Glossary
GL-2
8600-A2-GN20-20
October 1997
A set of diagnostic and configuration management tools for a data communication
network, consisting of software programs and dedicated computer hardware.
Plain Old Telephone Service.
Remote Termination Unit. A device that is installed at the customer premise. This device
works with the HotWire 8600 DSLAM chassis to provide lightning-speed Internet or
corporate LAN access.
Simple Network Management Protocol.
Multiple systems can be connected for cost effective management sharing. Up to six
HotWire 8600 DSLAM chassis can be stacked (daisy-chained) to be managed by one
MCC card in the base chassis.
The rate at which data flows from the Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) to the central office
platform DSL port.
Volts direct current.
Network
Management System
(NMS)
POTS
RTU
SNMP
stack
Upstream Data Rates
Vdc