cards and the other backplane slot accepts one DFC. Each DFC carrier card accepts two
DFCs which allow online insertion and removal (OIR).
Tips
To help identify your universal gateway, starting with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(11)T, the
show version
and
show diag
commands will identify the universal gateway as an
AS5400
or
AS5400HPX.
Prior to this release, these commands showed the universal gateway as an
AS5400
, even if it was an
AS5400HPX.
