Oracle Acme Packet 4500, Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

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20 Acme Packet 4500 Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide
COMPONENT OVERVIEW
the physical and network interface configuration elements. Refer to the System
Configuration chapter of the Acme Packet Configuration Guide for details.
Once the management network interface is configured, it should be reserved for the
following:
• Maintenance activities
•
Application log retrieval
• Software upgrades
•
System configuration
• Telnet, SSH, SNMP, FTP, and SFTP connections
•
RADIUS CDR transmission
It is recommended that you use shielded CAT5e or CAT6 Ethernet cables with RJ45
plugs for connecting to the rear-panel Acme Packet 4500 Ethernet interfaces. These
Ethernet interfaces have a distance limitation of 328 feet (100 m), as defined by the
FAST Ethernet standard, IEEE 802.3.
Signaling and
Media Interfaces
The signaling and media interfaces provide network connectivity for signaling and
media traffic. Each interface can connect to a network at GbE speeds. Network
interface and hardware options differentiate the available NIU cards for order.
NIUs are available in the following configurations:
• 4-port 10/100/1000Mbps Copper (RJ45)
•
4-port GbE SFP (LX, SX, or Copper) [1000Mbps for SX, LX; 10/100/1000Mbps
CX]
•
4-port GbE SFP with QoS and IPsec (LX, SX, or Copper)
• 4-port GbE SFP with IPsec (LX, SX, or Copper)
The optical GbE cards can accept an LC fiber connector using either single mode or
multimode cable.
Mixed transceiver types are unsupported on SFP-based NIUs; all 4 ports are required
to be populated with identical SFPs, based on compliance testing.
Power Components
The Acme Packet 4500 offers AC or DC power options for the Acme Packet 4500.
The power supplies are user-replaceable, hot swappable components.